The Warren Wilson College swimming team opened the traditional collegiate swimming season by traveling to the University of the South on Friday and Saturday, Nov 7-8th, competing against 10 other schools at the Sewanee Invitational.  Nine swimming Owls made the trip, each had season best times and all maintained very positive attitudes while competing against stiff competition.

Highlights include a 10th place finish in the 200-yard Freestyle and 9th place finish and a new varsity record in the 100-yard Butterfly from freshman Amelia Hubbard (Tobaccoville, NC).  Hubbard eclipsed the seven year-old standard by .04 seconds, swimming a time of 1:08.46.

The Owls return to action against Berea College this Saturday, Nov 15th at 1pm at the DeVries Natatorium.

Other top-20 finishes from the Owls include:

100-yard Medley Relay
Women: Brett Parmenter, Hubbard, Sarah Larsen, Alice Hatley, 12th, 1:04.03
Men: Kenny Hummel, Johnathan Bland, Brendan Burns, Ben Gould, 12th, 56.92

50-yard Breaststroke
Women: Larsen, 20th, 38.22
Men: Bland, 18th, 31.32

100-yard Individual Medley
Women: Hubbard, 15th, 1:09.56

50-yard Butterfly
Women: Hubbard, 14th, 30.12

100-yard Medley Relay
Women: Parmenter, Larsen, Hatley, Maddy Dillon, 9th, 2:24.59
Men: Hummel, Bland, Burns, Gould, 7th, 2:00.74

50-yard Freestyle
Women: Larsen, 19th, 28.80

100-yard Breaststroke
Women: Dillon, 17th, 1:32.10
Men: Bland, 15th, 1:08.82

200-yard Freestyle
Women: Hubbard, 10th, 2:11.61; Hatley, 15th, 2:33.48

500-yard Freestyle
Women: Larsen, 16th, 6:29.83; Hatley, 17th, 6:43.97
Men: Gould, 16th, 6:52.56

100-yard Freestyle
Women: Hubbard, 12th, 1:00.30; Larsen, 16th, 1:04.20

200-yard Backstroke
Women: Hatley, 17th, 2:51.16; Parmenter, 19th, 2:59.621

200-yard Breaststroke
Men: Bland, 16th, 2:44.81; Gould, 17th, 2:49.04

100-yard Butterfly
Women: Hubbard, 9th, 1:00.46* (Varsity Record!)