Falcons place third at TYR Invitational at Northwestern

Nov. 23, 2014

Nov. 23, 2014

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - The Air Force women's swimming team placed third at the TYR Invitational at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., Sunday, Nov. 23. Northwestern won the meet with 1287.5 points while Michigan State was second (856) and Air Force was third (614.5). Illinois Chicago was fourth (358), St. Louis was fifth (298.5), Truman State was sixth (279.5) and Northern Iowa was seventh (71).

On the final day of the three-day meet, Air Force opened with a bang. Sophomore Genevieve Miller won the 1650 freestyle with an NCAA "B" cut time of 16:22.16. Sara Menke was fifth in the same event with a time of 16:51.60.

In the 50 butterly, two Falcons qualified for the championship final and placed in the top three. Freshman Elise Hart won the meet with a time of 24.59 while fellow freshman Maria Schroeder was third (24.98).

In the 200 backstroke, sophomore Alex Kronberger was fifth with a time of 2:03.73 in the championship final. In the 100 free championship final, freshman Jinan Andrews was sixth (52.26) and fellow freshman Brianna Mount was fifth in the consolation final (52.63).

Senior Kim Davis won the 200 breaststroke with an NCAA "B" cut time of 2:14.93. Junior Leah Weber was eighth in the same championship final (2:22.00). In the consolation final of the 200 breaststroke, Kira Schlosberg won with a time of 2:20.65).

Schroeder was third in the championship final of the 200 fly (2:02.66) while Jenna Tasic was seventh in the same event (2:05.24). Freshman Asia Antoniuk was fourth in the consolation final of the 200 fly (2:06.70).

In the 400 free relay, the team of Davis, Schroeder, Miller and Andrews was second with time of 3:26.85.

Air Force is now off until the USA National Championships in Greensboro, N.C., Dec. 4-6.

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