Friday, February 23
Knoxville, Tenn.
10:00 AM ET
Liberty University
vs
ASUN Swimming & Diving Championships
Liberty Builds Lead Through Day 3
2/23/2024 8:47:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Liberty holds nearly a 100-point lead over second-place Queens in the 2024 ASUN Swimming & Diving Championships after Friday's action at Allan Jones Aquatic Center.
The Lady Flames, looking for their sixth straight conference title, lead with 669.5 points, followed by Queens (571). UNC Asheville (439.5) is third, followed closely behind by FGCU (431.5).
Team Standings
1. Liberty – 669.5
2. Queens - 571
3. UNC Asheville – 439.5
4. FGCU – 431.5
5. North Florida – 189
6. Gardner-Webb – 157.5
7. Bellarmine – 101
Liberty A Finalists
Notable
Tomorrow will be the final day of the 2024 ASUN Championships. The morning prelims begin at 10 a.m. with the 100 freestyle, followed by 200 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, 400 freestyle relay and the 1,650 freestyle.
The Lady Flames, looking for their sixth straight conference title, lead with 669.5 points, followed by Queens (571). UNC Asheville (439.5) is third, followed closely behind by FGCU (431.5).
Team Standings
1. Liberty – 669.5
2. Queens - 571
3. UNC Asheville – 439.5
4. FGCU – 431.5
5. North Florida – 189
6. Gardner-Webb – 157.5
7. Bellarmine – 101
Liberty A Finalists
- 800 free relay – 1st place in 7:10.97 (Kamryn Cannings (1:46.40), Sydney Stricklin (1:47.96), Kate Baker (1:49.21), Shelby Kahn (1:47.80))
- Sr. Abbie Shaw – 100 backstroke (1st place in 54.27 – qualified in 53.40)
- Jr. Sydney Stricklin– 100 backstroke (2nd place in 54.30 – qualified in 54.71)
- Sr. Sydney Houtz – 100 backstroke (3rd place in 54.50 – qualified in 55.68)
- Fr. Malia Francis – 100 backstroke (4th place in 54.80 – qualified in 54.87)
- Sr. Jamyson Robb – 100 backstroke (6th place in 54.87 – qualified in 55.44); 100 breaststroke (4th place in 1:02.39 - qualified in 1:02.84)
- Sr. Genna Joyce – 100 breaststroke (5th place in 1:02.71 – qualified in 1:03.53)
- Sr. Heather Gardner – 100 breaststroke (6th place in 1:02.85 – qualified in 1:03.45)
- Fr. Kamryn Cannings – 200 butterfly (1st place in 1:56.12 – qualified in 1:57.63)
Notable
- Liberty posted 10 top-eight finishes on Friday night, including three event victories and five podium finishes. For the meet, Liberty has earned 35 A Finals, 19 podiums and six event victories.
- Liberty extended lengthy winning streaks in two events tonight, including the 800 free relay. The Lady Flames won that relay for the seventh year in a row, with Kamryn Cannings, Sydney Stricklin, Kate Baker and Shelby Kahn winning in 7:10.97.
- Senior Abbie Shaw captured her fifth career conference championship gold medal and sixth career podium finish, pushing Liberty's winning streak in the 100 backstroke to eight years with her time of 54.27. Sydney Stricklin earned her fourth career conference championship podium finish, placing second in 54.30, while Sydney Houtz finished third (54.50) for her first conference medal. The Lady Flames put five into the 100 back A Final, going 1-2-3-4 in a swimming event for the first time since the 2022 CCSA 400 IM A Final.
- Freshman Kamryn Cannings made it 2-for-2, winning the 200 fly in conference meet record, NCAA B cut 1:56.12.
- With platform diving contested as an exhibition, Shannon Icard earned a spot on the platform at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships with her 261.00 at night.
- Sydney Houtz moved into seventh place on Liberty's all-time top 10 performers list in the 100 back (54.50), while Malia Francis (54.80) entered eighth and Jamyson Robb (54.87), ninth.
- Robb's 1:02.39 in tonight's 100 breaststroke A Final ranks eighth in program history.
- Cannings (1:56.12) is now second in program history in the 200 fly.
- Icard broke Olivia Robinson's program record on platform (229.58), scoring 261.00 tonight.
- The Lady Flames' 800 freestyle relay time of 7:10.97 tonight ranks second in program history, trailing only the program record of 7:10.73, set in 2018.
Tomorrow will be the final day of the 2024 ASUN Championships. The morning prelims begin at 10 a.m. with the 100 freestyle, followed by 200 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, 400 freestyle relay and the 1,650 freestyle.
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