Blugold swim unable to propel past Whitewater
Men and women's swim teams narrowly loses versus UW-Whitewater despite five first place finishes for both teams
Photo by Anna Mateffy
February 3, 2015
The UW-Eau Claire men’s swim team hosted UW-Whitewater Saturday afternoon and lost a close match with a score of 139-123.
Five Blugold swimmers came away with first place victories versus the Warhawks. Sophomore Ryan Young won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:00.73.
Senior Jake McDade took home first in both the 1000-yard freestyle and the 500-yard freestyle.
Freshman Dayton Miller competed in the 200-yard freestyle and won the event with a time of 1:50.37. The newcomer also finished in first in the 200-yard breaststroke.
Joining Miller in the winners lane was sophomore Thomas Hensen as he finished first in the 200-yard individual medley, and Ben Fisher won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.28 seconds.
The women also had five swimmers finish in first. Junior Allie Hable won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.81 seconds.
Senior Lisa Reed finished first in the 500-yard freestyle and in the 200-yard freestyle, while Rachel Travers won the 100-yard backstroke.
Sophomore Elissa Hermsen took first in the 100-yard butterfly.
The Blugolds are in action again at 6 p.m. Friday at the Minnesota Challenge.
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