Swim Takes Third in Season Opener at Converse

Spartanburg, South Carolina- The Brenau swim team opened the 2018 season at the Converse Invitational, hosted by Converse College this past weekend.

The team scored 354.5 points to secure third place behind Catawba (N.C.) College and host Converse College.

Lindsay Dowling highlighted the meet for the Golden Tigers with a first place finish in the 100 Backstroke. The senior posted a time of 59.74 to outpace Converse's Lisa Studstill by over three seconds and win the event. The Winston, Georgia native also picked up a pair of fourth place individual finishes in the 100 butterfly (1:01.69) and the 100 freestyle (57.67).

Yanne Toussaint also had a strong individual day as the junior earned second place in both the 100 IM (1:03.78) and second in the 200 breaststroke (2:36.17). She also notched sixth place in both the 200 freestyle (2:04.15) and the 200 backstroke (2:18.33).

Other top individual finishers include:

Nikoletta Alvanou, fifth place, 100 breaststroke (1:14.91); fifth place, 500 freestyle, (5:36.00);

Haley Bartoletta, fourth place, 200 IM (2:21.63); second place, 200 butterfly, (2:18.22);

Meghan Mistric, fifth place, 200 breaststroke (2:49.36);

Ashlyn Steinbach, fifth place, 100 butterfly (1:01.96); sixth place (5:39.47); 50 freestyle, fifth place, (26.34);

In the relay events, the Golden Tigers had a solid outing, earning a second place, two third places and a fifth place finish.

Relay information includes:

200 medley relay, second place (Lindsay Dowling, Haley Bartoletta, Ashlyn Steinbach and Yanne Toussaint) 1:56.13;

200 freestyle relay third place (Steinbach, Bernardo, Dowling, Toussaint) in 1:44.50;

400 medley relay, third place (Dowling, Toussaint, Alvanou and Steinbach) in 4:09.26;

400 freestyle relay, fifth place (Dowling, Toussaint, Bernardo, Mistric) in 3:59.23;

Brenau next travels to Columbia College in Columbia, South Carolina on October 27th at 1 pm eastern for a one-day meet.