Little Rock clinched a run of dual meet victories against Saint Louis and Western Illinois on Friday night.
Little Rock Press Release
ST. LOUIS – Little Rock swimming and diving took two dual-meet victories while winning six events against Saint Louis and Western Illinois on Friday night at the Simon Recreation Center. The Trojans defeated the Bilikens 120-97 while a final score against the Leathernecks was not available.
Little Rock got the evening started on a great note as the team of Laura Ruiz Astorga, Nuria Gallego Murcia, Courtney Coe and Emma Doll won the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 3:57.83. The team of Savannah Fissenden, Ginger Bryant, Isabelle Finzen and Imre van Huyssteen placed third.
In the first individual event of the night, Tori Fryar won the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:27.44 — her second-fastest time ever in the event. KateLin Carsrud came in fourth.
The Trojans took another win in the 400-yard individual medley as Jinson Kang came through with a time of 4:41.07. Rachel Maradyn, Kayla Grimm and Amanda Dreyer took third, fourth and fifth, respectively.
Finzen grabbed her third individual win of the season and second in a row in the 200-yard butterfly as she finished with a time of 2:10 flat — a new personal best for the freshman. Coe finished just .14 of a second behind Finzen in second and Bryant finished fourth.
van Huyssteen won her first event of the season in the 200-yard breaststroke as the sophomore finished with a time of 2:26.25 — her second-fastest time of the year. Bryant and Gallego Murcia took second third while Jessie Baldwin finished fifth.
Little Rock’s sixth and final victory of the night occurred in the 400-yard free relay as the squad of Coe, Fryar, Kang and Ruiz Astorga won with a time of 3:34.38. The group of Finzen, Fissenden, Charis Won and Saidya Kistow finished fourth.
Samantha Gray took second in the one-meter dive with a score of 2:13.65 — her best score in the event this season.
Doll nearly had a win in the 100-yard freestyle as she came up just .07 of a second behind Saint Louis’ Elaine Mahon with a time of 53.90. Kistow finished fourth while Kharlamova and Goff finished seventh and 10th, respectively.
Ruiz Astorga placed second in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:06.93. Teammate Jessie Baldwin placed third with a new personal best of 2:11.65. Won, Fissenden and Ashley Strohmeyer came in fourth, sixth and seventh, respectively.
After winning the first individual event of the day, Fryar returned in the 500-yard freestyle and took second with a time of 5:07.70 — just .08 of a second off the winning time. Carsrud placed third while Dreyer and Anela Everett finished fifth and ninth.
The 200-yard freestyle saw Doll take a fourth-place finish with a time of 1:59.27. Won, Kistow and Vasiliki Falaina came in sixth, eighth and 11th, respectively.
Before winning the 200-yard breaststroke, van Huyssteen finished fourth in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.47. Courtney Goff, Ann Kharlamova and Cassie Sanchez finished fifth, seventh and eighth, respectively.
The Trojans will have a quick turnaround as they’ll get back in the pool with Saint Louis, Marshall and McKendree on Saturday morning at 9 a.m., in St. Louis.
