Greensboro, NC - The Greensboro men's and women's swim teams hosted their first home meets of the season against Guilford and William Peace on Friday and Saturday inside the Reynolds Center and found success on both days.
On Friday, the Pride were victorious in the women's 200 yard medley relay as
Kilee Kemp,
Gabrielle Hunker,
Allysia Alfred, and
Omega Pinnix came in with a time of 2:09.56. This time was 12 seconds faster than the second place time set by William Peace.
Pinnix would then win the women's 50 yard freestyle with a time of 25.86.
Virginia Hufschmitt swam a time of 39.45 in the same event. In the women's 100 yard IM,
Kilee Kemp swam a career best time of 1:12.92, and
Allysia Alfred won the women's 50 yard butterfly event with a time of 31.70, which is a career best time for her. Alfred also swam a career best time in the 50 yard breaststroke event at 37.46.
Kemp took home first place in the women's 50 yard backstroke, timing in at 33.30, while Pinnix won the women's 100 yard freestyle event with a time of 58.64. In the same event,
Gabrielle Hunker swam a career best time of 1:06.84. In the men's division,
Devin Caldwell swam his first career 500 yard freestyle event and finished with a time of 7:24.67.
A few more career best times were achieved on Saturday, as
Jarrett Hunker,
Gabrielle Hunker, and
Allysia Alfred all broke personal records. Jarrett swam his career best time in the 100 yard breaststroke at 1:17.05, while Gabrielle earned a career best in the 200 yard breaststroke at 3:04.90. Alfred would break her personal record in the 400 IM with a time of 6:03.13.
Pinnix took home wins in the women's 100 yard backstroke and the 100 yard freestyle, while Alfred won in the 200 yard butterfly and
Kilee Kemp finished first place in the 200 yard backstroke.
Head coach
Korey McCulley said afterwards, "I was very pleased with the competitiveness on display by the Pride men and women swimmers this weekend. We defended our pool with relay wins and individual wins across several events. We were sharp in the short format on Friday, and I thought our first debut in the long format on Saturday was very encouraging. It was rewarding to have a handful of swimmers going lifetime personal best times in duel meet season. I feel that is a very good indication of what's to come when we narrow our focus to the championship season. I look forward to continuing our work to that end!"
Both teams are back inside the Reynolds Center on November 9th when they host Piedmont and Southern Virginia at 1:00 pm.