FLOWOOD, Miss. – The Millsaps men's and women's swimming and diving programs closed the regular season well in a dual meet against Delta State on Saturday inside GRIT Training.
The Majors combined for 13 top-three swims and placed one, two and three in the men's 50-yard freestyle. Delta State, an NCAA Division II program, bested the men's squad (193-47) and women's program (199-40).
In the men's 50-yard free, sophomore
Kaiden Auzenne triumphed with a time of 23.42 seconds. He finished just ahead of classmates
Jackson Van Meter (second, 24.65) and
Andrew Meadows (third, 24.79). Meadows also finished runner-up in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2 minutes, 38.22 seconds.
Fellow sophomore
Brian Ridner was third in a pair of events, including the 100-yard butterfly (58.23) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:08.00). Classmate
Ben Anderson posted strong times in both the 100-yard freestyle (fourth, 48.92) and 200-yard freestyle (third, 1:47.76).
Both men's relays also placed third in the competition. Ridner, Meadows, Anderson and Auzenne clocked 1:45.24 in the 200-yard medley relay. Anderson, Auzenne, Van Meter and Ridner posted a mark of 1:33.21 in the 200-yard freestyle relay as well.
On the women's side, junior
Kat Burns had a pair of top-four placements. She was strong in the 100-yard breaststroke (third, 1:12.47) and 100-yard freestyle (fourth, 58.26).
Senior
Ginny Ray Clevenger and junior
Catherine Passarelli finished runner-up and third in the 1000-yard freestyle with times of 11:50.54 and 12:14.99, respectively.
Additionally, sophomores
Abigail Hoffman and
Zoe Cowell claimed third-place showings. Hoffman competed in the 100-yard backstroke (1:13.12) and Cowell participated in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:38.45).
Millsaps will now ready for the SAA Swimming and Diving Championships in Birmingham, Ala., Wednesday, Feb. 7 through Saturday, Feb. 10. Live video of each morning and evening session will be available at gomajors.com.
MILLSAPS RESULTS VS. DELTA STATE (JAN. 27) |
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RACE/COMPETITORS |
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PLACE |
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Women's 200-Yard Medley Relay |
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Waller, Burns, Beebe, Butler |
2:03.24. |
4th |
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Men's 200-Yard Medley Relay |
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Ridner, Meadows, Anderson, Auzenne |
1:45.24. |
3rd |
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Women's 1000-Yard Freestyle |
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Ginny Ray Clevenger |
11:50.54. |
2nd |
Catherine Passarelli |
12:14.99. |
3rd |
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Women's 200-Yard Freestyle |
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Chloee Beebe |
2:09.77. |
5th |
Zoe Cowell |
2:14.80. |
7rh |
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Men's 200-Yard Freestyle |
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Ben Anderson |
1:47.76. |
3rd |
Jackson Van Meter |
2:01.53. |
6th |
Payton Jones |
2:05.18. |
7th |
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Women's 100-Yard Backstroke |
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Abgail Hoffman |
1:13.12. |
3rd |
Haylei Pineda |
1:29.62. |
4th |
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Men's 100-Yard Backstroke |
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Andrew Meadows |
1:05.70. |
4th |
David Kingsbury |
1:32.89. |
5th |
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Women's 100-Yard Breaststroke |
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Kat Burns |
1:12.47. |
3rd |
Zoe Cowell |
1:16.24. |
4th |
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Men's 100-Yard Breaststroke |
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BrIan Ridner |
1:08.00. |
3rd |
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Women's 50-Yard Freestyle |
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Bryn Waller |
26.48. |
4th |
Abigail Hoffman |
28.71. |
7th |
Ginny Ray Clevenger |
28.77. |
8th |
Haylei Pineda |
33.71. |
9th |
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Men's 50-Yard Freestyle |
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Kaiden Auzenne |
23.42. |
1st |
Jackson Van Meter |
24.65. |
2nd |
Andrew Meadows |
24.79. |
3rd |
Casey Miller |
35.89. |
6th |
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Women's 100-Yard Freestyle |
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Kat Burns |
58.26. |
4th |
Bryn Waller |
1:03.63. |
6th |
Abigail Hoffman |
1:04.06. |
7th |
Haylei Pineda |
1:15.60. |
8th |
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Men's 100-Yard Freestyle |
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Ben Anderson |
48.82. |
4th |
Jackson Van Meter |
53.20. |
7th |
Kaiden Auzenne |
54.64. |
8th |
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Men's 200-Yard Backstroke |
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David Kingsbury |
3:16.11. |
3rd |
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Women's 200-Yard Breaststroke |
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Zoe Cowell |
2:38.45. |
3rd |
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Men's 200-Yard Breaststroke |
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Andrew Meadows |
2:38.22. |
2nd |
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Women's 500-Yard Freestyle |
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Catherine Passarelli |
5:55.33. |
3rd |
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Men's 500-Yard Freestyle |
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Payton Jones |
5:44.34. |
4th |
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Women's 100-Yard Butterfly |
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Chloe Beebe |
1:08.36. |
6th |
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Men's 100-Yard Butterfly |
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Brian Ridner |
58.23. |
3rd |
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Women's 100-Yard IM |
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Ginny Ray Clevenger |
1:08.26. |
4th |
Catherine Passarelli |
1:16.51. |
6th |
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Men's 100-Yard IM |
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Payton Jones |
1:05.50. |
4th |
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Women's 200-Yard Freestyle Relay |
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Burns, Beebe, Hoffman, Waller |
1:51.37. |
4th |
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Men's 200-Yard Freestyle Relay |
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Anderson, Auzenne, Van Meter, Ridner |
1:33.21. |
3rd |
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