Saturday, September 30
Tallahassee, Fla.
10:00 AM ET
Liberty University
at
Seminole Fall Classic
Lady Flames Earn 4th-Place Finish at Florida State
9/30/2023 12:49:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Liberty opened up its 2023-24 swimming & diving season with a fourth-place showing at the Seminole Fall Classic, which wrapped up Saturday at Morcom Aquatics Center.
The host Florida State Seminoles won with 231 points, followed by TCU (191), Georgia Tech (172) and Liberty (120).
Liberty Finalists
Liberty will next compete at James Madison, Oct. 13 in Harrisonburg, Va. The Dukes finished second at the 2023 CCSA Championships and will now compete in the Sun Belt this season.
The host Florida State Seminoles won with 231 points, followed by TCU (191), Georgia Tech (172) and Liberty (120).
Liberty Finalists
- 400 Medley Relay – 3:51.95 (Abbie Shaw – 56.39, Jamyson Robb – 1:07.28, Kamryn Cannings – 55.21, Sydney Stricklin – 53.07) – 4th place
- Jr. Shelby Kahn – 500 freestyle (5:07.28) – 7th place
- So. Isabelle Gomez – 500 freestyle (5:17.19) – 8th place
- Sr. Jamyson Robb – 200 breaststroke (2:30.51) – 7th place
- Sr. Abbi Leisure – 200 breaststroke (2:32.36) – 8th place
- Sr. Abbie Shaw – 200 backstroke (2:03.84) – 4th place
- So. Malia Francis – 200 backstroke (2:04.57) – 6th place
- Jr. Sydney Stricklin – 100 freestyle (53.71) – 6th place
- So. Kaycee Cannings – 100 freestyle (55.26) – 8th place
- Fr. Kamryn Cannings – 200 butterfly (2:01.43) – 1st place
- Jr. Kate Baker – 200 butterfly (2:07.41) – 6th place
- Jr. Grace Isaacs – 200 IM (2:09.67) – 6th place
- Jr. Emily Gallion – 200 IM (2:10.79) – 8th place
- So. Mary Herndon – Three-meter diving (6) (222.45) – 4th place
- 200 Freestyle Relay – 1:36.59 (Kamryn Cannings – 23.93, Sydney Stricklin – 24.25, Abbie Shaw – 24.44, Kaycee Cannings – 23.97) – 4th place
- Florida State and TCU both won four events today, while Liberty earned its first event win of the season when Kamryn Cannings claimed victory in the 200 fly.
- This weekend's meet featured unique scoring, with two swimmers per team per event scoring points and one diver per team adding to the point total. One relay per school scored as well.
- Freshman Kamryn Cannings won the 200 fly by three tenths of a second over Florida State's Sophie Freeman. Meanwhile, teammates Abbie Shaw (200 backstroke) and Mary Herndon (three-meter diving) both posted fourth-place finishes.
- This is the first time since Jan. 4, 2020 that Liberty has competed in the state of Florida for swimming & diving. That day, Liberty swept a quad meet at FGCU, defeating Tulane, Illinois State and the host FGCU Eagles. This is the ninth season in which Liberty has had a meet in the Sunshine State, opening the calendar years of 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 with meets in Florida.
- Kamryn Cannings' 2:01.43 from this morning ranks seventh on Liberty's all-time Top 10 performers list in the 200 butterfly.
- Liberty has four pairs of sisters on this year's roster, in Kamryn and Kaycee Cannings, Ella and Shelby Kahn, Abbie and Grace Shaw, and Sadie and Sydney Stricklin. The Cannings sisters bookended the 200 free relay to end the meet, with Kamryn leading off and Kaycee anchoring.
Liberty will next compete at James Madison, Oct. 13 in Harrisonburg, Va. The Dukes finished second at the 2023 CCSA Championships and will now compete in the Sun Belt this season.
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