KINGSPORT, TENN. – The Chowan Men's and Women's Swimming program started the opening day of the Conference Carolinas Swimming Championships with two all-conference performances in the relays.

THE BASICS

FINAL MEN | Sixth (66)

FINAL WOMEN | Sixth (54)

LOCATION | Kingsport, Tenn. (Kingsport Aquatic Center)

INSIDE THE LANES

200 Medley Relay:

The quad of Senan Noonan, Aleksei Belolipetskii, Dimitrije Markovic, and Robert Liz Cabera handed the Hawks their first All-Conference selection of the Championships with a second place finish with a time of 1:32.62 to earn Second Team All-Conference.

The "B" relay posted a time of 1:42.79 consisting of Huascar Urbina, Ethan Moxey, Jose Medina, and Christian Oleaga.

For the women: Erica Mock, Hiba Laknit, Ashley Mayes, and Aislinn Kessinger finished fifth overall with a time of 1:48.57 to post a new school record, breaking the old record set at the Championships in the 2017-18 season.

800 Free Relay:

After a bit of confusion with the change with heats, the men's relay broke the school record by 15 seconds posted in 2019-20 to earn Third Team All-Conference.  Dimitrije Markovic, Aleksei Belolipetskii, Senan Noonan, and Robert Liz Cabrera swam the school record breaking time of 6:49.95.

Hiba Laknit, Elizabeth Waltz, Olivia Mock, and Lina Danna swam the Hawks to a sixth place finish.

UP NEXT

Day two of the Conference Carolinas Championships continue on Thursday, February 22 at 10am with the prelims with the finals starting at 5pm.