Farmville, VA - For the second consecutive
meet, the Hollins swim team battled Ferrum College. After
falling to the Panthers back on November 12th, Hollins traveled to
Hampden Sydney to face Ferrum in a neutral pool. This time
around it was Hollins that came away with the victory, 150-101.
Hollins got the dual meet off to a good start by finishing one,
two in the opening relay. Megan David (Roanoke,
VA), Ashley Gao
(Pearland, TX), Aubrey Hobby (South
Pittsburg, TN) and Amelia
Eyles (Millwood, VA) won the 400 Medley Relay to start
the 14 event meet.
Bethany Huss (Durham,
NC) won two individual events and finished second in
another while also swimming the anchor leg for Hollins win in the
400 Freestyle Relay. Huss finished ahead of the field in the
100 Backstroke and the 100 Freestyle while missing out on her third
win by coming up less than one second short in the 50
Freestyle. Dani Raymond
(Fredericksburg, VA) registered a pair of wins in the 100
Breaststroke and 200 Breaststroke while finishing third in the 200
Freestyle.
Sophomore Hayley
Caulfeild-James (Willow Street, PA) added a first in
the 200 Butterfly and a second in the 100 Butterfly and senior
Meg
O'Brien (Chattanooga, TN) recorded first place points
in the 200 Backstroke and a pair of seconds, 400 Freestyle and 100
Backstroke. Caulfeild-James, Raymond, and O'Brien joined Huss
in the 400 Medley Relay victory.
The win runs Hollins dual meet record to 4-2 on the
season. Hollins will have to wait over a month before their
next meet, a conference matchup with Bridgewater College.
Hollins will travel to face the Eagles on Friday, January 9th.