FOREST, Va.—Greensboro College’s Spencer George (Coats, N.C./Cape Fear Christian) was announced as a member of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference’s (ODAC) All-ODAC Third Team today by the league. Greensboro is an associate member of the ODAC for men’s and women’s swimming. George tallied multiple top finishes as he led the Pride to a seventh-place finish in this past weekend’s ODAC Championships at Liberty University. The freshman posted his best finish in the men’s 100-yard freestyle event with a time of 48.23 seconds which stands as the top time in the men’s 100-yard freestyle in school history by 1.13 seconds. He…
from Bryan Jones, Greensboro College Sports Information Director: Greensboro College’s Spencer George won three events and Ethan Wilson claimed victory in two as the Pride men collected a 54-20 victory over Ferrum College in a Saturday afternoon Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) meet. The women fell to Ferrum, 128-10. George won his first event of the afternoon in the men’s 50-yard freestyle with a time of 23 seconds, the fifth-best mark in school history. George shaved off .3 seconds off his previous time in the matchup with Ferrum and William Peace University last week. In the men’s 100-yard freestlyle, George…
Yahi Earns Three First-Place Finishes In Loss To Wasps from Wes Gullett, Greensboro College SID GREENSBORO, N.C.-The Greensboro College men’s and women’s swimming teams hosted the Wasps of Emory & Henry College Saturday at the Royce Reynolds Family Student Life Center Pool. The men fell to the Wasps, 91-27, while the women fell by an 84-43 margin. Freshman Ethan Wilson started the day out for Greensboro with a second place finish in the men’s 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:02.07. Wilson later picked up a first place finish after recording a time of 1:01.46 in the men’s 100-yard backstroke.…
Pride Swimming Turns In Solid Meet Going Into Mid-season Break Courtesy of Wes Gullett, Greensboro College SID Wilkes-Barre, Pa.- The Greensboro College men’s and women’s swimming teams ended the last day of the Diamond City Invitational Sunday with the women’s team finishing 11th and the men’s team finishing in 9th.
Pride Swimming Breaks School Record Courtesy of Greensboro College SID Wes Gullett Wilkes-Barre, Pa.- The Greensboro College men’s and women’s swimming teams hit the pool Saturday for the Diamond City Invitational hosted by King’s College. The first day of the invite was split into two sessions and in each race, the top 16 finishers earn points for their teams. In the first session, the Pride women dropped five seconds off of their seat time, placing them 11th, while the men finished eighth. Senior Jurnee Dutremble hit her season best in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:26.33. Recording…
Three Pride Swimmers Earn ODAC All-Academic Honors Courtesy of Wes Gullett, Greensboro College Sports Information Director GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Old Dominion Athletic Conference released their 2016-2017 Academic All-Conference list Thursday. Greensboro College women’s swimmers Jurnee Dutremble and Meg Sutton, along with men’s swimmer Anis Yahi, represented Greensboro College on the list that featured 1,974 ODAC student-athletes. “I am extremely proud of these three individuals,” Head Coach Katie McNerney said. “They not only put in a lot of work in the pool, but in the classroom as well. I hope they can continue to be role models in all aspects…