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Women's Swimming Dominates in Win Over Lynchburg on Senior Day

BRIDGEWATER, Va. - Bridgewater College women's swimming totaled 173 points in a win over the Lynchburg Hornets on senior day Saturday afternoon. 

The women dominated all over the pool featuring event sweeps in the 100 butterfly and the 200 backstroke along with more records broken.

In the 200 medley relay to start the day, Grace Warren, Melia Ross, McKenna Curry, and Whitney Speeks hit the board first with a time of 2:07.93. 

Annabelle Dragan then scored a first place finish in the 800 freestyle (10:21.06). Lexi Roberts followed that up to hit a personal best in the 100 Back placing first with a time of 1:10.10. Noa Steven followed closely behind, taking second with a personal best as well (1:11.70). 

Peyton Lawrence had a strong performance in the 100 and 200 Breast and set personal bests in both (100m Breast, 1:19.09) and (200m Breast, 1:21.13). Melia Ross also locked in, to close out a second-place finish with a personal best in 100 Breast (1:21.13) while also securing a season best time in the 200 at 3:00.03. 

McKenna Curry also broke a personal best in the 200 Fly setting a time of 2:38.75. 

The women then followed with a sweep in 200 Back as Roberts, Dragan, Noa Steven took 1,2, and 3. Roberts set a season best with that mark, 2:32.88 while Dragan hit a personal best of 2:34.63 and Steven, 2:36.24. 

Grace Warren then shined in the 400 Free, breaking her PB and setting a time of a sub-five-minute finish, 4:50.85. 

The women also swept in the 100 Fly with Eve Humberger leading the way at a timed finish, 1:10.58 with Maddy Gundler in second and a personal best, 1:14.08, and Nelle Hines in third, 1:15.43. 

To round out the day, Bridgewater finished first in the 200 Free Relay (Abby Martin, Melia Ross, Rory Cantwell, and Whitney Speeks) clocking 1:55.73. 

Up Next 

The Eagles look ahead to ODACs in two weeks at Roanoke. 

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Players Mentioned

Rory Cantwell

Rory Cantwell

Fly/Free
Senior
McKenna Curry

McKenna Curry

Free/IM
Sophomore
Annabelle Dragan

Annabelle Dragan

Free/Back
Sophomore
Maddy Gundler

Maddy Gundler

Fly/Free
Freshman
Nelle Hines

Nelle Hines

Fly/Free
Freshman
Peyton Lawrence

Peyton Lawrence

Breast/Fly/IM
Sophomore
Abby  Martin

Abby Martin

Free
Senior
Lexi Roberts

Lexi Roberts

Fly/Back/IM
Senior
Melia Ross

Melia Ross

Free/Breast/IM
Senior
Whitney Speeks

Whitney Speeks

Free
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Rory Cantwell

Rory Cantwell

Senior
Fly/Free
McKenna Curry

McKenna Curry

Sophomore
Free/IM
Annabelle Dragan

Annabelle Dragan

Sophomore
Free/Back
Maddy Gundler

Maddy Gundler

Freshman
Fly/Free
Nelle Hines

Nelle Hines

Freshman
Fly/Free
Peyton Lawrence

Peyton Lawrence

Sophomore
Breast/Fly/IM
Abby  Martin

Abby Martin

Senior
Free
Lexi Roberts

Lexi Roberts

Senior
Fly/Back/IM
Melia Ross

Melia Ross

Senior
Free/Breast/IM
Whitney Speeks

Whitney Speeks

Freshman
Free