The Basics: 

Date: Saturday, November 16, 2024
Score: Hollins 159, Sweet Briar 100 and Hollins 176, Guilford 69
Meet: Hollins vs Sweet Briar and Guilford (Tri)
Location: Roanoke, Va.

The Lead: For the second time this season, Hollins took on Sweet Briar and Guilford in a tri-meet. After sweeping their Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) foes earlier this fall, Hollins repeated that feat in front of their home fans by winning five individual races and both relays. Prior to the meet, HU took a chance to honor her two seniors, Amanda Cash and Samantha Ferrer, swimming for the final time in their home pool.

Highlights  

• Jada Deane, Rachelle Kilgore, Nora Sorensen, and Mia Bollerer got the afternoon off to a quick start with a win in the 400 Medley Relay in a time of 5:18.23.
• Arwyn Orr Paulk won the 1650 Freestyle (23:38.16) and finished just .65 of a second ahead of Cash in the 500 Freestyle as the teammates went 1-2 in the event.
• Madeleine Freeman picked up a win in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 2:20.36 one spot ahead of Cash at 2:35.03. In the 200 Breaststroke, Freeman finished in a dead heat for the runner-up spot when she touched in 3:08.40.
• The 100 Butterfly saw Macy Gibson claim the top spot in a final time of 1:21.17. The first year secured another set of first place points in the 200 Fly (3:13.87) less than half a second ahead of Sorensen.
• Deane secured runner-up finishes in the 200 Backstroke (2:52.22) and the 100 Back (1:14.23). Kilgore was second in the 100 Breaststroke (1:28.68) while Kyra Campbell was second in the 50 Free (30.74) and Bollerer was runner-up in the 100 Free (1:08.86). Ferrer finished third, right behind Deane in both the 100 and 200 Backstrokes.
• The final event of the meet would see Deane, Campbell, Bollerer, and Freeman grab the top spot in the 400 Freestyle Relay with a time of 4:32.07.

Full Results: 11.16 meet results vs sbc gc (PDF) - Hollins University (hollinssports.com)

Up Next: The Green and Gold makes a pre-Thanksgiving trip to Raleigh to compete in the William Peace Pacer Invitational on November 22-23.