STATESBORO, Ga. — Campbell University swimming split competition with Georgia Southern and Florida Gulf Coast in a tri-meet Saturday afternoon inside the GSU Recreation Activity Center. The Fighting Camels defeated GSU by a score of 139-97 while suffering a 146-94 setback to FGCU.
Annie Sanchez again won two freestyle events, taking top honors in the 200 free (1:52.85) and the 100 free (51.99); Colleen Renshaw finished two spots behind Sanchez in the 100 free, swimming a time of 53.70 for third place.
The Fighting Camels also went one-three in the 100 back as Megan Everritt won the event with a time of 57.87 and Julia Sherlock finished third in 58.75.
The 400-free relay A-squad of Sanchez, Renshaw, Erica Losey and Sarah Wilson collectively swam a 3:32.27 to end the meet with a first-place finish. Campbell's B-squad of Maddie Heggie, Lauren Shoemaker, Sherlock and Everritt took third with a combined time of 3:38.88.
Megan Shoemaker earned a pair of second-place finishes in the distance events with a time of 10:48.97 in the 1000 free before a mark of 5:15.98 in the 500 free. Maggie Whitman placed fourth in the 500 free with a time of 5:18.42.
In the 100 breast, Angelica Brown, Skyler DeWall and Brenna Divoky went five-six-seven, swimming times of 1:09.90, 1:10.09 and 1:10.33, respectively.
Wilson and Maddie Baiotto placed second and third in the 50 free, swimming marks of 24.22 and 24.44, respectively. Baiotto posted a time of 57.16 in the 100 fly to finish third, while Mary Grace Greco swam the 200 individual medley in 2:13.19, also taking third.
The Fighting Camels opened the day's competition with a second-place finish in the 200-medley relay as Everritt, Greco, Baiotto and Wilson posted a cumulative time of 1:47.86.
Campbell returns to Buies Creek to host Liberty in the Johnson Aquatic Center home opener on Friday, Oct. 11 at 5 p.m. The next day, Oct. 12, Campbell hosts UNC Asheville for an 11 a.m. dual meet.
