MEET RESULTS

CLEVELAND, Miss. – The Delta State University Statesmen swim and dive team finished in second place in the 21^stannual Christmas Invitational. Madelyn Byrd, and Celeste Turner each won a event on the final night of the meet. The Lady Statesmen set 44 personal best and relay best times throughout the entire meet.

OFF THE STARTING BLOCKS

• Events: Delta State Christmas Invitational
• Date/Time: Tuesday, Dec. 14
• Location: Ronald G. Mayer Aquatic Center
• Lady Statesmen: 2081 Points
• Get Social: @DeltaStateSWD  

INSIDE THE ROPES

• Jamie Glover took second in the 1650 free with a NCAA "B" Standard time of 17:19.28.
• Madelyn Byrd won the 200 yard backstroke with a time of 1:59.93 setting a NCAA "B" Standard mark.
• Celeste Turner came in fourth in the 100 yard free with a time of 52.14.
• Madison Lavoie was the top finisher in the 200 yard breaststroke coming in seventh in the 2:26.43.
• Turner easily won the 200 yard butterfly with a time of 2:01.93. Byrd came in third with a time of 2:05.86.
• The Lady Statesmen 400 free relay team of Danielle Solkow, Turner, Byrd, and Lavoie came in third with a time of 3:29.22.

 
ON THE BOARDS:

• Gillian Pratt took third in the one-meter dive with score of 412.65.
• Hannah Babcock came in fourth with a score of 382.36.

TEAM SCORES

• Lindenwood - 2479
• Delta State – 2081
• Henderson State – 1295
• Montevallo - 1088 
• West Florida - 81

 
UP NEXT
 
The Lady Statesmen will be back in action on January 5^th as the swim team will take on Montevallo and dive team will take on Birmingham-Southern College.