LIBERTY, Mo. - The William Jewell men's and women's swimming teams earned two big wins on Saturday in Kregse Pool, as both teams defeated Maryville University and Missouri-St. Louis. The Cardinal women beat Maryville 161-39 and UMSL 107-96 while the men won by scores of 168-23 and 137.5-66.5, respectively.
Overall the Cardinals won 16 events, eight for the men and five for the women to go along with three relays. For the men,
Austin Wolfe was dominant, winning the 800 free with a time of 8:32.72, nearly 40 seconds faster than the second place swimmer. He also secured a victory in the 400 free at 4:08.92. Freshman
Audrey Duchscherer led the women with two wins in the 200 free and 100 free with times of 2:08.90 and 1:00.71, respectively.
In the relays, the Cardinal men won both events as
Noah Witzki,
Casey Bach,
Evan Guichard and
Ahmed El Gammal teamed up to win the 200 medley at 1:45.58 while Witzki, Guichard and Wolfe, along with
Connor Sawyer put up a time of 3:30.18 to win the final race of the day, the 400 free. In the same event, the women's team of Duchscherer,
Emily Sawyer,
Claire Hays and
Sidney MacGillivray finished first with a time of 4:04.67.
OTHER INDIVIDUAL WINS
OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
- Rachel Janiak, 800 Free (9:25.21) - 2nd place
- Rachel Janiak, 400 Free (4:35.57) - 2nd place
- Rachel Reaves, 200 Free (2:15.86) - 2nd place
- Rachel Reaves, 200 Back (2:26.03) - 2nd place
- Sidney MacGillivray, 50 Free (28.63) - 2nd place
- Kelsey Lanterman, 200 Fly (2:33.63) - 2nd place
- Collin Geurts, 200 Free (1:57.74) - 2nd place
- Casey Bach, 100 Free (52.84) - 2nd place
- Eli Engledow, 200 Back (2:20.43) - 2nd place
- Connor Sawyer, 400 Free (4:14.19) - 2nd place
UP NEXT
The Cardinals are scheduled to be off until January 16 when they will travel to the University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth, Kansas.
