MOUNT BERRY, Ga. - The Berry college men's and women's swimming teams put on a clinic in their hope opener against Life University Saturday afternoon, sweeping the Running Eagles 136-122 on the men's side and 154-97 on the women's side.
The men's team improved to 3-4 this season, while the women's team improved to 5-3.
Freshman Keegan Stahl was without a doubt the star of today's meet for the Vikings. He broke both the program and the Cage Center pool record in the 50 freestyle with a final time of 20.46. That broke the previous school record set by Graydon McCrite over 12 years ago on February 14, 2014.
That wasn't the only record he broke throughout the day. Stahl also broke the pool record in the 100 freestyle with a 45.80, a record he would later break again as part of the 400 freestyle relay team, leading off with a time of 45.67.
The 400 freestyle team as a whole also shattered the pool record to close out the meet. The team of Stahl, Joseph Myers, Evan Pelletier, and Nick Fonzo combined to finish the race in 3:06.18, breaking the previous record (3:09.04) by nearly three seconds.
Top Finishers - Men
200 Medley Relay: Fonzo, John Cook, Stahl, Blake Ferdinand - 1:32.77 (1st)
1650 Freestyle: Ronan White - 17:46.85 (2nd)
200 Freestyle: Jack Hendricks - 1:46.17 (3rd)
100 Backstroke: James Pattillo - 52.61 (1st)
100 Breaststroke: John Cook - 1:00.28 (3rd)
200 Butterfly: Carson Huffhines - 2:07.22 (2nd)
200 Backstroke: James Pattillo - 1:53.85 (1st)
200 Breaststroke: Gavin Buettner - 2:13.64 (3rd)
500 Freestyle: Ronan White - 5:02.00 (2nd)
100 Butterfly: Joseph Myers - 53.30 (3rd)
200 IM: Vincent Bash - 1:57.40 (2nd)
For the women's team, six different Vikings finished first in an individual event. However, Campbell Cummins was the only one to finish first twice to lead the way for the team. She won both the 200 freestyle (1:57.87) and the 500 freestyle (5:25.30), while also competing in the 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay.
Top Finishers - Women
200 Medley Relay: Cummins, Hannah Burke, Alexis Knoll, GG Brackett - 1:52.38 (2nd)
1000 Freestyle: EK Martin - 11:11.61 (1st)
100 Backstroke: Charlotte Ulewicz - 1:01.90 (1st)
100 Breaststroke: Maddie Nunley - 1:10.28 (2nd)
200 Butterfly: Emmy Mims - 2:26.59 (2nd)
50 Freestyle: Val Williams - 25.40 (1st)
100 Freestyle: Katie Fraley - 56.08 (1st)
200 Backstroke: Zoey Cocian - 2:15.27 (1st)
200 Breaststroke: Maddie Nunley - 2:33.19 (2nd)
100 Butterfly: Emmy Mims - 1:04.75 (4th)
200 IM: Hannah Burke - 2:19.61 (2nd)
400 Freestyle Relay: Brackett, Ulewicz, Fraley, Cocian - 3:42.62 (1st)
The Vikings return to the pool on Saturday, November 7 for a home meet against University of Tennessee Southern at 1 p.m.