FULL RESULTS
CLEVELAND, Miss. – The Delta State University Statesmen and Lady Statesmen Swim and Dive teams swept Rhodes College Lynx in the
Ronnie Mayers Aquatic Center on Saturday afternoon. It was the fourth straight year Delta State has swept the Lynx in the pool.
Off The Starting Blocks:
- Event: Delta State vs Rhodes
- Date/Time: October 5, 2019 | 12 PM
- Location: Ronnie Mayers Aquatic Center
- Lady Statesmen: 196 points | Rhodes 102 points
- Statesmen: 222 points | Rhodes 65 points
- Get Social: @DeltaStateSWD
Inside The Ropes:
- The Statesmen won all but two events on the day.
- Freshman Carson Traylor won his first two races of his young career taking first in the 200 yard butterfly in 1:57:02 and the 100 yard butterfly in 52.29.
- John Stewart won the 1000 free in 9:54:29.
- Josh Armond took the win in the 500 free in 4:56:62.
- The Lady Statesmen won all but four events on Saturday.
- Peyton Osbourne won the 1000 free in 10:39:63 and the 400 IM in 4:42:20.
- Madison Lavoie won two events as well taking the 100 backstroke in 59.60 and the 200 yard breaststroke in 2:20:40.
- Lucia Martelli won the 200 yard butterfly in 2:06:68 and the 100 yard butterfly in 56.57.
On The Boards:
- The Statesmen swept the one meter diving with a fantastic score of 319.65 for Jawone Blankenship to lead the way. Alex Burt took second and Kyle Weesner took third.
- Blankenship made it a clean sweep of the day winning the three meter dive as well.
- Gillian Pratt won the women's one meter dive with a score of 259.41.
- Pratt also took first in the three meter dive as well with Mackenzie Blomquist taking second in both dives.
Up Next: The Statesmen and Lady Statesmen head to Missouri for a weekend against Missouri S&T and Lindenwood on October 25 and 26.
