In an attempt to dodge the winter storm Jonas, the meet at York was changed from Friday January 22nd to Wednesday January 20th. However, the team didn’t manage to dodge the small cell that brough about half an inch of snow to the Maryland/DC area on Wednesday night causing a 3.5 hour ride home to be 8.5 hours.
Meet story: http://www.rmcathletics.com/sports/mswimdive/2015-16/releases/20160120ygcak5
Senior Rachel Leigh (Richmond, Va./Mills Godwin) and juniors Robert Redenz (Moseley, Va./Cosby) and Mohamed Saleh (Cairo, Egypt/Fork Union) each contributed to three first-place finishes as the Randolph-Macon swimming teams swept York on Wednesday evening.
Each team needed victories in the meet’s final event, the 200 Free Relay, to win the meets. The Yellow Jackets women’s team topped the Spartans 111-94, while the men eked out a 107-98 victory.
Leigh won the 200 IM in 2:23.91 and finished first in the 100 Back in 1:04.76. The Yellow Jackets held a 98-90 lead heading into the 200 Free Relay. Leigh swam the final leg in 19:51 to give R-MC the 11 first-place points needed to secure the meet win.
Freshman Kata Kylliainen (Towson, Md./Loch Raven) helped the Yellow Jackets win the 200 Medley Relay to kick off the meet. She was first in the 500 Free in 5:25.43. Kylliainen placed second in the 200 Free in 2:03.65.
Sophomore Megan Granger (Midlothian, Va./Manchester) took first in the 1000 Free in 11:32.89.
Sophomore Rachel Samuelson (Chapel Hill, N.C./Chapel Hill) finished first in the 100 Fly in 1:04.45.
On the men’s side, R-MC held a 96-92 advantage heading to the 200 Free Relay. Redenz swam the opening leg in 22.53 and Saleh swam the final leg in 22.03 as the Yellow Jackets won the relay and the meet.
Saleh won the 100 Back in 53.07, a top time for the Yellow Jackets this season. He finished first in the 50 Free in 21.90.
Redenz took first in the 100 Fly in 54.12. He won the 100 Free in 49.54.
Sophomore Ivan Fadeyev (Manassas, Va./Osbourn Park) won the 1000 Free in 11:32.89. He finished first in the 200 IM in 2:01.19. Fadeyev was second in the 100 Breast in 1:01.56.
Junior Josh Carter (Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee) took first in the 200 Free in 1:50.35. He was second in the 500 Free in 5:13.13.
Randolph-Macon is scheduled to host Catholic for Senior Day on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 1 p.m. in the Estes Aquatic Center located in the Brock Center.
Swimming news courtesy of RMC.