Brown 5th in 200 free; Neale named ‘Champion of Character’
HOBART, Ind. – College of Saint Mary turned in two more top-eight finishes on Friday as day two of the three-day Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships continued at the Hobart Aquatic Center.
Sophomore Kylee Brown recorded the top individual finish in Friday night's finals, placing fifth in the 200 freestyle in 1:57.93.
The 200 medley relay of Jaidyn Vanschoiack, Mia Gauvin, Brown and Isabella Promes took seventh in 1:53.28. In that race, Gauvin swam a personal-best 31.21 split on her breaststroke leg, and Promes swam a personal-best 24.90 split on her freestyle anchor, breaking the magical 25-second barrier.
The Flames had six other individual finals swims on Friday. Promes placed 13th in the 200 freestyle (2:03.60). Cailyn Nielsen swam a huge personal best (1:12.09) in the 100 breaststroke to finish 13th, while Naomi Huttenga was 15th in the same race (1:13.97). In the 100 backstroke, Gauvin swam a deeper B-cut qualifying time of 1:01.91 to place 13th, while Chloe Hale was 14th (1:02.19) and Vanschoiack was 16th (1:03.12).
"Flames swimmers brought grit, resilience and love of their team to the pool today!'' CSM Coach Liz Germonprez said.
In addition, junior Autumn Neale earned the prestigious All-KCAC Champion of Character award.
Here are the day two results for CSM athletes:
Friday's Results
Prelims
200 medley relay: CSM B (Chloe Hale, Cailyn Nielsen, Naomi Huttenga, Juliet Balman) 1:57.80.
100 butterfly: 17, Juliet Balman 1:09.93; 19, Emma B'Hymer 1:14.04; 20, Olivia Poole 1:14.10; 23, Autumn Neale 1:25.04
200 freestyle: q5, Kylee Brown 1:58.58; q11, Isabella Promes 2:03.17; 22, Addison Miller 2:09.92; 23, Kylee Farson 2:10.67
100 breaststroke: q13, Cailyn Nielsen 1:13.05; q15, Naomi Huttenga 1:13.61
100 backstroke: q13, Chloe Hale 1:01.95; q14, Mia Gauvin 1:01.99; q15, Jaidyn Vanschoiack 1:03.71; 31, Skylar Ned 1:22.26
800 free relay: CSM B (Skylar Ned, Kylee Farson, Olivia Poole, Emma B'Hymer) 9:22.81
Finals
200 medley relay: 7, CSM A (Jaidyn Vanschoiack, Mia Gauvin, Kylee Brown, Isabella Promes) 1:53.28
200 freestyle: 5, Kylee Brown 1:57.93; 13, Isabella Promes 2:03.60
100 breaststroke: 13, Cailyn Nielsen 1:12.09; 15, Naomi Huttenga 1:13.97
100 backstroke: 13, Mia Gauvin 1:01.91; 14, Chloe Hale 1:02.19; 16, Jaidyn Vanschoiack 1:03.12