MARS HILL, N.C. – The King University women's swimming team closed the fall semester with a victory at Mars Hill University on Friday night. The Tornado swam well to take the 120-80 victory.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: King 120, Mars Hill 80
LOCATION: Harrell Pool; Mars Hill, N.C.
RECORDS: King 1-1; Mars Hill 0-1
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The quartet of Samantha Davis, Gwen Haag, Stephanie Dansie and Brooke Williams started the meet by winning the 200 yard medley relay with a time of 1:59.55.
- In the same event, Lynsey Knox, Abbie Erme, Michelle Morlock and Jayne Wolbert came in with a time of 2:04.38.
- Ashley Woods won the 1000 yard freestyle with a time of 11:30.29 while Josie Gunn finished third at 12:33.56.
- A trio of Tornado competed in the 200 yard freestyle with Wolbert taking second with a time of 2:11.67. Williams finished third in 2:14.35 and Alexia Autrey touched the wall in 2:29.97.
- Dansie finished runner-up in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 1:04.66 while Morlock came in at 1:08.25 and Knox finished in 1:14.05.
- Davis won the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 26.76 seconds, and Erme finished runner-up with a time of 27.66 seconds.
- In the 100 yard freestyle, Woods finished second with a time of 1:01.04 while Morlock came in third at 1:01.25.
- Dansie's 100 yard backstroke time of 1:06.71 gave her the win while Williams came in third at 1:09.34 and Knox finished fourth with a time of 1:10.99.
- Erme and Haag finished one-two in the 100 yard breaststroke with times of 1:16.14 and 1:16.72, respectively.
- In the 500 yard freestyle, Woods led a Tornado trio with a time of 5:42.51 to take third.
- Dansie won the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 2:22.99.
- The meet concluded with the Tornado foursome of Williams, Morlock, Woods and Davis winning the 200 yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:48.06.
QUOTABLE
"It was great to see the team compete tonight and put some decent swims together," head coach
James Graves said. "Mars Hill was a little shorthanded tonight, but we raced hard and got some much needed race experience in. This is a good way to end the competitions for fall semester as we go into break and take some solid momentum home to motivate us to train over the holidays. Special thanks to
Anna Calka for running the show and doing a great job in my absence."
UP NEXT
- King is scheduled to return to the pool on January 23 when they travel to Lees-McRae College to face the Bobcats and Mars Hill. The meet is scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. at the Wautauga Swim Center in Boone, N.C.
