BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – The Converse University swim teams faced Gardner-Webb on Saturday morning.
 
The women's team fell to Gardner-Webb by a final score of 133-60 and the men's swim team fell by a similar score of 125-68. This was the first time the Valkyries swim teams competed against Division I competition in recent memory.  
 
Women's Notes:

• In the opening event of the day the Valkyries 200-yard medley A team (Mayle Iwanski, Georgia Madigan, Maya Guevara and Blair Endicott) finished second with a time of 1:53.85, while the B team (Elizabeth Klauderman, Kate Hollingsworth, Madison Malena and Riley Halloran) finished fourth with a time of 2:05.83.
• In the 1000 free event, freshman Kenzie Maciosek Arent finished second with a time of 11:17.55 and Alexandra Zamecki finished third with a time of 11:28.32.
• In the 200 free event, Endicott finished third with a time of 2:04.83, Valerie Perez placed fourth with a time of 2:15.70 and Madison Malena finished fifth with a time of 2:16.71.
• Guevara and Juli Ganim finished fourth and fifth in the 50 free event with times of 25.67 and 27.14 seconds.
• Georgia Madigan and Kate Hollingsworth finished seventh and eighth in the 200 IM with times of 2:25.52 and 2:30.02.
• Guevara finished second in the 100 butterfly event with a time of 1:02.82. Madison Malena placed fifth in the event with a time of 1:08.67.
• In the 100 free event, Endicott placed fourth with a time of 56.95 seconds, Juli Ganim placed fifth with a time of 59.26 and Maciosek Arent is sixth with a time of 1:00.05.
• Iwanski finished fourth in the 100 back event with a time of 1:09.18 and Klauderman finished fifth with a time of 1:14.01.
• Alexandra Zamecki finished second in the 500 free event with a time of 5:36.77. Riley Halloran finished third with a time of 5:48.13 and Perez finished fourth with a time of 6:05.46.
• Georgia Madigan won the 100 breast event with a time of 1:11.00 and Hollingsworth finished second with a time of 1:14.90.
• The 200 free relay team of Ganim, Iwanski, Maciosek Arent, and Perez finished second with a time of 1:49.92.

 
Men's Notes:

• In the men's 200 medley relay event the Valkyries A team (Jay Owen, Tyler Leal, Alexander Nichols and Keith Rogers) finished third with a time of 1:37.58. The Valkyries B team (Jerry Gordon, Manny Schlichtmann, Davis Dial and Gavin Gordy) finished fifth with a time of 1:47.31.
• In the men's 1000 free event, Mason Reed finished second with a time of 10:28.81.
• In the 200 free event, Nichols finished third with a time of 1:50.12, Lilley placed sixth with a time of 1:53.61 and Micah Lesley finished eighth with a time of 1:53.71.
• Rogers placed second in the 50 free event with a time of 22.28 seconds, Alexander Kuznetsov finished seventh with a time of 23.08 seconds and Jaxon Tschikof placed ninth with a time of 26.52 seconds.
• Jay Owens placed fourth overall in the 200 IM event with a time of 2:03.64. Jonas Fleischer finished seventh with a time of 2:08.16, Gavin Gordy finished ninth, followed by Davis Dial and Henry Winstead.
• Kuznetsov placed fifth in the 100 butterfly event with a time of 54.53 seconds, Tyler Leal finished in sixth with a time of 54.79 seconds. Mason Reed placed ninth in the event and Coleman Smith finished 10^th.
• Joey Lilley finished second in the 100 free event with a time of 49.14 seconds. Alexander Nichols placed fourth in the event with a time of 50.09 seconds.
• Jay Owens finished fifth in the 100 back event with a time of 55.14 seconds, Jerry Gordon placed seventh with a time of 57.57 seconds and Jonas Fleischer finished eighth with a time of 58.61 seconds.
• The Valkyries swept the 500 free event, Micah Lesley won with a time of 5:17.69, Davis Dial finished second with a time of 5:21.91 and Henry Winstead finished third with 5:32.96.
• Tyler Leal won the 100 breast event with a time of 1:02.15, Gavin Gordy finished second with a time of 1:07.05, Manny Schlichtmann finished third with a time of 1:08.33 and Jaxon Tschikof finished fourth with a time of 1:11.69.
• The Valkyries A 200 free relay team of Lilley, Rogers, Kuznetsov, Lesley finished second with a time of 1:29.76. The Valkyries B team of Reed, Smith, Gordon and Schlichtmann finished third with a time of 1:39.57.

 
Next Up:
The Valkyries will be back in action on Friday, October 2^nd for the annual intersquad scrimmage. The event is set to start at 3:00 p.m. inside the Montgomery Student Center.  
 
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