Gold Beats Blue in Emory Swimming & Diving Intra-Squad Meet
In the first meet of the season for the Emory University
swimming and diving teams, an Eagles-only intra-squad contest, the
Gold team beat the Blue team by a score of 314-269 at the Blue-Gold
Meet on Friday.
For the Gold team, freshman Sadie Nennig got her
career off to a quick start, recording ‘B’ cut times of
58.31 seconds in the 100-yard backstroke and 2:06.49 in the
200-yard backstroke. For the Blue squad, senior all-American
April Whitley recorded ‘B’ cut times
of 1:05.71 in the 100-yard breaststroke and 2:24.67 in the 200-yard
breaststroke.
The high scorer among the men for the blue team was freshman
Ross Spock, who totaled 21.75 points with
first-place finishes in the 100-yard backstroke, the 50-yard
freestyle, and as the backstroke leg of the 200-yard medley relay
team, in addition to a second-place finish as part of the 400-yard
freestyle relay team. For the men on the gold team, sophomore
Peter O’Brien was the top scorer with 21
points, with first-place finishes in the 100-yard breaststroke, and
the 200-yard breaststroke, a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard
individual medley, and a second-place finish as the breaststroke
leg of the 200-yard medley relay team.
For the women on the blue team, Whitley was the top scorer with
first-place finishes in the 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard
breaststroke, 200-yard individual medley, and as the breaststroke
leg of the 200-yard medley relay. Junior all-American
Anne Culpepper was top scorer for the gold team,
scoring 22 points with first-place finishes in the 1000-yard
freestyle and 500-yard freestyle, and third-place finishes in the
200-yard backstroke and as part of the 400-yard freestyle relay
team.
The Eagles will begin intercollegiate competition on Saturday,
October 30th at 1:00 PM, as Emory will host UNC
Wilmington at 1:00 PM at the Woodruff P.E. Center.
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