JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman Eagles men's and women's swimming teams will compete in the 2014 Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championship meet at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center in Charlotte, N.C., beginning Friday and lasting through Sunday.
The meet, which has delayed its start to Friday due to the snow, is the event Carson-Newman swimming has been building for all year in this inaugural season of Eagle swimming.
"This is the meet our team has been working toward for many months, serving as the culmination of many early morning wakeups, personal accomplishments at smaller meets, and challenging practices," said Carson-Newman head swimming coach Paige McCord. "The swimmers are looking very fast right now in the water. We have put in the work. It should be an outstanding meet for many individuals and for both teams."
Carson-Newman will be competing against: Catawba, Converse, Davis & Elkins, Fairmont State, Johns Hopkins, Lenoir-Rhyne, Limestone, Pfeiffer, Queens, Randolph-Macon, Savannah College of A&D, Washington and Lee, West Virginia Wesleyan, and Wingate.
In its last action on January 18, Carson-Newman posted a pair of combined victories over Lenoir-Rhyne and Catawba on Saturday at the Shuford Education Center Pool.
Carson-Newman's combined teams score beat Catawba 201-187, while beating Lenoir-Rhyne 245-136. The Carson-Newman women defeated Catawba 113-83, then beat Lenoir-Rhyne 128-61. The Carson-Newman men beat Lenoir-Rhyne 117-75 while falling to Catawba 104-88.
The Carson-Newman women's 400-yard medley relay team of Amanda Henderson, Nancy Claire Smith, Natalie Burnett, and Aly Kaywork won the event with a time of 4:06.48. The Carson-Newman women's team of Taylor Bing, Hannah Kiser, Samantha Starnes, and Aly Kaywork finished second in the women's 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:42.88.
The Carson-Newman men's team of Sam Schechter, Drew Rutledge, Ben Young, and Stephen Parsons won the men's 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:11.63. The Carson-Newman men's team of Stephen Parsons, Kent Eldreth, Joshua Grover, and Sam Schechter finished second in the men's 400-yard medley relay with a time of 3:36.48.
Freshman Taylor Bing (Memphis, Tenn.) won the women's 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:59.50. Bing also finished second in the women's 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:24.74. Freshman Natalie Burnett (Sevierville, Tenn.) won the women's 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.12. Burnett also won the women's 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:14.68. Senior Ben Young won the men's 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.75. Young also finished second in the men's 100-yard freestyle with a time of 48.49.
Freshman Joshua Grover (Villa Rica, Ga.) won the men's 200-yard butterfly stroke with a time of 1:59.86. Grover also finished second in the men's 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:05.49. Freshman Samantha Starnes (Knoxville, Tenn.) won the women's 100-yard freestyle with a time of 55.38. Freshman Amanda Henderson (Bartlett, Tenn.) won the women's 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:09.56. Freshman Nancy Claire Smith (Franklin, Tenn.) won the women's 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:27.12.
Full results of the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championship meet will be available each night on www.cneagles.com, and some useful links are posted below.
2014 BMC Championship Central
http://www.wingatebulldogs.com/sports/2014/2/11/MSWIM_0211143049.aspx?id=419
2014 BMC free HD video (Thursday, Friday, Saturday evenings)
www.wingatebulldogs.com/live<http://www.wingatebulldogs.com/live>
2014 BMC live results (via Meet Mobile)*
http://www.wingatebulldogs.com/sports/2013/2/14/MSWIM_0214131309.aspx?id=378
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