LYNCHBURG, Va. — Highlighted by a first-place finish in the 200-free relay, Campbell University swimming ended its 2019-20 regular season by dropping a 221-73 decision to the Liberty Flames on Saturday afternoon inside the Liberty Natatorium.
With the loss, Campbell closed out the regular season with an 8-8 record.
James Madison and Liberty also competed against each other, with Liberty winning 159-141.
The Fighting Camels ended the meet by winning the 200-free relay as the team of Sarah Wilson, Colleen Renshaw, Maddie Baiotto and Annie Sanchez collectively swam a 1:35.14, besting James Madison's second-place team (1:36.20) by over one second.
Sanchez earned Campbell's highest finish in the 200 free, taking third place in 1:54.40. Sanchez also took third in the 100 free with a mark of 52.61, while Renshaw earned a third-place finish in the 50 free (23.93).
Wilson took fourth in the 50 free (24.19); she also took sixth in the 100 free (53.33), with Renshaw and Neringa Cerniauskaite finishing right behind her in seventh (53.54) and eighth (53.86), respectively.
Baiotto had Campbell's best finishes in the butterfly events, taking second in the 100 fly (56.81) after a fourth-place finish in the 200 fly (2:09.23).
In the 1,000 free, Maggie Whitman swam a 10:49.66 for fourth place, just two spots ahead of Kacey Hauck's season-best time of 10:59.78. Hauck and Whitman went eight-nine in the 500 free with times of 5:21.90 and 5:22.23, respectively, finishing right behind Eric Losey's seventh-place time of 5:21.65.
In the breaststroke events, Brenna Divoky posted Campbell's top times in the 100 breast and 200 breast, swimming marks of 1:09.55 (eighth) and 2:34.98 (ninth), respectively.
Julia Sherlock was the fastest backstroke swimmer for the Camels, taking fifth in the 100 back (58.19) before finishing sixth in the 200 back (2:08.02). Skyler DeWall posted CU's best 200 individual medley mark of the day with a ninth-place time of 2:16.27.
Campbell's 200-medley relay B-team of Julia Sherlock, Caitlyn Edwards, Skyler DeWall and Wilson took sixth place with a combined time of 1:50.93.
This marks the end of the 2019-20 regular season for the Campbell swimming program. Postseason competition begins with the CCSA Championships, which is slated for Feb. 19-22 in Knoxville, Tenn., on the campus of the University of Tennessee.
