FAIRFAX, Va. – UNCW's men's team led wire-to-wire to win the Patriot Invitational on Saturday while the women's program continued it record-setting ways at the McKay Natatorium.
The Seahawks cruised to the men's meet title, posting a 50-point win over Florida Atlantic. On the women's side, Drexel took first followed by FAU and the Seahawks in second and third, respectively.
UNCW's men's team held off a hard-charging FAU squad to claim the championship. The Seahawks' best individual finish was
Josh Rigsbee's third-place finish in the 200 Breaststroke. In the final race of the meet, UNCW finished second.
For the women, a pair of meet records were set by the Seahawks as well as a program freshman mark.
Junior
Evan Arsenault captured the 100 Freestyle with a time of 49.54 seconds after swimming an identical time in the preliminaries earlier in the day.
Freshman
Mary Grace Copeland, meanwhile, finished fourth in the 200 Backstroke with a UNCW freshman record time of 2:00.08, besting the previous time of 2:00.57 set by
Hannah Stephenson in 2012.
Rounding out the record-breaking performances for UNCW was the 400 Free Relay of
Faith Pilcher,
Sarah Olson,
Hannah Copeland and Arsenault. The quartet combined to fashion a winning time of 3:24.31.
The Seahawks return to the pool next on January 11 when they host Davidson in the final home meet of the season.
