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LWC women's swimming finishes second at the Brenau Invite

By Grace Blomstedt

Gainesville, GA - The No. 7-ranked Lindsey Wilson women's swim team finished second at the Brenau Invite this past weekend in Gainesville, GA, with a total of 734 points. The Blue Raiders swam for 25 national A standard times and eight B-cuts.



SCAD (GA) took home the gold with 922 points. Brenau (GA) scored 503 points, securing third place. Thomas (GA) finished in fourth-place (318), Columbia (SC) placed fifth (258), and Point (GA) finished in sixth-place (168).

Carlene Taylor notched three individual A-cuts over the weekend. Taylor placed third in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of one minute 58.66 seconds. She finished the 50-yard freestyle in 24.84 to secure fourth place. In the 100 yard freestyle Taylor touched the wall in 55.21 to finish in seventh place.

Jessica Macdonald earned two first-place finishes and one second-place finish while swimming three individual A standard times. Macdonald won the 100 and 200-yard freestyle with the times of 52.32 and 1:55.98, respectively. She placed second in the 200-yard individual medley, recording a time of 2:08.85.

Annissa Koekemoer posted two individual A-cuts and one B-cut. She placed second in the 100-yard back, while swimming an A standard time of 1:00.92. Koekemoer also recorded an A-cut in the 200-yard back by finishing in 2:14.63, earning fourth place. Her B-cut came in the 50-yard freestyle (25.79).

Narjiss Bourbouh swam two A standard times in the 100 and 200-yard fly and one B-cut in the 200-yard individual medley. She was victorious in the 100-yard fly with a time of 59.66. Bourbouh placed second in the 200-yard fly, finishing in 2:15.91. She swam the 200 yard IM in 2:17.95 which earned fourth place.

Sarah Hahn recorded one individual A-cut and two B-cuts. She placed third in the 200-yard backstroke with the A standard time of 2:13.54. Hahn marked B-cuts by finishing the 200 yard IM in 2:20.60 and the 100 yard backstroke in 1:03.53.

Emma Phillips marked a national A standard time of 19:02.62 in the 1650 yard freestyle. Phillips also swam a B-cut time of 5:32.78 in the 500 yard freestyle.

Nissrine Bourbouh swam an A standard time in the 100 yard back (1:02.20). Jay Farthing tallied two national B-cuts in the 50-yard freestyle (26.31) and 500-yard freestyle (5:34.71), while Natalie Lohman recorded a B standard time of 26.09 in the 50-yard freestyle.

In the 200-yard free relay, all three squads swam national A standard times. The grouping of Taylor, Narjiss Bourbouh, Koekemoer, and Macdonald placed second with the time of 1:40.07. Farthing, Nissrine Bourbouh, Hahn, and Lohman swam it in 1:45.42 which earned them fourth place. The final group of Hailey Russo, Hannah Russo, Phillips, and Sarah Lawson finished the race in 1:54.87.

Both groups swam A-cuts in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Koekemoer, Narjiss Bourbouh, Taylor, and Macdonald finished in first place with the time of 3:38.18. Lohman, Farthing, Nissrine Bourbouh, and Hahn touched the wall in 3:54.60.

The 800-yard freestyle relay also featured two A standard times by the Blue Raiders. The grouping of Koekemoer, Narjiss Bourbouh, Taylor, and Macdonald finished in second place with a time of 8:01.07. The squad of Nissrine Bourbouh, Phillips, Farthing, and Hahn completed the race in 8:37.94.

All three Blue Raider squads in the 200-yard medley relay tallied national A standard times. Koekemoer, Macdonald, Narjiss Bourbouh, and Taylor won the event with a time of 1:49.89. Hahn, Farthing, Hannah Russo and Lohman finished with the time of 2:00.17. The final squad of Nissrine Bourbouh, Lawson, Hailey Russo, and Phillips posted a time of 2:04.91.

In the 400-yard medley relay, the grouping of Koekemoer, Macdonald, Narjiss Bourbouh and Taylor won with an A standard time of 4:03.32. Hahn, Farthing, Hannah Russo, and Nissrine Bourbouh also swam an A-cut time (4:28.07).

The Blue Raiders are back in action Dec. 17 at 11amCT against Loyola (La.) in New Orleans, Louisiana.


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