LEXINGTON, Va. – VMI Women's Swimming & Diving completed the three-day Keydet Invite Sunday afternoon at Goodall Pool.
The Keydets broke 15 records during the event, including six first-place marks. VMI totaled 635.50 points, good enough for second place in the eight-team invitational. Winning the Keydet Invite title was the University of Lynchburg with 664.50 points.
Day One
The 200 Free Relay team with
Noelle Tong,
Lacy Delzell,
Valeria Paulson, and
Mackenzie Byrne secured a new team record (1:36.42) that put them atop the pack. Also breaking records was
Carissa Witte, who shattered the Rat and team records in the 500 Free (5:12.92), good enough for third place.
During the finals session, senior
Noelle Tong scored second place in the 50 Free (24.16). Tong's prelim time (24.14) was atop the 43 competitors at the invite. Sophomore
Emerson Cosner added more points for the Keydets with a second-place mark in the 100 Fly (58.93).
On the boards, it was sophomore
Isabelle Haer leading the charge with gold in the one-meter, earning 247.05 points.
Day Two
On the second day of the invite, Delzell blazed through the 200 Free (1:55.68) en route to breaking the Rat and team record and second place. Back for more, Witte snapped the team and Rat 400 IM record (4:49.17) to secure third place. Tong would tally third in the 100 Back (58.29).
After nabbing first in the one-meter on Friday, Haer followed up with first in the three-meter with 271.28 points.
Day Three
After a stellar first two days, Tong capped off her weekend with first place in the 100 Free (51.84), setting a new team record. Byrne was right behind, tying for second (53.39). In the 200 Breast, freshman
Maddie Wolfe picked up the top time in the B-Final and set a new Rat record (2:30.46).
Breaking records on day three included freshman
Avery Shuping in the 1,650 Free (17:54.41) and 1,000 Free (10:50.95), setting a new Rat and team record in both races.
In diving, a new event led to more records being created and broken. Haer earned the first-ever team record for the platform dive with a score of 144.23, while freshman
Nicole Segler set the Rat record in the platform dive with 114.15 points.
Closing out the invite with a bang was the 400 Free Relay team with Tong, Delzell, Paulson, and Byrne, breaking the team record and earning second (3:33.11).
Next Up
The Keydets take a two-month break from action, but return to the pool on January 16 to face Saint Francis and Howard for a home tri-meet.
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