CARY, N.C. – The Barton men's and women's swimming teams both finished second overall at the Pacer Invite, hosted by William Peace University, which concluded Saturday at the Triangle Aquatic Center.
The women's squad for the Bulldogs finished with 715.5 points while UNC Pembroke (830.5 points) took top honors. In the men's competition, Southern Virginia (769 points) won out while Barton totaled 625 points. The Bulldogs won 14 total events, eight on the men's side and six on the women's side.
The Barton women's swimming team was led by senior
Kleanza Cathers (Kitimat, British Columbia, CANADA). Cathers won the 50-yard freestyle (24.06) and was part of three first-place relays: 400-yard medley relay (3:58.17), 200-yard freestyle relay (1:38.00) and the 200-yard medley relay (1:48.93).
Junior
Moira Euker (Fredericksburg, Va.) and sophomore
Emme Ham (Plantation, Fla.) also placed first in the women's 200-yard backstroke (2:07.23) and women's 200-yard breaststroke (2:23.17), respectively, for the Bulldogs. Both swimmers joined Cathers on the winning medley relays as well.
On the men's side, Barton was paced by freshman
Georgi Tsurev (Blagoevgrad, BULGARIA) and sophomore
Ethan Maddrey (Sims, N.C.). Both swimmers combined to win five events: Tsurev in the 50-yard freestyle (21.40) and 100-yard (50.48) and 200-yard (1:50.06) backstrokes and Maddrey in the 200-yard (1:43.88) and 500-yard (4:46.11) freestyle events. Both swimmers were also part of the Bulldogs' first-place men's 200-yard (1:25.57) and 400-yard (3:06.93) freestyle relays.
Finally, Barton freshman
Lucas Knopsnyder (Ephrata, Pa.) won the men's 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 17:33.45 and freshman
David Szlobodnyik (Dunaujvaros, HUNGARY) touched the wall first in the men's 100-yard butterfly (50.06).
The Barton swimming teams return to the pool on Saturday, January 15, 2022, to compete in the Chowan Tri-Meet in Murfreesboro, N.C., beginning at 1:00 p.m.
Full Results
William Peace University Pacer Invite
Friday, November 19 – Saturday, November 20
Cary, N.C. – Triangle Aquatic Center
WOMEN
1. UNC Pembroke 830.5
2. Barton 715.5
3. Southern Virginia 395
4. Chowan 313
5. William Peace 223
6. Piedmont 167
7. Ferrum 138
8. Greensboro 86
9. Guilford 74
10. Warren Wilson 52
11. St. Andrews 43
12. Salem 12
MEN
1. Southern Virginia 769
2. Barton 625
3. Chowan 430
4. Piedmont 326
5. William Peace 298
6. Greensboro 132
7. St. Andrews 130
8. Warren Wilson 48
9. Ferrum 2
