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CHARLOTTE – Both Lenoir-Rhyne University swim teams are in seventh place after the opening day of the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center.
The Bears broke several school records on Thursday, as the men scored 210 points to place seventh and the women had 87 points to sit seventh.
Queens’ swim teams are leading the standings.
LRU women
The Bears’ 800-yard freestyle relay team – freshmen Lauren Rutherford, Kelsey Krumanocker, sophomore Jessica Myers and junior Alyx Koert – finished in a school-record time of seven minutes, 51.82.
LRU’s 400-yard medley relay established a school record in 4:02.09. Rutherford, Koert and sophomores Addison Herndon and Jessica Myers make up that team.
Rutherford (24.50) set a new school mark in the 50-yard freestyle.
LRU men
LRU’s 800-yard freestyle relay – sophomore Jacob Queen, senior Noah McRea, and freshmen Spencer Ashby and Samuel Murphy – finished fifth in a school-record time of 6:49.14.
Queen broke the 200-yard freestyle school mark after leading off with a 1:41.10.
The Bears’ 400-yard set a school record ins 3:25.92 with McRea, Queen, Ashby and junior Jacob Sink in the lineup.
Ashby (21.30) set a new school mark in the 50-yard freestyle.
BLUEGRASS MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
(through Thursday’s second day at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center)
MEN
1. Queens 614.50
2. Wingate 461.50
3. Carson-Newman 386
4. Limestone 286
5. Catawba 243
6. Mars Hill 220
7. LENOIR-RHYNE 210
8. SCAD 196
9. Barton 130
10. King 109
11. Salem 66
WOMEN
1. Queens 380
2. Wingate 296
3. Carson-Newman 183
4. SCAD 125
5. Catawba 102
6. Mars Hill 89
7. LENOIR-RHYNE 87
— Reported by LRU Sports Information