MOUNT BERRY, Ga. – The Birmingham-Southern men's and women's swimming and diving teams swept the competition at Berry's Viking Classic meet on Saturday, piling on the win in day two of the competition.
After securing four total wins through the first 10 events on day one, the Panthers won 17 of the 28 events on day two, securing both the men's and women's teams first place for the weekend.
On the women's side, four different swimmers took first place on the day with senior Becca Erwin (Duluth, Ga./Duluth HS) and sophomore Mary Katherine Stewart (Daphne, Ala./Daphne HS) each winning two events. Erwin was the top finisher in the 100-yard breaststroke and 100-yard freestyle while Stewart beat out her competition in the 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard backstroke. For the weekend, Erwin broke three pool records.
Sabrina Morgavi (Madison, Ala./Bob Jones HS) and Anna Jordan Luth (Pensacola, Fla./Booker T. Washington HS) were the other two individual first-place finishers for BSC. The women's team also won the 800-yard freestyle relay and the 400-yard freestyle relay.
For the men, six individual student-athletes were able to grab first-place finishes. Sophomore Chase Bolding (Panama City Beach, Fla./Wyoming) won two events on Saturday, the 100-yard butterfly and the 100-yard breaststroke.
Other top finishers on the men's side were freshman Charlie Fountain (Lilburn, Ga./Parkview HS), senior Nico Medina (Hollywood, Fla./American Heritage HS), freshman Joe Swing (Huntsville, Ala./Huntsville HS), sophomore Hayden Henderson (Tupelo, Miss./Tupelo HS), and sophomore diver James Hughes (Huntsville, Ala./Grissom HS), who won the men's 1-meter diving event.
The Panther men also tapped the wall first in the 200-yard medley and the 800-yard freestyle relays.
BSC's women finished the meet with 915 points, 162 points better than host Berry. The men's team recorded 807 points, which was 225 points more than the second-place Vikings.
The Viking Classic was Birmingham-Southern's final regular-season meet before the Southern Athletic Association Championships on Feb. 12-15. The SAA Championships will be held at the Birmingham Crossplex with sessions beginning at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. each day.
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