Trojans Take Third in the Little Rock Invitational

LITTLE ROCK – Little Rock takes third place in the second annual Little Rock Invitational Saturday afternoon.
 
Little Rock Invitational Results (pdf)
 
The Trojans tallied 569 points for the meet while Incarnate Word and Oklahoma Baptist would closely battled it out for the first place finish. Incarnate Word edged out Oklahoma Baptist 691-688 to win the second annual invitational. Henderson State came in fourth with 355 points while Rhodes College came in fifth with 309 points and Ozarks in sixth with 34 points.
 
Little Rock would shine again in the long distant events led by senior, Tori Fryar. Fryar would end up taking first place in both the 1000-yard freestyle and the 500-yard freestyle while teammates Lily Kerr, Claire Bristow and Rachel Maradyn all came out with impressive performances.
 
In the 1000-yard, Fryar clocked in a time of 10:34.58 as Lily Kerr came in third with a time of 11:00.29 and Rachel Maradyn in sixth with a 11:17.94 time. In the 500-yard freestyle, Fryar would put up a time of 5:08.84 while Claire Bristow took third with 5:19.11 and Kerr took fifth with a 5:23.69 time.
 
Samantha Gray shined in the diving events taking first place in the three-meter dive and second place in the one-meter dive. Astoundingly, she tallied the same score for both events with a 248.35. She has now finished in the top three in every competition of the year thus far.
 
Little Rock's best relay came in the first event of the invitational as Laura Ruiz Astorga, Imre van Huyssteen, Isabelle Finzen and Courtney Goff took third in the 200-yard Medley with a time of 1:50.66. Right behind them was Regan Lawrence, Nuria Gallego Murcia, Cassie Sanchez, and Emma Doll came in fourth with a time of 1:51.01.
 
Claire Bristow claimed a second place finish in the 200-yard free with a time of 1:58. 43. Emma Doll took sixth with a time of 2:00.78 and Anela Everett took 12th with 2:10.91.
 
Laura Ruiz Astorga also took third in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 59.03 while Regan Lawrence took eighth (1:01.96) and Charis Won ninth (1:02.36).
 
Isabelle Finzen would take second place in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:13.08 while Rachel Maradyn would take fifth with a 2:16.97.
 
Little Rock would claim the third, fourth and fifth spots in the 200-yard individual medley as Imre van Huyssteen's third place timed in at 2:12.17. Palmer Ristroph took fourth with a 2:13.53 time and Jessie Baldwin got fifth with a time of 2:15.80. van Huyssteen also took fourth place in the 100-yard breaststroke with a 107.84 time.
 
The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Emma Doll, Courtney Goff, Imre van Huyssteen, and Laura Ruiz Astorga tallied a third place finish with a time of 1:39.96.
 
Little Rock will compete next in the Saint Louis Double versus the Saint Louis Billikens and Lendenwood-Belleville Lynx on Friday Nov. 3rd.