
The men’s and women’s swim teams both had banner weekends in the Washington University Thanksgiving Invitational. The women’s team took first place honors in a field of six teams and the men’s squad scored second out of seven teams.
On the women’s side sophomore Tracey Hendrickson took home first place honors in the 500-yard Freestyle and the 200-yard Butterfly. On the men’s side sophomore Eric Triebe won the 50-yard Freestyle and James Prescott took top honors in the 1650-yard Freestyle
“It felt so great to go fast again,” said sophomore Jenny Scott, who won the 200 Free and placed second in the 500 Free. “Swimming those times would have made me happy even if I had not been injured for the first half of the season. Plus it was awesome to see everyone swimming so well at this meet as a whole. I think this shows that we are ready to take on the Depauw Invite head on, and hopefully come away not only winning the meet, but with some national qualifying standards as well.”
Sophomore Alex Antilla, who recorded two personal bests in the 50 Free and the 200 Butterfly, said “Everyone swam great. It is really hard to swim well two days in a row, and a lot of people showed a lot of strength swimming both the 200 Medley and the 200 Freestyle Relays, plus the 400 Individual Medley or the 1,650 (mile) Free in the final session. We have just started our resting period, so everyone swimming a little better is exactly what should be happening. This intensity of this weekend’s swims is a great sign going into big meet.”