
Busy weekend concludes with dual at Quincy
A day after competing against Division I St. Thomas, St. Ambrose hit the road to visit Quincy. The Bees dropped the competitive dual with the men losing 116-88.5 and the women falling 123-81.
Several Bees earned team points.
Four different SAU men won individual events. Marat Usov led a 1-2-3 charge for the Bees in the 200-yard individual medley. Usov won in 2:00.66. Jayden Coetzer (2:02.78) was second and Luke Thomas (2:06.29) took third. Mikhi Hassim took the 100-yard butterfly in 52.00 seconds. Juan Gomez was third in 56.13 seconds and Luke Sproule placed fifth.
Gomez won the 500-yard freestyle in 5:00.81. Sproule was fourth. Cory Werrett was the other men's champion. He took the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:00.08. Thomas was fourth and Thomas Noller fifth.
Riley Stevenson (22.18 seconds) and Panagiotis Pappous (22.57) placed second and third, respectively, in the 50-yard freestyle. Jayden Coetzer was runner-up in the 100-yard backstroke in 54.04 seconds. Carter Gaber ended fourth.
Panagiotis Pappous placed third in the 100-yard freestyle in 48.69 seconds. Brett Jones was fourth and Jonas Friess fifth. Friess also took third in the 1000-yard freestyle in 10:22.29 and Sebastian Pereira was fourth. Gomez placed fourth and Benny Zarhin fifth in the 200-yard freestyle.
Pappous, Hassim, Stevenson and Friess were second in the 400-yard freestyle relay in a time of 3:13.86. Jones, Carter Prull, Gaber and Zarhin were third in 3:14.49. The 200-yard medley relay team of Gaber, Werrett, Hassim and Stevenson took second in 1:35.58. Gavin Hopewell, Thomas, Coetzer and Nikolai Valencia finished fourth.
The St. Ambrose women also had four individual champions. Grace Bobeldyk won the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 2:03.75. Bryn Kiley was runner-up in 2:04.84. Anna Gute won the 50-yard freestyle sprint in 25.68 seconds. Sophia Ewanic was third in 26.61 seconds and Alexis Hill finished fifth.
Leyre Antonanzas won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:16.73. Kennedy Capman took fourth. The final Bee woman to win was Bridget O'Grady, who took the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:08.43. Kate Henson was third in 1:12.82 and Irene Artabe finished fifth.
Bobeldyk (1:04.34), O'Grady and Artabe were third, fourth and fifth in the 100-yard butterfly. Annaliese Bowser was third in the 1000-yard freestyle in 12:13.10, just ahead of Amber Warak. Ewanic was third in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:39.32 with Bowser placing fourth. Kiley's time of 57.60 seconds was good for third in the 100-yard freestyle. Ruthie Gemmen ended fifth. Kennedy Capman took fifth in the 100-yard backstroke.
Artabe, O'Grady, Antonanzas and Gute were second in the 200-yard medley relay in 1:52.96. Capman, Kate Henson, Emily Henson and Hill were fourth. Gute, Bobeldyk, Antonanzas and Kiley were second in the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:48.63. Gemmen, Warak, Bowser and Ewanic took fourth.
The Bees will compete at Olivet Nazarene next Saturday.
St. Ambrose women's results
200 medley relay: 2-Irene Artabe, Bridget O'Grady, Leyre Antonanzas, Anna Gute (1:52.96); 4-Kennedy Capman, Kate Henson, Emily Henson, Alexis Hill (2:04.91)
1000 free: 3-Annaliese Bowser (12:13.10); 4-Amber Warak (13:06.02)
200 free: 1-Grace Bobeldyk (2:03.75); 2-Bryn Kiley (2:04.84); 7-Madeline Piper (2:15.20); 8-Ruthie Gemmen (2:19.84)
50 free: 1-Anna Gute (25.68); 3-Sophia Ewanic (26.61); 5-Alexis Hill (27.78); 7-Sylvia Zipperer (28.92); 8-Sarah Priewe (29.24); 9-Hannah Blackmore (29.40)
200 IM: 1-Leyre Antonanzas (2:16.73); 4-Kennedy Capman (2:26.20)
100 fly: 3-Grace Bobeldyk (1:04.34); 4-Bridget O'Grady (1:04.54); 5-Irene Artabe (1:04.90); 7-Emily Henson (1:10.00)
100 free: 3-Bryn Kiley (57.60); 5-Ruthie Gemmen (58.93); 7-Kate Henson (1:01.03); 8-Sarah Priewe (1:03.37); 9-Sylvia Zipperer (1:03.41); 10-Hannah Blackmore (1:07.12)
100 back: 5-Kennedy Capman (1:08.79); 6-Madeline Piper (1:13.15)
500 free: 3-Sophia Ewanic (5:39.32); 4-Annaliese Bowser (5:52.08); 6-Emily Henson (6:33.81)
100 breast: 1-Bridget O'Grady (1:08.43); 3-Kate Henson (1:12.81); 5-Irene Artabe (1:15.43); 8-Hannah Blackmore (1:22.65)
400 free relay: 2-Anna Gute, Grace Bobeldyk, Leyre Antonanzas, Bryn Kiley (3:48.63); 4-Ruthie Gemmen, Amber Warak, Annaliese Bowser, Sophia Ewanic (4:09.48)