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Photo by Katie Le
Photo by Katie Le

Bees break multiple records at LAC Championships

Along with winning Liberal Arts Conference Championships for the third consecutive year, St. Ambrose smashed several school and meet records at the four-day event that concluded Saturday in Mount Pleasant, Wis.

A pair of men's relays broke both SAU and conference meet records.

The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Brett Jones, Carter Gaber, Riley Stevenson and Cory Werrett set a new record with a time of 1:21.93. The men's 400-yard medley relay team of Jayden Coetzer, Werrett, Stevenson and Jonas Friess broke both marks with a time of 3:21.26.

Three additional school records fell.

Luke Thomas set a new school mark in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:03.11.

Two women's relays also established new school records. The 200-yard medley relay team of Irene Artabe, Bridget O'Grady, Leyre Antonanzas and Anna Gute finished in 1:49.04. Gute, Antonanzas, Grace Bobeldyk and Bryn Kiley teamed for a Bee-best time of 3:36.38 in the 400-yard freestyle relay.

A championship meet record of 3:02.37 was set by the men's 400-yard freestyle relay team of Jones, Panagiotis Pappous, Werrett and Friess.

Werrett and Friess also set individual Liberal Arts Conference Championship meet records. Werrett finished the 100-yard breaststroke in 55.47 seconds and Friess completed the 200-yard freestyle in 1:39.81.