MARIETTA, Ga. – Carey swim competed in Georgia on Saturday afternoon. The men came away with a 139-114 loss to life whilst the women lost 132-113 to Life and 130-123 to Brenau.
 
Both teams started off the day with wins in the 200-yard medley relay. Grace Funck. Chloe Picon, Bisma Khan, & Eszter Kardos picked up a narrow win over Life's team by 1.7 seconds, finishing in 1:52.68. Yusuf Balaban, Hunter Boudreau, Nedas Giedraitis, & Janos Szabo then went even closer, beating out life's team by 1.61 seconds and finishing in 1:35.10.
 
Abigail Krott picked up her first first place finish of the day, seeing Carey pick up consecutive gold medal finishes. Krott won the 1000-yard freestyle in 11:19.24, 25 seconds ahead of Brenau's Ariel Furhman in second place.
 
WCU picked up two first place finishes, and two of the top three finishes, in the men's and women's 100-yard breaststroke. Picon finished first to claim gold on the women's side, beating out Petra Beky of Life by 0.48 seconds. Brooks Sipes rounded out the top three, finishing third. Szabo claimed first on the men's side, narrowly beating out fellow Crusader Boudreau by 0.07 seconds.
 
Carey picked up back-to-back sweeps as they swept the 200-yard butterfly. Krott picked up her second, first place finish of the day as she pipped another Crusader, Kardos, in second place. Nedas Giedraitis completed the sweep as he beat out second place Tyler Braly of Life, finishing in 1:55.51.
 
Szabo became the second Crusader to claim his second, first place individual finish on the day. Szabo picked up the gold medal finish in the 100-yard freestyle, winning by 0.69 seconds ahead of second place Leo Guleyruz.
 
Balaban & Boudreau then picked up the second and third first place finishes in a row for the Crusaders. They went back-to-back, claiming wins in the 200-yard backstroke & the 200-yard breaststroke. Picon & Sipes also claimed top 3 finishes in the women's 200-yard breaststroke as they finished 2^nd & 3^rd respectively.
 
Giedraitis & Balaban claimed two more first place finishes in back-to-back races. Giedraitis picked up his finish in the 100-yard butterfly before Balaban claimed his in the 200-yard individual medley.
 
Both teams finished off the day with top two finishes in the 200-yard freestyle relay. On the women's side, Kardos, Funck, Khan, & Picon claimed the gold medal finish. The Lady Crusaders knocked off the team from Life by 0.86 seconds. Szabo, Blaise Boyd, Giedraitis, & Josiah Blankenship claimed second, finishing 0.28 seconds behind the winner.
 
WCU Swimming are back in action on Saturday, November 8^th as they host Thomas University (Ga.). That meeting will be hosted in Biloxi, Miss. in the Biloxi Natatorium.
 
William Carey Men's Individual Results
200-yard medley relay – 1, (Yusuf Balaban, Hunter Boudreau, Nedas Giedraitis, Janos Szabo), 1:35.10; 5, (Matthew Hughes, Joshua Pratt, Blaise Boyd, Josiah Blankenship), 1:42.58
1000-yard freestyle – 2, Miguel Vieira, 9:52.34
200-yard freestyle – 2, Josiah Blankenship, 1:48.00
100-yard backstroke – 2, Yusuf Balaban, 54.63; 4, Matthew Hughes, 1:00.16
100-yard breaststroke – 1, Janos Szabo, 58.41; 2, Hunter Boudreau, 58.48; 6, Joshua Pratt, 1:04.78
200-yard butterfly – 1, Nedas Giedraitis, 1:55.51; 4 Carter Diecidue, 2:11.94
50-yard freestyle – 2, Blaise Boyd, 22.03
100-yard freestyle – 1, Janos Szabo, 46.95
200-yard backstroke – 1, Yusuf Balaban, 1:59.12; 4, Matthew Hughes, 2:15.21
200-yard breaststroke – 1, Hunter Boudreau, 2:10.11
500-yard freestyle – 3, Miguel Vieira, 4:49.53; 4, Josiah Blankenship, 5:05.19; 6, Carter Diecidue, 5:15.35
100-yard butterfly – 1, Nedas Giedraitis, 51.63; 2, Blaise Boyd, 53.62
200-yard individual medley – 1, Yusuf Balaban, 1:56.54; 5 Joshua Pratt, 2:11.28
200-yard freestyle relay – 2, (Janos Szabo, Blaise Boyd, Nedas Giedraitis, Josiah Blankenship), 1:27.62; 5, (Matthew Hughes, Carter Diecidue, Joshua Pratt, Hunter Boudreau), 1:34.70
 
Men's Team Results
Life 139 – 114 William Carey
 
William Carey Women's Individual Results
200-yard medley relay – 1, (Grace Funck, Chloe Picon, Bisma Khan, Eszter Kardos), 1:52.68; 5, (Chloe Lee, Kelsey Shand, Abigail Krot, Brooks Sipes), 1:58.86
1000-yard freestyle – 1, Abigail Krot, 11:19.24
200-yard freestyle – 6, Chloe Lee, 2:12.29; 8, Victoria Murphy, 2:17.64
100-yard backstroke – 2, Grace Funck, 1:02.16; 4, Anastasia Newton, 1:05.14
100-yard breaststroke – 1, Chloe Picon, 1:09.19; 3, Brooks Sipes, 1:11.90; 4, Kelsey Shand, 1:12.47
200-yard butterfly – 1, Abigail Krot, 2:15.39; 2, Eszter Kardos, 2:17.95
50-yard freestyle – 2, Bisma Khan, 26.46
100-yard freestyle – 2, Bisma Khan, 57.24
200-yard backstroke – 4, Grace Funck, 2:21.15
200-yard breaststroke – 2, Chloe Picon, 2:32.61; 3 Brooks Sipes, 2:37.46
500-yard freestyle – 5, Victoria Murphy, 6:05.94
100-yard butterfly – 2, Eszter Kardos, 1:02.09; 6, Chloe Lee, 1:06.08; 7, Anastasia Newton, 1:06.19
200-yard individual medley – 6, Kelsey Shand, 2:26.53
200-yard freestyle relay –1, (Eszter Kardos, Grace Funck, Bisma Khan, Chloe Picon), 1:44.92; 5, (Chloe Lee, Brooks Sipes, Abigail Krot, Victoria Murphy), 1:49.78
 
Women's Team Results
Life 132 – 113 William Carey
Brenau 130 – 123 William Carey