Converse Swim Finishes Strong at Final Day of Conference Carolinas Swimming and Diving Championships.
KINGSPORT, TENN. .- On the final day of Conference Carolinas Swimming and Diving Championships the Converse Women finished fourth. The women tallied 403 total points, while the men's team tallied 277 points.
Roussel, Young, and the relay team highlighted the day for the women's team with a second and two third-place finish respectively and Lesley and the relay team highlighted the day for the men's team with sixth-place finishes.
The women's team continued their success in the 400 Free Relay. The team of Roussel, Young, and
the Beebe sisters claimed the final podium of the night with a third-place finish in the event. Individually,
Laureen Roussel had a second-place podium finish in the 200 Breast and
Ansley Young had a podium finish with 3rd place in the 200 Back.
On the men's side, the 400 Free Relay team consisting of Lesley, Rogers, Winstead, and Merzthal finished with a sixth-place podium finish. Individually,
Micah Lesley had a podium finish with 5th place in the 1650 Free and
Kirill Lyzhin had his first podium finish with a 6th in the 1650 Free.
Men's Notes:
? In the 100 Free finals A,
Daniel Merzthal finished 8th, and in finals B
Keith Rogers finished with a time of 48.16.
? In the 200 Breast Manny Schlichtmann finished 8th.
? In the 1650 Free,
Micah Lesley,
Kirill Lyzhin,
Henry Winstead, and
Ben Huston finished 5th, 6th, 9th, and 10th respectively.
? In the 400 Free Relay, the team consisting of Lesley, Rogers, Winstead, and Merzthal finished 6th with a time of 3:17.49.
Women's Notes:
? In the 200 Back finals A,
Ansley Young finished 3rd, and in finals B, Milly Bryne and
Kaitlin Williams finished with times of 2:11.70 and 2:20.22 respectively.
? In the 200 Breast finals A,
Laureen Roussel finished second, and in finals B,
Ember Hill finished with a time of 2:32.22.
? In the 200 Fly finals A, Katie Beebe finished 8th, and in finals B,
Lisbon Lopes finished with a time of 2:33.58.
? In the 1650 Free, Jess Kochert finished 13th.
? In the 400 Free Relay, the team consisting of Young, Roussel, K. Beebe, and
Julia Beebe finished 3rd with a time of 3:35.66.
