HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Both Lenoir-Rhyne University swimming teams won home openers on Saturday, the women downing Converse and Saint Andrews and the men beating Saint Andrews. LRU won 164-92 over Converse and 223-15 over Saint Andrews in women’s meet at the Shuford Physical Education Center while the Bears beat Saint Andrews 194-40. The Bears’ season continues on Nov. 3 at …
COLLEGE SWIMMING: Both Lenoir-Rhyne teams in 7th place at conference tournament
HobbsDailyReport.com 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 …
COLLEGE SWIMMING: Lenoir-Rhyne stars sweep league’s weekly awards
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University swimmers swept the Bluegrass Mountain Conference (BMC) weekly awards, officials from the conference announced on Monday. LRU’s Alyx Koert won the women’s award for the second time this season while Noah McRea won the men’s award. Koert, a junior from Naples, Fla., won 500-yard freestyle (5:30) and 1,000-yard freestyle (11:06) events and was part of …
COLLEGE SWIMMING: Lenoir-Rhyne men, Catawba women win
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Lenoir-Rhyne University men and women split a home swimming dual meet on Saturday with Catawba. The Bears beat the Indians 173-86 in the men’s event at the Shuford Physical Education Center and Catawba’s women downed LRU 151-107. Noah McRea, a senior, and Jacob Queen, a sophomore, each won three events to spark the Bears’ men. McRea …
COLLEGE SWIMMING: Bears go winless in season-opening meets
HobbsDailyReport.com CHARLOTTE – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s swim teams were each beaten twice as they opened the season on Saturday at the Levine Center. The Bears’ men were beaten 112-77 by Queens, a three-time defending national champion, and Limestone beat LRU 149-53. Queens’ women, also three-time national champs, downed the Bears 120-62 and Limestone edged LRU 109-71. LRU freshman Spencer Ashby finished …