MARS HILL, N.C. — The Milligan University men's and women's swimming teams matched up with the Mars Hill University Lions in Mars Hill, N.C. on Friday evening for the first of two events between the two squads. Both the MU women and men earned victories, as the men took a 109-57 triumph, while the women won 89-76.

The 200 Yard Medley Relay began the event, as Milligan's women's 'A' team placed second with a time of 1:54.73. Emily Dubes, Mia Windham, Madison Akbari and Jocelyn Waits grouped together for the finish.

Colin Burnette, Reef Parman, Christoph Haenel and Gellert Szedlak won the men's version of the event by 15 hundredths of a second at 1:36.19.

The women's 1000 Yard Freestyle had two Milligan participants, with Abigail Maniace (2nd, 11:28.67) and Rosalee Wenhame (4th, 12:27.13) doing the honors.

On the men's side, just Brody Henning (4th, 11:35.08) competed for the Buffs.

In 50 Yard Freestyle, the women sent forth Akbari (25.75), Emily Haas (26.71) and London Droddy (29.65). They placed second, third and fifth, respectively.

For the men, Elijah Holliman (21.37), Paxton Smith (21.46) and Wyatt Pierce (22.62) ended up in first, second and fourth, overall.

Ava Rojas and Katelyn Williams finished back-to-back in the women's 400 Yard Individual Medley in the third and fourth places, clocking in at 5:09.47 and 5:22.47.

Nathaniel Schmidt, with a mark of 4:19.50, won the men's 400 IM, with Nathaniel Halloran placing third at 4:26.13.

The 100 Yard Butterfly saw Akbari (2nd, 1:02.91), Maniace (3rd, 1:04.09) and Rojas (5th, 1:05.33) compete for the Buffaloes.

Haenel took home the men's 100 Butterfly title in 49.21 seconds, and a group of four swimmers in a row took places 3-6. Parman, Schmidt, Pierce and Henning claimed those spots in that order.

Emily Newman earned an event victory in the women's 200 Yard Freestyle. She clocked a 1:57.80 to lead the way. Both Willlams and Wenhame also competed, placing fourth and sixth in the process.

The men's 200 Freestyle was claimed by Szedlak, who posted a 1:47.12 clip. Burnette placed third, while River Rockholt ended the race in fourth. Sergio Tudor (6th) and Pierce (7th) also raced for MU.

Dubes and Windham both beat their incoming seed times in the women's 100 Yard Backstroke, taking the top two spots. They clocked in at 1:01.68 and 1:02.33. Haas was also close, placing third in 1:02.86. Droddy races to a fifth-place conclusion.

Smith, in the men's race, also beat his seed time. He was the victor in 51.10 seconds. Nathan Lindsey, placing third, totaled 56.84 seconds to finish the race.

The final individual event of the day was the 100 Yard Breaststroke. In the women's race, Newman led the way, annihilating her seed time with a 1:09.81. Waits, Windham and Call Venzon rounded out spots 3-5 in the event.

Holliman was the stellar performer in the men's 100 Breaststroke, as he beat his seed time with a 55.68-second mark. Parman also raced, placing third for Milligan.

Dubes, Newman, Maniace and Waits won the women's 200 Yard Freestyle Relay for the Buffs in 1:42.91, while the 'B' team came in second at 1:56.58. That team included Abigail Jackson, Abigail Melinsky, Venzon and Williams.

The men also took the top two slots, as the 'A' team of Tudor, Smith, Halloran and Burnette posted a 1:27.35. Then, it was Haenel, Szedlak, Rockholt and Henning that earned second place in 1:28.72.

The same location will be on tap for Saturday morning, as the Buffaloes' swim teams battle the Mars Hill Lions yet again in events that they did not swim on Friday evening.

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