DELAWARE, Ohio -- The Davis & Elkins Men's and Women's Swim Teams head into Thanksgiving Break with wins at the 13th Corbier-Merion Invitational, hosted by Ohio Wesleyan University.
The D&E women won three of the five relays contested and ten of fourteen individual events on their way to 1033 total points over two days of action. Wilmington College finished second with 772. Ohio Wesleyan was third with 685. Heidelberg (338), West Virginia Wesleyan (263), and Hanover (166) rounded out the scoring.

The Senator women were led by Julianne Hobson, who won the 100 (59.07) and 200 (2:17.56) butterfly, and added a fifth-place finish in the 50 freestyle (25.72). Her time in the 100 butterfly was good for a new school record, bettering the old mark by 1.39 seconds.

Shelbey Fuller added wins in the 50 (25.52) and 100 (55.49) freestyle, and 200 breaststroke (2:27.91). She also added a second-place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.86).

Byanna Gollmer had wins in the 500 (5:32.16) and 1650 (19:17.94) freestyle events and added third-place finishes in the 200 freestyle (2:07.36) and 200 backstroke (2:20.04).

Rebecca Rodrigues won the 200 IM in 2:16.84. She added a second-place finish in the 100 IM (1:04.68), a fifth-place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:11.35), and a sixth-place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2::41.62).

Savannah Foley added a win in the 100 backstroke (1:03.21), fourth-place finishes in the 100 freestyle (56.24) and 200 backstroke (2:22.26), and a seventh-place finish in the 50 freestyle (26.12).

Also adding top-eight finishes for the D&E women were Grace Janas (2^nd-500 free, 2^nd-1650 free, 3^rd-200 fly, 4^th-200 free), Daphne McCann (2^nd-100 back, 2^nd-200 back, 5^th-100 free, 6^th-50 free), Julia Viera (3^rd-400 IM, 5^th-200 breast, 6^th-200 IM, 7^th-100 breast), Maria Lugo (4^th-100 breast, 5^th-400 IM, 7^th-100 IM, 7^th-200 IM), Heather Maddux (7^th-500 free, 8^th-100 back, 8^th-200 back), Alyson Schaefer (7^th-100 fly, 7^th-400 IM), Maxmilla Sutherland (6^th-400 IM, 7^th-200 fly), and Allison Workman (8^th-400 IM).

McCann, Fuller, Hobson, and Foley combined to win the 200 medley relay in 1:53.89. The team of McCann, Fuller, Rodrigues, and Foley won the 400 freestyle relay in 3:47.36. McCann, Rodrigues, Fuller, and Gollmer added a win in the 400 medley relay in 4:14.54.

The D&E men won three of five relays and eight of the fourteen individual events contested. The Senators racked up 926.5 totals points to take the win. Wilmington College scored 701.5 to finish runner-up. Ohio Wesleyan was third with 609. Hanover College (260), West Virginia Wesleyan (193), and Heidelberg (98) rounded out the scoring.

Jakob Knoblauch's winning and school record time of 1:55.73 in the 200 butterfly highlighted individual performances.

D&E had a one-two finish in the 200 backstroke with Payton Williamson (1:55.69) and Geoff Dixon (1:57.95), the 400 individual medley with Enrique Garcia (4:15.04) and Knoblauch (4:17.16), in the 200 butterfly with Knoblauch and Williamson (2:02.23), and in the 1650 freestyle with Knoblauch (16:53.29) and Williamson (17:34.91). D&E also had a one-three finish in the 100 breaststroke with Garcia (55.93) and Edwin Li (56.76) and a two-three finish in the 200 breaststroke with Garcia (2:06.26) and Li (2:07.22).

Garcia added a win in the 200 individual medley with a winning time of 1:55.40.

Knoblauch also added a win in the 500 freestyle in 4:44.56.

Dixon added runner-up finishes in the 100 butterfly (52.83) and 200 backstroke (1:57.95), and a sixth-place finish in the 50 freestyle in 22.42.

Li added a runner-up finish in the 50 freestyle in 22.04 and a fourth-place finish in the 100 freestyle in 48.59.

Williamson added a fourth-place finish in the 100 butterfly in 53.33.

Also adding top-eight finishes for D&E were Nicholas Allen (5^th-100 back, 7^th-100 fly, 8^th-50 free), Landon Miller (5^th-500 free, 6^th-1650 free), Jose Robles (4^th-50 free, 5^th-100 free, 5^th-200 breast, 6^th-100 breast), Ricardo Salas (4^th-200 back, 5^th-1650 free, 6^th-100 back, 8^th-100 fly), Gage Vondrasek (5^th-200 IM, 5^th-400 IM, 6^th-200 breast, 8^th-100 breast), and Spencer Wiley (8^th-100 back).

The 200 medley relay team of Dixon, Li, Knoblauch, and Robles won the 200 medley relay, while Williamson, Li, Knoblauch, and Allen won the 400 medley relay, and Knoblauch Williamson, Garcia, and Dixon won the 800 freestyle relay.

Full Results

Up next:
The teams return to the pool on Friday, December 1 when they host West Virginia Wesleyan for a dual meet in George A. Myles Pool. First splash is set for 6pm.