Swimming Takes Fourth Place at SCAD Invitational
Savannah, Georgia- The Brenau swim team amassed 361 points to place fourth at the SCAD Invitational this past weekend.
The squad had an all-around strong performance in the relay events as the team of Cloe Barthelemy, Haley Bartoletta, Bailey Ibarra and Bayley Blackmon raced to a time of 1:41.02 in the 200 freestyle relay. Then Callie Edens and Macie Patridge joined Ibarra and Bartoletta for another second place finish in the 800 freestyle relay in 8:08.43.
Host SCAD Savannah won the team title with 787 points, while Berry (Ga.) College (658.5) and Emory (Ga.) University (590) rounded out the top three teams.
Other Brenau finishers include:
200 medley relay, fourth place, Blackmon, Durak, Bartoletta and Barthelemy, 1:53.80;
400 medley relay, fifth place, Blackmon, Durak, Bartoletta and Ibarra, 4:08.71;
400 freestyle relay, eighth place, Edens, Partridge, Ibarra and Funes, 4:02.25;
Cloe Barthelemy, seventh place, 100 freestyle, 54.91; eighth place, 50 freestyle, 25.20; eighth place, 200 freestyle, 2:01.85; 11th place, 100 butterfly, 1:02.53;
Haley Bartoletta, sixth place, 200 butterfly, 2:19.12; sixth place, 400 IM, 5:00.32;
Bayley Blackmon, second place, 50 freestyle, 23.90; second place, 100 freestyle, 52.64; second place, 100 butterfly, 57.16;
Gwyneth Durak, fourth place, 1650 freestyle, 18:20.99; seventh place, 500 freestyle, 5:24.67; 11th place, 200 freestyle, 2:00.62; 12th place, 100 freestyle, 56.98;
Callie Edens, 10th place, 200 backstroke, 2:23.95; 14th place, 100 backstroke, 1:07.10; 21st place, 100 butterfly, 1:07.69;
Vivianne Fuentes, 18th place, 500 freestyle, 6:10.28;
Emily Giles, first place, 50 freestyle, 27.23; 21st place, 200 freestyle, 2:15.50; 24th place, 100 freestyle, 59.98;
Bailey Ibarra, sixth place, 1650 freestyle, 18:55.07; 11th place, 500 freestyle, 5:28.42;
Macie Patridge, 12th place, 100 breaststroke, 1:19.30; 16th place, 50 freestyle, 27.09; 23rd place, 100 freestyle, 58.71;
Melanie Wicht, eighth place, 1650 freestyle, 19:59.02; 15th place, 500 freestyle, 5:50.15; 15th place, 50 freestyle, 26.75; 19th place, 100 freestyle, 58.62;
The squad will take a break for the holidays and return to the pool on January 15th with a dual meet at Converse (SC) College.