THE FACTS
McDaniel finishes eighth
What: Centennial Conference (CC) women's swimming championship
When: Thursday, Feb. 17-Sunday, Feb. 20
Where: Lancaster, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
McDaniel qualified five individuals for the finals at the 2022 Centennial Conference women's swimming championship hosted by Franklin & Marshall. The Green Terror finished eighth with 97 points.
THE LEADERS
• On Saturday, Ella Tomkins (Tikokino, Central Hawke's Bay/Mercury Bay Area School) qualified for the 100 butterfly B-finals with a time of 1:02.40. She was 13th in the finals with a time of 59.77 seconds. On Sunday, she swam the 200 butterfly in prelims, qualifying sixth in the prelims with a time 2:13.53. She bettered that No. 2 time in program history in the A-finals with a mark of 2:12.95, missing the program record by 0.61 seconds. She touched fifth in the finals.
• On Friday, Amanda Thompson (Drexel Hill, Pa./Friends Central) qualified for the B-finals in the 500 freestyle (5:25.81). She placed16th in the finals with a time of 5:28.15.
• Hannah Cehelsky (Sudbury, Mass/Lincoln Sudbury Regional) finished seventh in the 1650 free with a personal-best time of 19:19.39.
• Emma Lindell (Frederick, Md./Frederick) recorded a 13th-place finish in the 1650 with a time of 20:43.62.
FOR THE FOES
• Swarthmore won the team title for the first time since 2002 with 950.5 points, outdistancing second-place Gettysburg by 352.5 points.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• The 200 medley relay of Abby Cook, Amanda Thompson, Ella Tomkins, and Ashley Farrington finished eighth with a time of 1:57.83. The B-relay of Anna Petenbrink, Laura Midkiff, Emma Lindell, and Hannah Cehelsky took 15th with a time of 2:14.01.
• The 800 freestyle relay of Hannah Cehelsky, Amanda Thompson, Ashley Farrington, and Ella Tomkins touched eighth with a time of 8:21.64.
• The 400 medley relay of Anna Petenbrink, Laura Midkiff, Emma Lindell, and Hannah Cehelsky finished 16th with a time of 4:52.60.
• The 400 free relay of Amanda Thompson, Hannah Cehelsky, Ashley Farrington, and Ella Tomkins was seventh in a time of 3:46.91.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Amanda Thompson finished the 200 freestyle with a season-best time of 2:06.10.
• Laura Midkiff (Westminster, Md./Westminster) finished the 100 breaststroke with a season-best time of 1:29.90.
• Anna Petenbrink (Eldersburg, Md./Liberty) completed the 100 backstroke with a season-best time of 1:19.72.
• Abby Cook (Fredericksburg, Va./Chancellor) finished the 200 backstroke with a season-best time of 2:24.69.