Aqua Buffs sink competition at Warren Wilson

Black Mountain, N.C. (Jan. 23, 2010) --- The Milligan College Aqua Buffs set five team records on their way to winning the quad meet at Warren Wilson College.

In team competition, the Aqua Buffs set a new team mark with a time of 2:04:23 in the women’s 200 medley relay by the team of Gretchen Grant (Blountville, Tenn.), Victoria Licari (Atascadero, Cali.), Rachel Landry (Boone, N.C.), and Megan Lorenzen (Johnson City, Tenn.)

Lorenzen also broke the team record for the 50m freestyle with a time of 26.89.

Darcee Kubisiak (Johnson City, Tenn.) set her own team record in the 1000m freestyle by the score 11:56.03., while Chris Fry (Greenwood, IN) set a team record in the 100m butterfly with a score of 56.55.

Evan Alfano (Chattanooga, Tenn.) broke a team record in the 200m freestyle with a time of 148.73, which qualifies him for the Swimming and Diving National Championships. Alfano also qualified in the 500m freestyle with a time of 5:17:32.

Adam Lewis (Wilmington, Ohio) also qualified for the Swimming and Diving National Championships with his time of 57.29 in the 100m backstroke.

On the men’s side, Milligan defeated Berry 75-12, and they also beat home team Warren Wilson 65-25. Emory and Henry did not compete on the men’s side because they do not have a men’s swimming team.

The women Aqua Buffs also won convincingly beating Berry College 59-30, Warren Wilson 63-31, and Emory and Henry 67-25.

The Aqua Buffs will travel to Mars Hill for their next meet on January 30. The time is set for 1 p.m.