ELSAH, Ill. – The Coe women's swimming and diving team took home the title at the Liberal Arts Championships on Saturday evening, making it two straight years with the title. The women finished the four-day meet with a team tally of 536 points, while the men's team took third place (506) out of eight schools.
Numerous school records were broken over the final two days of the championship meet. The Kohawks strength in relay events showed through on Friday as they picked up first-place finishes in the men's and women's 200 medley relay. Coe also had top finishes in the men's 100 back from
Kaleb Donels and the women's 200 free from
Darby Manternach while Donels set a new school record with his time.
FRIDAY TOP COE MEN'S EVENTS:
2nd Place: 400 IM -
Luke Baldwin - 4:11.51 (SR)
3rd Place: 200 Free -
Quincy Markham - 1:45.47
1st Place: 100 Back -
Kaleb Donels - 50.35 (SR)
3rd Place: 3 Meter Dive -
Abe Sala - 275.90
1st Place: 200 Medley R. -
Kaleb Donels, Luke Baldwin, Zach Kolker, Phil Cunningham - 1:34.94 (SR)
FRIDAY TOP COE WOMEN'S EVENTS:
2nd Place: 400 IM -
Lauren Pio - 4:46.97
2nd Place: 100 Fly -
Dana Clements - 57.97 (SR)
1st Place: 200 Free -
Darby Manternach - 1:57.85
2nd Place: 100 Breast -
Katie Freeland - 1:07.19
3rd Place: 100 Back -
Sammi Hall - 59.63
1st Place: 200 Medley R. -
Sammi Hall, Katie Freeland, Dana Clements, Darby Manternach - 1:48.53
Coe continued to rack up the podium finishes on Saturday, reaching the mark eight times on the afternoon. Despite coming up just short of first place
Kaleb Donels and
Luke Baldwin each set school records, with Donels claiming the mark in the 200 back and Baldwin in the 200 breast.
SATURDAY TOP COE MEN'S EVENTS:
2nd Place: 200 Back -
Kaleb Donels - 1:53.18 (SR)
2nd Place: 200 Breast -
Luke Baldwin - 2:08.72 (SR)
SATURDAY TOP COE WOMEN'S EVENTS:
2nd Place: 200 Back -
Sammi Hall - 2:06.89
2nd Place: 100 Free -
Darby Manternach - 54.19
3rd Place: 100 Free -
Lauren Pio - 54.38
2nd Place: 200 Breast -
Katie Freeland - 2:28.83
2nd Place: 200 Fly -
Dana Clements - 2:20.16
3rd Place: 1 Meter Dive -
Monica Douglass - 295.65
1st Place: 400 Free Relay -
Darby Manternach, Lauren Pio, Katie Freeland, Sammi Hall - 3:37.22 (SR)
(SR) = SCHOOL RECORD
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