NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – The Ouachita Baptist University women's swimming and diving team put the finishing touches on a perfect week with a 170-87 road win over Loyola-New Orleans.
"The team swam pretty good considering the long bus ride on Friday," said Ouachita Head Coach
Steven Bostick. "Loyola was a great host and with the pool being on the fifth floor of the building it was an exciting venue… We've got to do better on some of the details and figure out how to swim fast even after a tough week of practice. All in all, we're excited to be 2-0 and pick up the road wins. We're hoping for a big crowd next week for homecoming against top ten opponent Oklahoma Christian."
The Tigersharks earned wins in 10 of 14 events, highlighted by a streak of seven straight wins in the middle events and three events with Ouachita representing the top three finishers.
Ouachita's top performances include:
- 400-yard medley: Ouachita's team of Erin Russo, Emma Ballantyne, Didi Christenson, and Kate McCown came in second by just a tenth of a second with a time of 4:11.35.
- 200-yard freestyle: Ouachita had the first, second, and third place finishers with Didi Christenson leading the way at 2:02.70, followed by Erin Russo at 2:05.86 and Kaitlyn Montgomery at 2:07.24.
- 100-yard backstroke: Abigail McMahon came in second by just over one second with a time of 1:03.49.
- 100-yard breaststroke: Elise Henderson came in first at 1:13.04.
- 200-yard butterfly: Keilee Holcomb took first at 2:10.07. Rachel Del Angel took second at 2:15.11.
- 50-yard freestyle: Ouachita had the first, second, and third place finishers with Jameson Tankersley leading the way at 26.15, followed by Kate McCown at 26.72 and Lydia Medigovich at 26.98.
- 100-yard freestyle: Kendall Wilson took first at 56.96. Erin Russo took second at 57.08.
- 200-yard backstroke: Kaitlyn Montgomery took first at 2:13.63. Jameson Tankersley finished second at 2:17.42.
- 200-yard breaststroke: Emma Ballantyne won by a six-second margin at 2:34.52. Rachel Del Angel took second 2:40.57.
- 500-yard freestyle: Keilee Holcomb won by 17 seconds with a time of 5:12.99. Elise Henderson took second at 5:28.23.
- 200-yard individual medley: Emma Ballantyne took first with a five-second margin at 2:17.82.
- 200-yard freestyle relay: Ouachita's team of Rachel Del Angel, Didi Christenson, Keilee Holcomb, and Jameson Tankersley took first at 1:41.66.
