FLOWOOD, Miss.
– The Millsaps men's swimming and diving team continued their season as they hosted a tri-meet with conference opponent Rhodes alongside Meridian Community College on Saturday.
Junior
Payton Jones provided a boost for the Majors, finishing second in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 12:03.81 and claimed first in the 400-yard IM, finishing in 5:17.99. Jones' 1000-yard free was a season-best time, concluding his laps inside GRIT Training in Flowood.
Senior
Jackson Van Meter finished third in the 50-yard butterfly at 28.68 and came in fourth place in both the 50-yard free (24.14) and 100-yard free (55.70).
Classmate
Kaiden Auzenne also contributed a solid effort for the Majors competing in multiple events as well. Auzenne finished third in the 50-yard backstroke with a time of 28.74. He also came in fifth in the 50-yard free just behind his teammate Van Meter with a time of 24.19. He finished off his weekend coming in sixth place in the 100-yard free at a time of 59.61.
Millsaps bested Meridian Community College, 65-40, while Rhodes bested the Majors, 158-27 in the men's competition.
The Majors are back in action, Nov. 20-23 for the Delta State Thanksgiving Invite in Cleveland, Miss.
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Founded in Jackson, Mississippi in 1890, Millsaps College is a national liberal arts college dedicated to academic excellence, open inquiry and free expression, the exploration of faith to inform vocation and the innovative shaping of the social, economic and cultural progress of our region. Consistently ranked as one of the best values in higher education, Millsaps has been praised by Colleges That Change Lives, The Princeton Review, Forbes Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, The John Templeton Foundation, and The Fiske Guide to Colleges.
