Garnet Men Take Second at Centennial Championships; Miller Strikes Gold With NCAA Time
LANCASTER, Pa. - On the final day of the Centennial Conference Championships, the Swarthmore College men's swim team held on for a decisive second-place team finish with 732 points, 113 points behind host and champion Franklin & Marshall on Sunday evening from Lancaster.
On the women's side, it was senior Anne Miller who stole the show once again for the Garnet, taking home a gold medal by clocking in with an NCAA A-cut time in the 200-yard butterfly (2:04.14). As a team, the Garnet women finished in fifth place with 407 points.
Benveniste finished took home a silver in the 1650 free and set a new Swarthmore College record.
In the 200-yard butterfly, Miller's 2:04.14 gold medal time led the way as the Garnet women owned the race going one-two-three with senior Casey Osborn (2:11.11) capturing silver and freshman Hannah Gotwals (2:12.35) taking home the bronze.
Freshman Jake Benveniste paced the Garnet men in the opening event of the finals capturing a silver and setting a new Swarthmore College record time in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 16:21.25. Benveniste also won a bronze in the 500-yard free on day one of competition. The 1650 free was all about Garnet freshmen as Tyler Hanson (16:26.89) and Josh Satre (16:30.22) finished four and five closely behind freshman classmate Benveniste.
Junior Sterling Satterfield earned his third medal of the championships, coming in second on Sunday in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:08.76 only six-tenths of a second off of an NCAA B-cut time.
Sophomore Sam Bullard-Sisken swam strong in the 200-yard backstroke but fell just short of a medal finishing fourth by less than second with a time of 1:56.58.
Sophomore Naomi Glassman also finished strong in the 200 fly closely behind her teammates in the sixth place spot with a time of 2:16.74.
The second-place finish by the Garnet men is its fourth-consecutive at the Conference meet.
Miller earned captured gold and an NCAA A-cut time in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:04.14.
Miller will now move on to the NCAA Division III Championships from Minnesota on March 11-13.
MEDAL COUNT
Sunday Medals
Men
Freshman Jake Benveniste - silver; 1650 freestyle (Swat record)
Junior Sterling Satterfield - silver; 100 breaststroke
Women
Senior Anne Miller - gold; 200 butterfly
Senior Casey Osborn - silver; 200 butterfly
Freshman Hannah Gotwals - bronze; 200 butterfly
Cumulative Medals
Men
Freshman Jake Benveniste - silver; 1650 freestyle - bronze; 500-yard freestyle
Junior Sterling Satterfield - silver; 100 breaststroke - bronze (2); 200-yard medley relay and 100-yard breaststroke
Sophomore Sam Bullard-Sisken - bronze (2); 200-yard medley relay and 100 backstroke
Sophomore Tim Brevart - bronze; 200-yard medley relay
Freshman Roger Chin - bronze; 200-yard medley relay
Sophomore Tyler Hanson - silver; 400 yard IM
Freshman Charles Hepper - bronze; 400 yard IM
Women
Senior Anne Miller - gold; 200-yard butterfly - silver; 100-yard butterfly
Senior Casey Osborn - silver; 200 butterfly
Freshman Hannah Gotwals - bronze; 200 butterfly
NCAA Times
A Cut
Senior Anne Miller - 200-yard Butterfly
B Cut
Senior Anne Miller - 100-yard butterfly.