ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Ouachita women's swimming and diving team defeated Hendrix College, Texas Permian Basin and Oklahoma Christian this past weekend at Waggoner Pool.

"The lady tiger sharks are quickly becoming something special." Head swim coach Steven Bostick said, "They are a very hungry group right now. Over two days several swimmers had multiple first place finishes. Everyone likes to win but it's exciting when you have a group that hates to lose. I'd say they have some momentum."

On Friday evening the women's swim team narrowly defeated Hendrix College 108-106. The Tigers 200-yard medley relay team made up of Lilia Clark, Emily Mahan, Sydney Parker and Anastasiia Ulianova came in first place with a time of 1:53.26.

In the third event of the night Camilla Howarth placed first in the 1000-yard Freestyle, while fellow Tiger swimmer Madison McGhee came in third with a time of 12:33.40. In the fifth event of the night, Ouachita took the top three positions in the 200-yard freestyle. Clark recorded a sub two-minute time to take the competition and was followed by Ulianova and Susannah Frith.

Christina Beger finished in third place in the 50-yard free style, while Sarah Tuller and Victoria Kunselman finished in sixth and seventh place respectively. Mahan came in second place of the 200-yard individual medley after clocking a time of 2:24.23. Madison Shankle placed fifth in the individual medley with a time of 2:43.22.

In the 100-yard butterfly, Ouachita had three women finish in the top-five. Parker won the event with a time of 1:00.50, Elysian Majeske finished in third and Howarth finished in fourth place. In the 100-yard freestyle Ulianova took first place with a time of 57.46, Beger came in third place with a time of 1:00.72 and Kunselman finished fifth with a time of 1:02.06.

Clark took first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:01.54, Madison McGhee and Jordan Godbee came in sixth and ninth place respectively. Parker placed first in the 500-yard freestyle event and was followed shortly by Majeske and Shankle of Ouachita. Mahan and Frith each earned top-three finishes in the 100-yard breaststroke.

The Tigers concluded Friday nights event with a second and third place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay team. The top team of Beger, Majeske, Kunselman and Howarth lost by just 20 tenths of a second.

The women's swim team took the momentum from Friday night's win and came away with a pair of victories on Saturday morning against Texas-Permian Basin and Oklahoma Christian.

The 400-yard Medley Relay team once again took first place to open up the meet. For a second straight competition Howarth finished first in the 1000-yard freestyle event, with Beger and Godbee placing fourth and fifth respectively.

Parker took home first place in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:01.70 and Kunselman and Frith ensured that the Tigers had three finish inside the top-five of the event. In the 50-yard freestyle event Clark exploded across the pool in a time of 25.13 seconds to take first place. Alyssa Reece finished in the top-five of the event with a time of 27.03.
Parker claimed her second event of the afternoon with a top finish in the 200-yard butterfly.

Clark also took home first place honors in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 53.83 seconds. Ulianova took second place in the 200-yard backstroke and McGhee finished close behind her in fourth place. Howarth claimed first place in the 500-yard freestyle and Beger and Kunselman made sure that all three Tiger swimmers finished inside the top-five.

Clark finished the morning with a victory in the 200-yard breaststroke, followed Mahan in third and Frith in fourth place.

The Ouachita swimming and diving team will take a few weeks off before traveling across the street to take on Henderson State University on October 26. For all the latest news on the Ouachita swim team log onto obutigers.com.