PREVIEW: #11/15 Swimming takes on SAC Championships
Greensboro, N.C. —- The 11th-ranked and 15th-ranked Catawba College men's and women's swim teams hit the pool at the Greensboro Aquatic Center Tuesday through Saturday of this week to compete in the South Atlantic Conference Championships.
THE SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Feb. 4
- 800 Free Relay
Wednesday, Feb. 5
Prelims (10 a.m.)
- 200 Individual Medley Relay
- 50 Freestyle
- 1000 Freestyle
Finals (5 p.m.)
- 1000 Freestyle (top heat)
- 200 Individual Medley
- 50 Freestyle
- 200 Medley Relay
Thursday, Feb. 6
Prelims (10 a.m.)
- 100 Butterfly
- 400 Individual Medley
- 200 Freestyle
Finals (5 p.m.)
- 100 Butterfly
- 400 Individual Medley
- 200 Freestyle
- 400 Medley Relay
Friday, Feb. 7
Prelims (10 a.m.)
- 500 Freestyle
- 100 Backstroke
- 100 Breaststroke
- 200 Butterfly
Finals (5 p.m.)
- 500 Freestyle
- 100 Backstroke
- 100 Breaststroke
- 200 Butterfly
- 200 Freestyle Relay
Saturday, Feb. 8
Prelims (10 a.m.)
- 100 Freestyle
- 200 Backstroke
- 200 Breaststroke
- 1650 Freestyle
Finals (5 p.m.)
- 1650 Freestyle
- 100 Freestyle
- 200 Backstroke
- 200 Breaststroke
- 400 Freestyle Relay
MEET NOTES
- Head coach Matthew Gearing is the reigning SAC Men's Coach of the Year
- Both Catawba's men and women's programs were named SwimCloud's most improved teams in 2024
- Men - 40th to 10th
- Women - 20th to 12th
- Catawba's women earned the highest GPA of any Division II program in the country for the fifth straight semester with a 3.89
Returning 2024 SAC Champions
- Fiona Bryne - 1000 Free and 1650 Free
- Maks Minichowski - 50 Free, 100 Breast and 100 Free
- Balasz Meszaros - 200 Breast
Swimmers entering this week with fastest seed time
- Byrne - 1000 Free (10:10.69), 500 Free (4:57.21), 1650 Free (16:51.90)
- Joao Oliveira - 200 IM (1:50.05)
- Marit Reckmann - 50 Free (23.10)
- Minichowski - 50 Free (19.99), 200 Free (1:36.84), 100 Breast (53.38)
- Gabi Moll - 200 Breast (2:16.34)
- Rowan Viles - 200 Breast (1:59.91)
UP NEXT
- After the SAC Championships conclude, Catawba shifts its attention to the final meet before the NCAA DII Championships in March with the Emory Last Chance on Feb. 21 & 22
