Knights Swimming Competes Against West Virginia Tech Over the Weekend

The St. Andrews Knights men's and women's swim team took a trip to Beckley, WV over the weekend to face off against the West Virginia Tech Golden Bears. On the women's side, Olivia Aiken (Laurinburg, NC) and Leone van Rooyen (Gaborone, Botswana) were both in competition representing the Knights while Willem van Niekerk (Gaborone, Botswana) was the only competitor in action on the men's side for the Knights.

Willem van Niekerk showed his talent in the pool on the afternoon as he claimed first place in the Men's 100 Yard Butterfly, earning nine points for St. Andrews' by recording a total time of 55.57. Niekerk's only other event came in Event 16 where he raced in the Men's 50 Yard Freestyle and posted a time of 23.69 finishing just .50 seconds behind the leader and claimed third place in the event.

Freshman Olivia Aiken competed in her first events of her collegiate career at the meet as she competed in two races between the Women's 100 Yard Freestyle and the Women's 50 Yard Freestyle. I her first event, the 100 Yard Freestyle, Aiken posted a time of 1:11.60 good enough for fourth place and just 10 seconds behind a top three finish. In the 50 Yard Freestyle, Olivia Aiken was able to claim her first top three placement after finishing in third place with a time of 32.44.

Leone van Rooyen's first event of the day came in the Women's 50 Yard Breaststroke where she took third place out of the four swimmers with a final time of 38.87. In her second event, the Women's 400 Yard Individual Medley, van Rooyen showed great pacing in the water by finishing with a second place finish and a final time of 5:29.69.

Although the Knights lost the competition, due to not being able to fill all of the events, all three St. Andrews swimmers enjoyed great performances in the pool showed grwat individual skill in the water.

Results

Men: WVT - 202 SAU - 21

Women: WVT - 180 SAU - 16

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