MISENHEIMER, N.C. – Senior Carolyn O’Halloran paced the Guilford women’s swimming team with 13 individual points as the Quakers were handed a 98-59 loss by Pfeiffer University Saturday afternoon. O’Halloran finished first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of two minutes and 11.58 seconds before swimming the 100 freestyle in 1:00.85 which was good for second place. In the 50 freestyle, Susan Dillinger paced all swimmers with a time of 29.14. Megan Cessna contributed 10 points for Guilford (6-2) as she finished second in the 100 backstroke (1:14.90) and third in both the 100 IM (1:13.31) and the 50…
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Guilford College’s Carolyn O’Halloran (Summerfield, N.C./Bishop McGuinness) set a school record in the 50-yard freestyle Friday, the opening day of the 2019 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Swimming Championships at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. Guilford sits 10th among 12 teams after five events with 26 points. Defending league champion Washington and Lee University opened a 107-point lead over second-place Randolph-Macon College Friday. The Generals won all five opening-day events and has 293 points. O’Halloran touched in 26.16 seconds during the morning preliminaries, narrowly missing a spot in Friday night’s B final. She broke Lauren Truelove’s former standard…
SALEM, Va. – Roanoke College posted a 148-15 women’s swimming victory over visiting Guilford College Saturday in an Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) meet at the Salem YMCA Saturday. The Maroons improved to 9-0 (5-0 ODAC) with the win. Guilford is 0-2 (0-2 ODAC). Roanoke won all eight individual races and both relays in the 10-event meet. Elizabeth Roberts and Sarah Virginia Scott both posted two individual victories. Roberts also swam on the Maroons’ winning 200-yard medley relay. She picked up wins in the 50 freestyle (25.91 seconds) and 100 butterfly (1:05/39). Scott won the 200 individual medley in 2:27.6…
CARY, N.C. – Guilford College’s women’s swimming team placed third among seven teams at the two-day Greensboro College Invitational that concluded Sunday at the Triangle Aquatic Center. NCAA Division II member the University of North Carolina at Pembroke won the meet with 636 points, followed by Guilford’s Old Dominion Athletic Conference rival Randolph College (407). The Quakers collected 319 points, followed by Ferrum College (311), William Peace University (229), Warren Wilson College (105) and Greensboro (83). Guilford had three top-three finishes in four events Sunday. Aubrey Helfenbein placed second in the 200-yard backstroke in two minutes, 46.90 seconds. Junior Carolyn…
LEXINGTON, Va. – Guilford College’s women’s swimming team opened the 2018-19 season with a 12th-place finish at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Relays hosted by Washington and Lee University Saturday. The Quakers sent three contestants to the relays and registered nine points. The host Generals won the 12-team event with 472 points followed by Randolph-Macon College (324) and Roanoke College (284). Guilford’s top result came in the 3×50-yard breaststroke event where the team of Carolyn O’Halloran, Courtney Packer, and Rebecca Stenhouse earned four points with a 13th-place time in the 16-team field. The Quakers touched the wall in two minutes,…
RICHMOND , Va. – Guilford College’s women’s swimming team competed in the first day of the Randolph-Macon Yellow Jacket Invitational Friday at the Collegiate School Aquatic Center. The Quakers did not score in the opening day. Washington and Lee University opened a commanding 95-point lead over Franklin & Marshall College among the 10 scoring teams through 10 events. Guilford’s Isabel Gutierrez placed 44th in the 200-yard individual medley in a time of two minutes, 43.987 seconds. Teammate Nina Troy was disqualified in the same event. The Quakers’ Peri Thompson claimed a 71st-place result in the 50 freestyle with a time…
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Guilford College’s Isabel Gutierrez set the school 100-yard breaststroke record in Friday’s opening day of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Women’s Swimming Championships at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. Gutierrez swam the opening leg of the Quakers’ 400-yard medley relay in one minute, 9.74 seconds to break the former mark of 1:10.47 set by Kendra Medina ’14 at the 2013 ODAC Championships. Gutierrez helped the Quakers place eighth in the race, accounting for all 40 of the team’s points after five events. Guilford is in ninth place in the nine-team field after Friday’s competition. Defending league champion…
