USN wins vs. Harding with a combined score of 145-129

The MS Tigers finished their regular season dual meets with a win against Harding!  Our girls team was narrowly defeated 77-61, but the outstanding swims from our boys 88-48 secured the overall win for the team. 

Here are the highlights from the meet:

Girls team
Elena Escalas won the 80 Fly and 80 Breast, posting her best time in Breaststroke this season!
Kate Capizzi placed second in the 80 Breast and 3rd in the 80 Fly
Natalie Teselle placed second in the 80 Fly and 80 Back
Tess Deegan placed third in the 160 IM
Madigan Wheelock finished 2nd in the 40 Free and swam her personal best time
Josephine Zenker finished third in the 40 Free
Hope Eidam won her heat in the 40 Free and had a personal best time, Lila Weiss and Jing Dai had great starts in their relay, Jianmei Perkins, Emily Baker, Maggie Kidd, Rachel Brandon, Blair Webber, Alexandria Yu, Mary Frances Noser and Effie Zuberer-Davis helped their relay teams, Rachel Weaver and Kate Cropp swam their best times in the 40 Free, Ria Jagasia swam well in a new event, Kate Carpenter swam a strong leg of Fly in the Medley Relay, Hannah Bollen, Carson Thomas and Aline Aronsky swam their best times in the 80 Free, E A Cooper won her heat in the 40 Breast, Sammie Chomsky had a good swim in the 40 Breast despite not feeling well, Lena Friedman swam her best time in the 160 IM, Elizabeth Dossett matched her best time in the 40 Free, Elizabeth Farr had a good swim in the Medley relay, Julianna Lewis had a good swim in the 40 Back.    

Boys Team
Ben Tattersfield won the 160 IM and 80 Fly
Kellon Patey won the 80 Back and placed 2nd in the 80 Fly
Dylan Young won the 40 Free
Daniel Pannock placed second in the 160 IM
Case Nieboer finished second in the 80 Free
Neil Zheng finished third in the 80 Fly, swimming his best time this season
Bobby Wingo placed second in the 40 Free and swam his best time this season
Mackenzie Myers finished fourth in the 40 Free swimming his best time
Will Jones finished second in the 80 Breast swimming his best time this season
Relay teams won both first and second place in the 160 Medley and 160 Free, 2nd and 3rd in the 320 Free relay
Sam Bollen had great swims to help his relay teams including the Fly in the Medley relay, Kenyon Carpenter had great swims in the Medley relay and 80 Back, Shayan Aliabadi had a good 40 Free swim, Henry Condon swam his best time in the 40 Free, Ben Werther swam his best time in the 80 Free.

Great job Tigers!!!