Lions Place Fifth in Appalachian Swim Conference

BARBOURVILLE, KY.-The Mars Hill women's swimming team placed fifth at the Appalachian Swim Conference Championship meet, held Thursday through Saturday at Union College.

The Lions earned 369 points over the three-day event. Nicole Day finished first in the conference in the 50 Free and 200 Free. Lion women's swimmers broke five new school-recordsd at the event. Notre Dame College (Ohio) won the women's team championship with 558 points. Wheeling Jesuit took home the combined championship with 1255 points.

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Day's victories in the 50 Free and 200 Free highlighted Saturday's action. Day won the 50 Free in 24.45, while her victorious 200 Free time was 1:57.10. Day previously broke the school-record in the 200 Back with a second-place finish.

The 400 Free Relay team placed fourth. The team was made up of Day, Elle Grier, Taylor Bugg and Maggie Mills and swam a 3:40.40. Day and Bugg also made up part of the fifth-place 400 Medley Relay team, which also consisted of Miranda Schmidt and Megan Bartlett. Each team set a new school-record with their times.

Bugg added an eighth-place finish in the 25.94. Grier finished eighth in the 400 IM with a time of 4:55.39. Grier's closing split of 31.85 allowed her to pass a couple swimmers on the last leg.

Today's performances capped off the three-day event. Other highlights from the past three days included the second-place finish by the 200 Free Relay team and a fourth-place finish by Mills in the 100 Free. The 200 Free Relay time was a new school-record. Bartlett set a new school-record in the 100 Breast.

The event concludes the Lions' team swim season. Mars Hill finished with a 10-1 record in dual meets in addition to their fifth-place finish in the Appalachian Swim Conference.

Up next for some Lion swimmers will be the NCAA Division II Championship, which runs Mar. 5-9 in Birmingham, Ala. Participants will be announced at a later date.