Birmingham, Ala. - The Rhodes College swimming and diving programs are off to a fantastic start of the 2019 Southern Athletic Association Championships!
Rhodes took second in the only swimming event of the night, the 800 freestyle relays, where both of Rhodes' A teams broke program records.
Elizabeth McAninch placed fifth out of 11 divers in the women's one-meter diving competition. She totaled a score of 330.55.
The women's team of
Madi Griffin,
Lilli Metts,
Carly Good and
Mary Beth Baker, swam 12 seconds faster (7:39.07) than the 2015 record (7:50.22). The Lynx swam an NCAA B-Cut as the team finished second behind Birmingham-Southern's new SAA record swim. Rhodes B team won the consolation round, swimming just one second slower than the previous record. Junior
Madi Griffin broke her own 200 free record in the leadoff leg (1:51.99) of the 800 free relay, swimming an NCAA B-Cut. She set her previous mark of 1:52.20 at last year's conference championship.
In the 800 free relay on the men's side,
Harrison Rozman,
Evan Ziolkowski,
Roland Chang and
Hayden Hill swam to a new record (6:52.84), roughly nine seconds faster than the 2016 record and 0.40 seconds behind the Berry Vikings for an exciting finish.
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 13
1. Birmingham-Southern College 134
2. Sewanee 129
3. Rhodes College 114
4. Hendrix College 99
5. Centre College 96
6. Berry College Vikings 92
Scores - Men Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 13
1. Berry College Vikings 56
2. Birmingham-Southern College 54
3. Rhodes College 48
3. Centre College 48
5. Hendrix College 38
5. Sewanee 38
Fans can watch online throughout the championship
here. Results as each event concludes can be found on the
championship webpage. As soon as a live result link becomes available, we'll add that to the teams' online schedule pages.
Below is the rest of the championship schedule, beginning with prelims at 10:30 a.m. CST each day, followed by finals around 6:30 p.m. CST:
Thursday - Preliminaries 10:30 a.m. local time
200 Freestyle Relay (optional - exhibition) (10-minute break)
500 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
50 Freestyle
(20-minute break)
400 Medley Relay (optional - exhibition) Women's 1-Meter Diving (1:30 p.m.)
Finals 6:30 p.m. CST:
Men's and Women's 1-Meter Diving Awards 200 Freestyle Relay
(10-minute break)
500 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
50 Freestyle (20-minute break)
400 Medley. Relay
Day Three - Friday - Preliminaries 10:30 a.m. local time
200 Medley Relay (optional - exhibition) (10-minute break)
400 Individual Medley
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
(20-minute break)
Men's and Women's 3-Meter Diving (1:30 p.m.)
Finals 6:30 p.m. local time
Men's and Women's 3-Meter Diving Awards 200 Medley Relay
(10-minute break)
400 Individual Medley
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
(20-minute break)
800 Freestyle Relay (Fastest heat of each gender)
*Swimming awards will be presented immediately after each event.
Day Four - Saturday - Preliminaries 10:30 a.m.
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
(20-minute break)
400 Freestyle Relay (optional - exhibition)
1650 Freestyle
Women's 3-Meter Diving (1:30 p.m.)
Finals 6:10 p.m. local time
Senior Recognition / National Anthem Women's 3-Meter awards
1650 awards
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly (20-minute break)
400 Freestyle Relay
