Trojans Fall to Salukis in Dual-Meet Action

Full Results

CARBONDALE, Ill. – In its first meet since November, Little Rock swimming and diving took a 224-74 loss to conference opponent Southern Illinois on Saturday at Dr. Edward J. Shea Natatorium.
 
The Trojans got the day started with a second-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay as the squad of Laura Ruiz Astorga, Nuria Gallego Murcia, Courtney Coe and Emma Doll came in with a time of 4:02.37.
 
In the 1,000-yard freestyle, Tori Fryar placed second with a time of 10:33.64 while newcomer Claire Bristow placed fourth and Anela Everett took sixth. Fryar went on to finish third in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:08.04 while Bristow and Everett finished sixth and seventh.
 
Ruiz Astorga took second in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:00.26. Ashley Strohmeyer, Jessie Baldwin and Courtney Goff came in sixth through eighth, respectively. She later took second in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:09.70. Baldwin, Charis Won and Kayla Grimm finished fifth, seventh and eighth, respectively.
 
Jinson Kang finished second in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:08.72. Isabelle Finzen, Rachel Maradyn and Coe placed third, fifth and sixth, respectively. Kang then took second in the 400-yard IM with a time of 4:36.88 while Maradyn, Amanda Dreyer and Grimm came in fifth, seventh and eighth, respectively.
 
The 100-yard freestyle saw Imre van Huyssteen take second with a time of 53.99. Ann Kharlamova, Saidya Kistow and Vasiliki Falaina earned fifth through seventh, respectively.
 
Coe swam 59.00 in the 100-yard butterfly and took second while Finzen, Strohmeyer, and Cassie Sanchez finished fourth, sixth and eighth, respectively.
 
Doll finished third in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:00.69. Trojans Kharlamova, Falaina and Won finished sixth through eighth, respectively. Doll was once again the top Trojan in the 50-yard freestyle as she came in fourth with a time of 25.08. Kistow, Sanchez and Goff finished sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively.
 
Ginger Bryant placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:08.66. Gallego Murcia, van Huyssteen and KateLin Carsrud came in fourth, sixth and eighth, respectively. Bryant later took second in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:26.05 while Carsrud and Gallego Murcia finished fifth and sixth.
 
In the three-meter dive, Samantha Gray earned a score of 233.32 and finished third. She placed fourth in the one-meter dive with a score of 242.76.
 
Little Rock closed out the meet with a second place finish in the 200-yard free relay. Ruiz Astorga, Goff, Coe and Doll finished with a time of 1:40.37.
 
Little Rock will conclude their regular-season schedule at Ouachita Baptist next Saturday in Arkadelphia.