Jacksonville, ILL.—The Principia College Women's Swimming team traveled on Saturday to Illinois College again in order to compete in a dual meet against them. This meet is the team's last official meet, so they definitely took advantage of the competition and swam fast.
There were many strong swims that occurred at this meet. Sophomore
Glynnis Harley, freshman
Lydia Pierce, and freshman
Elizabeth Hull all gained bests from this meet leading the team to 14 bests total. The team's goal is 11 bests, so this was definitely broken due to their motivation to race and do their best. Harley had one season best in her 50 Free Relay split with a time of 29.29. Pierce had two season bests in her 100 Breast (1:18.67) and her 50 Breast Relay split (35.69). Lastly, Hull had four season bests in her 50 Free (38.20), 100 Free (1:29.00), and both her 50 Free Relay splits (39.22, 38.40).
Other than the team's individual swims, there was a unique opportunity that the team was able to compete in. At the end of the meet, the last relay was a coed relay where there had to be two men and two women in each one. This was a fun race that was scored in the meet. The two teams that Principia put up definitely got some individuals gearing to go for some friendly competition together. There were many bests that came out of this race because the individuals were close competitors and really had to push themselves to either beat or catch each other!
After this exciting race, the team enjoyed their Jimmy Johns and then headed home. The team wants to give a shout out to all the fans that came and were grateful to see the track team pop in and out of the meet when they didn't have to race!
Overall, as the team prepares for Liberal Arts these coming weeks the times are going to be all over the place due to taper, so where their times are now is where they need to be. Taper has begun, which is the final phase of the swimming season and is an exciting time for the swimmers.
Up Next:
The Women's Swimming team will be heading out to Decorah, IA in order to participate in Liberal Arts, which is the end championship meet. The meet will take place February 14
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