INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - No. 23 Women's swim and dive took on top five opponent University of Indianapolis this past Friday at the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center.
The day started out with a second-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay with the team of Ambre Lefebvre, Bia Souza, Cassidy Scott and Zahra Fraser finishing with a time of 1:48.33. In the 200-yard freestyle Renata Borges and Natalia Jakubczyk rounded out the podium with second and third finishes with times of 1:58.12 and 1:59.66 respectively.
Lefebvre had another top three finish in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 58.60. Souza would get the first win for the women's side in the 100-yard breaststroke with 1:04.31, beating out the next closest opponent by two seconds. Thays Santos swam 2:12.79 in the 200-yard butterfly for a second-place finish. Fraser had back-to-back second place finishes in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle events, finishing with times of 24.22 and 53.30.
Souza would get her second win in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:21.62 with Kayley Spicer following behind her in second with a 2:24.37 time. Apolonia Rap secured a win for the Bearcats in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:13.79. Lefebvre and Scott earned second and third in the 100-yard butterfly stopping the clock with 59.46 and 1:00.78 respectively.
Rounding out the day, Jakubczyk and Spicer added another second and third finish for McKendree in the 200-yard individual medley with times of 2:11.31 and 2:13.54. In the last event of the day Fraser, Borges, Naomi Hillers, and Rap finished second in 400-yard freestyle relay with a combined time of 3:36.22.
McKendree will be back at the McKendree Metro Rec Plex for back-to-back home meets on October 30th and 31st starting at 1:30 p.m. on Friday and 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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