FLOWOOD, Miss. – It was a nail biter, but the Millsaps men's swimming and diving program tallied its second win of the season in a tri-meet inside GRIT Training on Saturday. The Majors bested Loyola New Orleans, 89-88 while falling to NCAA DII Delta State, 139-76.
On the women's side, Millsaps narrowly lost to NAIA Loyola New Orleans (115-93) and Delta State (188-52).
The two teams combined for 18 top-three performances highlighted by graduate
Bryan Sullivan's two event wins. Sullivan dominated in the 50-yard free (20.89 seconds) and 100-yard fly (52.21). The Jackson, Miss., native also posted a second-place showing the 200-yard IM (2:01.55).
Rising freshman
Ben Anderson posted a strong meet by netting a pair of third-place finishes in the 100-yard freestyle (49.470 and 200-yard freestyle (1:52.39).
Classmate
Andrew Meadows was runner-up in the 100 back (1:05.64) just ahead of third-place junior
Casey Miller (1:09.23).
Rounding out the top-three times in the men's individual competitions resulted in the 200 backstroke. Senior
Cooper Clevenger (2:30.82) and freshman
David Kingsbury (3:36.25) finished second and third, respectively.
Anderson, freshman
Kaiden Auzenne, Clevenger and Miller ended the 200-yard freestyle relay in third (1:42.51). Additionally, Anderson, freshman
Thad Erato, Meadows and Sullivan teamed up to finish third in the 200-yard medley relay (1:44.29).
Sophomores
Catherine Passarelli and
Kat Burns were the top point scorers for the Millsaps women's swimming and diving team on Saturday.
Passarelli was second in both the 500 freestyle (6:06.95) and 1000 freestyle (12:48.18), while Burns was runner-up in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:12.70) and third in the 100-yard freestyle (58.48).
The Majors also posted three more third-place individual showings across the meet, including junior
Ginny Ray Clevenger (200 fly – 2:23.32), sophomore
Alexandra Raybourn (200 back – 2:34.77) and freshman
Lily Moore (500 free – 6:30.80).
Millsaps will conclude its fall schedule in Cleveland, Miss., and compete in the Delta State University Invitational, Nov. 18-20. Prelims will begin 10 a.m. each day with finals taking place at 5 p.m. (Nov. 18-19) and 4 p.m. (Nov. 20). Live results will be available and gomajors.com.
| MILLSAPS RESULTS |
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PLACE |
TIME |
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| Women 200 Yard Medley Relay |
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| Raybourn, Clevenger, Burns, Passarelli |
4th |
2:02.09. |
| Moore, Beebe, Cowell, Hoffman |
6th |
2:07.90. |
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| Men 200 Yard Medley Relay |
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| Sullivan, Erato, Meadows, Anderson |
3rd |
48.43. |
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| Women 1000 Yard Free |
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| Catherine Passarelli |
2nd |
12:48.18. |
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| Women 200 Yard Free |
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| Lily Moore |
7th |
2:27.27. |
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| Men 200 Yard Free |
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| Ben Anderson |
3rd |
1:52.39. |
| Kaiden Auzenne |
5th |
2:02.80. |
| Cooper Clevenger |
6th |
2:04.12. |
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| Women 100 Yard Back |
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| Alexandra Raybourn |
6th |
1:09.94. |
| Abigail Hoffman |
7th |
1:14.73. |
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| Men 100 Yard Back |
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| Andrew Meadows |
2nd |
1:05.64. |
| Casey Miller |
3rd |
1:09.23. |
| David Kingsbury |
4th |
1:43.66. |
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| Women 100 Yard Breast |
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| Kat Burns |
2nd |
1:12.70. |
| Zoe Cowell |
6th |
1:20.28. |
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| Women 200 Yard Fly |
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| Ginny Ray Clevenger |
3rd |
2:23.32. |
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| Women 50 Yard Free |
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| Chloee Beebe |
4th |
27.73. |
| Abby Hoffman |
8th |
29.48. |
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| Men 50 Yard Free |
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| Bryan Sullivan |
1st |
20.89. |
| Thad Erato |
5th |
24.79. |
| Kaiden Auzenne |
6th |
25.11. |
| David Kingsbury |
9th |
36.73x |
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| Women 100 Yard Free |
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| Kat Burns |
3rd |
58.48. |
| Ginny Ray Clevenger |
6th |
1:05.28. |
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| Men 100 Yard Free |
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| Ben Anderson |
2nd |
49.47. |
| Thad Erato |
6th |
54.96. |
| Casey Miller |
7th |
55.31. |
| Kaiden Auzenne |
8th |
55.47x |
| Andrew Meadows |
9th |
57.08x |
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| Women 200 Yard Back |
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| Alexandra Raybourn |
3rd |
2:34.77. |
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| Men 200 Yard Back |
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| Cooper Clevenger |
2nd |
2:30.82. |
| David Kingsbury |
3rd |
3:36.25. |
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| Women 200 Yard Breast |
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| Zoe Cowell |
5th |
2.50.51. |
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| Women 500 Yard Free |
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| Catherine Passarelli |
2nd |
6:06.95. |
| Lily Moore |
3rd |
6:30.80. |
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| Women 100 Yard Fly |
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| Ginny Ray Clevenger |
6th |
1:07.45. |
| Chloe Beebe |
7th |
1:09.82. |
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| Men 100 Yard Fly |
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| Bryan Sullivan |
1st |
52.21. |
| Thad Erato |
5th |
1:01.20. |
| Cooper Clevenger |
6th |
1:04.23. |
| Casey Miller |
7th |
1:08.30x |
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| Women 200 Yard IM |
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| Abigail Hoffman |
5th |
2.43.47. |
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| Men 200 Yard IM |
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| Bryan Sullivan |
2nd |
2:01.55. |
| Andrew Meadows |
6th |
2:19.60. |
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| Women 200 Yard Free Relay |
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| Burns, Raybourn, Passarelli, Beebe |
4th |
1:50.39. |
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| Men 200 Yard Free Relay |
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| Anderson, Auzenne, Clevenger, Miller |
3rd |
1:42.51. |
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