Thursday, January 11
Boiling Springs, N.C.
5:00 PM ET
Liberty University
154
at
95
Gardner-Webb
Liberty Earns 154-95 Win at Gardner-Webb
1/11/2024 7:55:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. - Liberty earned a 154-95 road victory over ASUN opponent Gardner-Webb, Thursday at Bost Pool.
With the win, Liberty improves to 2-1 on the season, including 1-1 in ASUN competition. Meanwhile, the Runnin' Bulldogs fall to 3-7 for the campaign.
Liberty Event Winners
Liberty's divers will be in action tomorrow (3:30 p.m.) and Saturday (9:30) at Liberty Natatorium, taking on ECU. The Lady Flames' swimmers will compete at Campbell on Saturday at 11 a.m.
With the win, Liberty improves to 2-1 on the season, including 1-1 in ASUN competition. Meanwhile, the Runnin' Bulldogs fall to 3-7 for the campaign.
Liberty Event Winners
- So. Eden Troxell – 1000 freestyle (10:36.56)
- Jr. Shelby Kahn – 200 freestyle (1:54.11); 500 freestyle (5:11.07)
- Sr. Abbie Shaw – 100 backstroke (55.79)
- Sr. Jamyson Robb – 100 breaststroke (1:06.67)
- Fr. Kamryn Cannings – 200 butterfly (2:07.71); 100 butterfly (57.16)*
- Jr. Sydney Stricklin – 100 freestyle (53.95)
- R-Fr. Malia Francis – 200 backstroke (2:06.17)
- Sr. Genna Joyce – 200 breaststroke (2:23.33)
- Jr. Grace Isaacs – 400 IM (4:30.59)*
- 200 freestyle relay – 1:39.77 (Kaycee Cannings – 25.77; Abbie Shaw – 24.52; Sydney Houtz – 24.39; Heather Gardner – 25.09)*
- Note - * denotes events Liberty scored as exhibitions
- For the meet, Liberty won 11 individual events and the 200 freestyle relay, while Gardner-Webb claimed one individual event and the 200 medley relay.
- Liberty got individual event victories from nine different swimmers, including two each by Kamryn Cannings (100 butterfly, 200 butterfly) and Shelby Kahn (200 free, 500 free).
- Cannings has won the 200 fly at all five of Liberty's meets this season, giving her a team-leading 10 individual-event wins during the campaign. Grace Isaacs (400 IM), Genna Joyce (200 breaststroke), Jamyson Robb (100 breaststroke) and Sydney Stricklin (100 free) all earned their first event victories of the season.
- The Lady Flames posted 1-2-3 finishes in the 200 free, 100 back, 200 fly, 200 back, 200 breaststroke, 500 free, 100 fly and 400 IM.
- With the outcome decided, Liberty contested the final three events as exhibitions.
- The closest individual race of the evening was the 200 breaststroke, with Genna Joyce edging Heather Gardner by 0.4 (2:23.33 to 2:23.73).
- The Lady Flames are 43-5 all-time in dual meets contested in North Carolina. Liberty had won 41 straight dual meets inside the Tar Heel State prior to its setback at UNC Asheville Oct. 27-28, 2023.
- Liberty holds a 6-1 all-time record against Gardner-Webb, winning the last six meetings in a row. The Lady Flames defeated the Runnin' Bulldogs 290-56 on Oct. 26-27, 2019 in Lynchburg in the last meeting between the two teams. Liberty is 3-0 all-time at Gardner-Webb's Bost Pool, also winning in 2011-12 and 2017-18 seasons.
Liberty's divers will be in action tomorrow (3:30 p.m.) and Saturday (9:30) at Liberty Natatorium, taking on ECU. The Lady Flames' swimmers will compete at Campbell on Saturday at 11 a.m.
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