WILMINGTON, NC – Five individual winners and a dramatic finish in the day's final event, the 200 free relay, helped push the Camels (2-3-1) to their first win of the spring in a 137-125 win over UNC Wilmington (0-1).
With the meet on the line and the Camels ahead by only three points, it was essentially a winner-take-all race in the 200 free relay. Trailing slightly,
Colleen Renshaw hit the water in the anchor leg with work to do. She overtook the UNCW anchor and secured the win in the event and the meet with a time of 1:36.39. (You can check out the footage from that race
HERE)
The first win of the day came in the 200 free when
Annie Sanchez posted a 1:53.61, over a more than a full second ahead of second place.
Izza Gaskey had a dramatic finish of her own in the 100 breast, touching only 0.01 ahead of second place, with a time of 1:08.58.
The ensuing event, the 200 fly, was a clean sweep for the Camels.
Simone Palomo touched first at 2:07.50, followed by
Skyler DeWall at 2:11.73 and
Lauren Shoemaker at 2:14.40.
The next win came in the 200 breast, with Maria Kristjansdottir and Gaskey going 1-2 with respective times of 2:25.98 and 2:27.75.
With the score close, Maialen Sudpue edged second place by 0.14 seconds for the win while
Kristine Mikkelson grabbed third in the 200 IM. That result put Campbell ahead by three prior to that final 200 free relay.
In addition to the five indivual winners, the Campbell took two of the top three spots in eight different events on the day.
Campbell returns to action this Friday night at 5 pm at home to take on UNC Pembroke. That will be the Camels final tune up ahead of the CCSA meet February 14-17.
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