THE FACTS
Gettysburg finishes 39th
What: NCAA Div. III women's swimming championship
When: Wednesday-Saturday, Mar. 19-22
Where: Greensboro, N.C.
THE SKINNY STORY
In the final event of the championship,
Ava Collin (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga),
Valerie Lawton (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury),
Mia Morreale (Short Hills, N.J./Millburn) and
Mia Yancey (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven) combined to finish 16th and earn All-America honors in the 400 free relay.
WEDNESDAY RECAP:
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Ava Berry (Raleigh, N.C./Sanderson) opened the weekend with a 35th-place finish in the prelims of the 500 free, posting a time of 5:04.02.
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Lanie McKenzie (Wilmington, Del./Charter School of Wilmington) placed 39th in the 200 IM with a time of 2:07.41.
• The 400 medley relay of
Mia Morreale,
Maya Knoller (Bernardsville, N.J./Newark Academy),
Mia Yancey and
Delaney Reck (Pawcatuck, Conn./Stonington) placed 23rd with a time of 3:50.94 for the No. 4 time in program history.
THURSDAY MORNING RECAP
• The 200 free relay group of
Ava Collin,
Mia Yancey,
Delaney Reck and
Valerie Lawton combined to post a time of 1:33.68 to place 12th in the prelims and earn a spot in the consolation finals on Friday night.
• Yancey just missed the 200 free finals, turning in a season-best time of 1:51.49 to place 22nd overall – 0.57 seconds off 16th place.
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Ava Berry placed 32nd in the 400 IM with a time of 4:34.97.
THURSDAY NIGHT RECAP
• The 200 free relay came back in the consolation finals to finish 14th. After
Ava Collin,
Mia Yancey,
Delaney Reck and
Valerie Lawton posted the No. 2 mark in program history in the prelims, the quartet turned in a time of 1:33.94 in the finals to claim the first team points of the championship and earn second-team All-America honors. Collin led off the relay with a 50 free program-record time of 23.51 seconds.
FRIDAY RECAP
• The 200 medley relay of Mia Morreale, Maya Knoller, Mia Yancey and Valerie Lawton placed 20th in the opening event of the morning session, posting a time of 1:45.21, which ranks sixth in program history.
• Lanie McKenzie finished 33rd in the 100 backstroke with a time of 56.90 seconds.
• The 800 free relay placed 20th in the event that was contested as a timed final. Ava Collin, Yancey, Ava Berry and McKenzie combined for a time of 7:38.39.
SATURDAY MORNING RECAP
• The 400 free relay of Ava Collin, Valerie Lawton, Mia Morreale and Mia Yancey finished 16th in the prelims to make it into the consolation finals by 0.5 seconds. The season-best time ranks third in program history.
• Earlier in the session, Morreale was 26th in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:03.08 while Lanie McKenzie was 40th with a time of 2:06.93.
SATURDAY NIGHT RECAP
• Ava Berry finished 26th in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 17:35.23.
• Collin, Lawton, Morreale and Yancey then closed out the session and championship with a time of 3:28.06 in the consolation finals of the 400 free relay to place 16th.
