Swimming and Diving Senior Day

Women's Swimming and Diving

Patterson, Markwardt Capture Individual Wins at Tulane

Patterson won the 50 free and Markwardt the 100 fly

COMPOSITE RESULTS (pdf)

NEW ORLEANS, La.-
To end the regular season, the No. 6 Argonauts fell to Tulane 124.5-80.5 on Saturday afternoon. West Florida finished first in four events on the day with two wins in relays and two individual events by Aimee Patterson and Stefanie Markwardt.

UWF kicked off the meet with a solid performance in the 200 medley relay. Nina Imboden, Brooke Dorr, Morgan Despres, and Markwardt hit the wall first (1:48.26).

Yael Danieli and Sofia Kendzior had great performances in the 1000 free, solidifying second (10:39.75) and third (10:42.00), respectively. In the 200 free, it was Kathryn Mipro who led the Blue and Green charge. Mipro secured third (1:55.98) while Imboden and Tori Johnston claimed fifth (1:57.75) and sixth (2:00.62).

Patterson grabbed the first individual victory for the Argos in the 50 free as she touched the wall in 25.13. The next individual win would come from Markwardt in the 100 fly with a time of 56.41. In the 100 free, Despres hit the wall in third (53.75) with Patterson and Mipro shortly behind claiming fourth (54.81) and fifth (54.91). Imboden earned herself a top-three finish in the 100 back in 59.43. In the second distance event on the day, Shannah Dillman came in second with 5:12.41 in the 500 free. Meanwhile, Kendzior was close behind in fourth to grab more points.

In the second to last event of the meet, Mikayla Puckett claimed third in the 100 breast (1:09.53) followed by Ellie Rothfuss in fourth (1:09.69) and Lutnya Bogdanova in fifth (1:10.34). The Argonauts crushed the 200 free relay with a first place finish composed of Patterson, Dorr, Despres, and Markwardt.

The Argonauts will have a few more weeks to prepare for the New South Intercollegiate Swimming Conference Championships beginning Feb. 15 through Feb. 18 in Cleveland, Miss.

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Players Mentioned

Aimee Patterson

Aimee Patterson

Free
5' 8"
Senior
Mikayla Puckett

Mikayla Puckett

Breast
5' 5"
Senior
Shannah Dillman

Shannah Dillman

IM/Breast/Free
5' 8"
Sophomore
Tori Johnston

Tori Johnston

Free
6' 2"
Sophomore
Ellie Rothfuss

Ellie Rothfuss

IM/Breast
5' 6"
Sophomore
Sofia Kendzior

Sofia Kendzior

Free
5' 7"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Aimee Patterson

Aimee Patterson

5' 8"
Senior
Free
Mikayla Puckett

Mikayla Puckett

5' 5"
Senior
Breast
Shannah Dillman

Shannah Dillman

5' 8"
Sophomore
IM/Breast/Free
Tori Johnston

Tori Johnston

6' 2"
Sophomore
Free
Ellie Rothfuss

Ellie Rothfuss

5' 6"
Sophomore
IM/Breast
Sofia Kendzior

Sofia Kendzior

5' 7"
Sophomore
Free