BRIDGEWATER, Va. – Guilford College’s women’s swimming team dropped a pair of Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) decisions Saturday in a double dual meet hosted by Bridgewater College. The host Eagles downed the Quakers, 174-63, and the University of Notre Dame of Maryland scored a 165-69 triumph. Freshman Isabel Gutierrez continued to make her mark among the Quakers’ fastest swimmers. She set the school record in the 400-meter individual medley with a winning time of six minutes, 22.23 seconds. Gutierrez notched the second-fastest 200-meter breaststroke time in school history (3:08.74) with her second-place time. The rookie placed third in the…
CHAPEL HILL—The North Carolina High School Athletic Association announced Thursday afternoon a number of changes to its schedule for the upcoming NCHSAA regionals in swimming and diving. The snow and ice which hit basically the entire state has forced adjustments in the schedules. Three of the eight swimming regionals, including 1A/2A East, 3A East and 3A West, are being moved to the first of next week. The 1-A/2A East and 3-A West will now be held on Monday, with the 3-A East now scheduled for Tuesday. Each of the other swimming regionals have adjustments in starting times. For diving, six…
GREENSBORO, NC — The Greensboro College men’s and women’s team will be holding a benefit for the Wounded Warrior Project in conjunction with Senior Day at their home swim meet on January 24, 2014. Through the efforts of not only The Pride swim teams, but also local sponsors the goal is to raise a grand total of $2,000 for the project. In order to reach this goal, the swim teams will be selling t-shirts for $10.00 with all proceeds to support their effort. The shirts can be ordered until January 14th and can be picked up on the day of…
Girls Swimming won the NCISAA state championship today at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. Second title in three years (runner up in 2012). Girls basketball fell to First Assembly in the opening round of the NCISAA state playoffs. Submitted by Dan Bozarth
NORTH CAROLINA HIGHS CHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 4-A State Swimming And Diving Championships Triangle Aquatic Center, Cary Women 200 Yard Medley Relay (Championship Finals) 1, Green Hope ” (Moore, Hannah , Etgen, Emily , Massey, Maddie , Nusbaum, Jenny ), 1:47.56 AA-C. 2, Panther Creek ” (Liu, Claire , Hu, Julie , Bishop, Haley , McGroarty, Madison ), 1:47.80 AA-C. 3, Cary ” (Smith, Lillie , Knight, Basira , Owens, Megan , Steidinger, Carson ), 1:48.48 AA-C. 4, Hough, W.A. ” (Kitchens, Alexandria , Dupay, Ally , O’Brien, Kathryn , Bauer, Shannon ), 1:49.92. 5, Millbrook ” (Underkoffler, Elizabeth , Hunter,…
CARY— Emily Allen helped lead Cornelius W.A. Hough to its second consecutive team title on Thursday night in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A swimming and diving championships at the Triangle Aquatic Center. Allen won both the 50 and the 100 freestyle events and swam the anchor legs on two victorious relay teams to lift Hough to the crown and earn Most Valuable Performer honors, Allen set new NCHSAA all-classification records in both her individual events with All-American Automatic times in both. Hough scored 323 points to 236 for runner-up Cary Green Hope. Cary Panther Creek was…
The Greensboro Aquatic Center (GAC) has been named the site for USA Swimming’s 2013 Speedo Winter Junior National Championships. The event will take place December 12-14, 2013 and feature the best young swimming talent the United States has to offer. “USA Swimming is excited to bring the 2013 Speedo Winter Junior National Championships to the Greensboro Aquatic Center,” said Dean Ekeren, National Events & Marketing Director for USA Swimming. “We look forward to exposing young athletes and new fans from the North Carolina area to world-class swimming. The swimming community looks forward to competing in this beautiful new venue and…
Several members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team will make an appearance at the AT&T National Diving Championships at the Greensboro Aquatic Center on August 18-19. The Olympians will be introduced at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, with autograph sessions scheduled for both Saturday and Sunday. Olympic gold and bronze medalist David Boudia will sign autographs from 1:45-2:15 on Saturday. Sunday’s autograph session will take place from 12-1 p.m. and features Olympic bronze medalists Troy Dumais, Kristian Ipsen and Nick McCrory along with Olympic team members Katie Bell, Christina Loukas and Brittany Viola. Competition on Saturday begins at noon, and Sunday’s…
Approximately 800 of the nation’s top young divers will be heading to the Greensboro Aquatic Center beginning next week to participate in the 2012 USA Diving Age Group National Championships (August 1-3) and the USA Diving Junior National Championships (August 4-10). Among the 800 divers are several North Carolina products looking to make their mark on the national diving scene (please click HERE for list of NC qualifiers below; divers who have already registered at press time listed in BOLD). The diving action at the GAC in August will culminate with the AT&T National Diving Championships (August 14-19). One of…