FLOWOOD, Miss. – The Millsaps men's and women's swimming and diving programs competed well against the University of Montevallo, an NCAA Division II program, inside the GRIT Training Facility on Saturday.
Junior
Ben Anderson and senior
Kat Burns collected event wins to power the Majors. The visiting Falcons won, 189-50 on the men's side and 197-51 in the women's competition.
Anderson had a stellar meet. He won the 50-yard freestyle (21.68 seconds), was second in the 100-yard freestyle (47.92 seconds) and third in the 50-yard butterfly (25.65 seconds).
Also excelling for the men's team was sophomore
Payton Jones as well as juniors
Kaiden Auzenne and
Andrew Meadows. Jones was runner-up in the 1000-yard freestyle (12 minutes, 13.55 seconds) and third in the 500-yard freestyle (5:53.00).
Auzenne grabbed second in the 50-yard backstroke (29.95) and Meadows was third in the 50-yard breaststroke (31.40).
A handful of swimmers posted top-four times for the women's team, led by Burns. She claimed victory in the 50-yard freestyle (26.34 seconds) and also placed second in both the 50-yard breaststroke (33.17 seconds) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:13.69).
Junior
Zoe Cowell and senior
Catherine Passarelli claimed third in respective events. Cowell swam the 50-yard breaststroke in 34.11 and Passarelli covered the 1000-yard freestyle in 12:48.81. Additionally, Passarelli claimed fourth in the 500-yard freestyle (6:35.55).
Other top-four performances were netted by graduate
Ginny Ray Clevenger and freshman
Samantha Himel. Clevenger claimed third in the 100-yard butterfly (1:05.05) and fourth in the 100-yard backstroke (1:08.72), while Himel garnered fourth in the 50-yard butterfly (32.58).
The Majors will return to Flowood, Miss. to host Centenary College for Senior Day on Saturday, Oct. 26, beginning at 12 p.m.
| MILLSAPS RESULTS VS MONTEVALLO (OCT. 12) |
| RACE /COMPETITORS |
TIME |
PLACE |
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| Women's 200-Yard Medley Relay |
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| Millsaps |
2:03.61. |
3rd |
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| Men's 200-Yard Medley Relay |
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| Millsaps |
1:50.84. |
3rd |
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| Women's 1000-Yard Freestyle |
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| Catherine Passarelli |
12:48.81. |
3rd |
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| Men's 1000-Yard Freestyle |
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| Payton Jones |
12:13.55. |
2nd |
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| Women's 200-Yard Freestyle |
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| Abigail Hoffman |
2:21.03. |
5th |
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| Men's 200-Yard Freestyle |
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| Jackson Van Meter |
2:05.01. |
5th |
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| Women's 50-Yard Backstroke |
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| Samantha Himel |
32.96. |
5th |
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| Men's 50-Yard Backstroke |
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| Kaiden Auzenne |
29.95. |
2nd |
| David Kingsbury |
47.19. |
3rd |
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| Women's 50-Yard Breaststroke |
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| Kat Burns |
33.17. |
2nd |
| Zoe Cowell |
34.11. |
3rd |
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| Men's 50-Yard Breaststroke |
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| Andrew Meadows |
31.40. |
3rd |
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| Women's 100-Yard Butterfly |
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| Ginny Ray Clevenger |
1:05.05. |
3rd |
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| Women's 50-Yard Freestyle |
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| Kat Burns |
26.34. |
1st |
| Abigail Hoffman |
29.27. |
6th |
| Haylei Pineda |
33.63. |
7th |
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| Men's 50-Yard Freestyle |
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| Ben Anderson |
21.68. |
1st |
| Kaiden Auzenne |
24.25. |
4th |
| David Kingsbury |
39.15. |
6th |
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| Women's 100-Yard Freestyle |
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| Samantha Himel |
1:02.22. |
6th |
| Catherine Passarelli |
1:02.61. |
7th |
| Haylei Pineda |
1:16.98. |
9th |
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| Men's 100-Yard Freestyle |
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| Ben Anderson |
47.92. |
2nd |
| Jackson Van Meter |
57.44. |
7th |
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| Women's 100-Yard Backstroke |
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| Ginny Ray Clevenger |
1:08.72. |
4th |
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| Men's 100-Yard Backstroke |
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| Andrew Meadows |
1:04.24. |
5th |
| David Kingsbury |
1:40.01. |
6th |
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| Women's 100-Yard Breaststroke |
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| Kat Burns |
1:13.69. |
2nd |
| Zoe Cowell |
1:15.12. |
4th |
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| Women's 500-Yard Freestyle |
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| Catherine Passarelli |
6:35.55. |
4th |
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| Men's 500-Yard Freestyle |
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| Payton Jones |
5:53.00. |
3rd |
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| Women's 50-Yard Butterfly |
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| Samantha Himel |
32.58. |
4th |
| Haylei Pineda |
39.03. |
6th |
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| Men's 50-Yard Butterfly |
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| Ben Anderson |
25.65. |
3rd |
| Jackson Van Meter |
29.51. |
5th |
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| Women's 100-Yard IM |
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| Zoe Cowell |
1:09.20. |
5th |
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| Men's 100-Yard IM |
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| Andrew Meadows |
1:04.51. |
5th |
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| Women's 200-Yard Freestyle |
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| Millsaps |
1:56.55. |
2nd |
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| Men's 200-Yard Freestyle |
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| Millsaps |
1:57.07. |
2nd |
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| Women's Team Scores |
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| 1) University of Montevallo |
197 |
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| 2) Millsaps |
51 |
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| Men's Team Scores |
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| 1) University of Montevallo |
189 |
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| 2) Millsaps |
50 |
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