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Fall Frenzy Invite
Rulevich Breaks 100 Freestyle School Record on Final Day of Fall Frenzy Invite
11.18.2018 | Women's Swimming & Diving
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Senior swimmer Morgan Rulevich highlighted the final day of the Fall Frenzy Invite for UNC Asheville swimming & diving, as the Lake Wylie, S.C. native broke the Bulldog school record in the 100 freestyle on Sunday at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center.
BULLDOG BITES
Final Team Standings
Out of 14 women's teams at the Fall Frenzy Invite, UNC Asheville finished third with 915.5 team points.Â
Host school Queens University of Charlotte won the event.Â
The other Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) school in the three-day meet, Gardner-Webb, finished with 445 points. That is a 470.5-point differential between Asheville and the Runnin' Bulldogs.Â
Preliminaries
200 Backstroke Prelims
Emma Nelson was the only Bulldog to compete in the event, and she swam her way into the C Final after a lifetime-best time of 2:08.22.
100 Freestyle Prelims
Two Bulldogs - Adee Weller and Elizabeth Conte - posted lifetime-best marks in the 100 free prelims. Weller swam her way into the B Finals with a 52.50 mark, while Conte swam in the C Finals with a 53.75 time.
Hannah Bruno (54.50), Alexis Baker (54.81), Jessica Woolfe (54.93) and Haley Bennison (59.27) also swam season-best times in the preliminary round.
200 Breaststroke Prelims
Six Bulldogs raced in the event, and two swimmers earned berths into finals - Rulevich and Lily Sullivan.
Rulevich swam a season-best 2:21.24, as she finished sixth in the prelims. Teammate Sullivan posted a 2:28.31 mark and raced in the C Final.
MacKenzie Humphrey (2:33.00), Skye Lewis (2:33.00) and Ellis Nelson (2:33.54) also swam in the event, as the trio also swam season-best times.Â
Marlee Burgess finished off the swims for UNC Asheville in the 200 breaststroke, as the freshman clocked a lifetime-best 2:38.44.
200 Butterfly Prelims
Three out of the four Bulldogs that competed in the 200 fly earned berths into finals. Highlighting the preliminary results for UNC Asheville was Catherine Allen and Madison Rogan, as both Bulldogs earned spots in the A Final. Allen finished fourth with a 2:03.19, and Madison Rogan placed seventh with a 2:03.92.Â
Anna Nabors was the third Bulldog to clinch a spot in a final, as the freshman clocked a 2:09.76 time. She competed in the C Final after an 18th-place finish.
Madison-Grace Bristow rounded out the performances for Asheville, as she clocked a season-best 2:30.98.
Finals
200 Backstroke Finals
As the lone Bulldog in the 200 backstroke finals, Nelson bested her lifetime-best mark again, as she posted a 2:07.31 time. She nearly made a one-second improvement from her preliminary race.
100 Freestyle Finals
Weller led Asheville in the B Final, as the junior finished 12th with a 52.59 time.
Conte broke her season-best time that she previously set in the prelim. The senior from Chapel Hill, N.C. swam a new lifetime-best 53.57 mark, and she finished the event 22nd overall.
200 Breststroke Finals
Rulevich paced Asheville in the 200 breaststroke finals, as she medaled in the A Final. She clocked a season-best 2:18.79 time en route to a third-place finish. She nearly made a three-second improvement from her prelim time.Â
Sullivan also shaved off time in her C Final performance, as the freshman clocked a 2:27.06 time.Â
200 Butterfly Finals
Allen and Madison Rogan finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the A Final. Allen clocked a season-best 2:02.59 time, which was a 0.21-second improvement from her prelim. Madison Rogan also shaved off time in her finals race, as the junior went 2:02.68. That time is a new lifetime best for the Athens, Ga. native.Â
Nabors made a big improvement from her preliminary race. In fact, she shaved off over two seconds en route to a lifetime best. She posted a 2:07.48 time to finish 17th overall.
1650 Freestyle
Skylar Rogan, Aleta Jewell and Sydney VandenBerg all represented UNC Asheville in the lone distance event on Sunday.
Skylar Rogan clocked a season-best 17:03.66 time, as the junior placed fifth overall in the event.
VandenBerg posted an 18:07.83 en route to an 17th-place finish, and Jewell clocked a 18:29.01 time to finish 22nd in the event.Â
Relays
400 Freestyle Relay
Highlighting Sunday's portion of the Fall Frenzy Invite was Rulevich breaking the UNC Asheville record for the 100 freestyle. In her leadoff leg of the 400 free relay, she posted a 51.12 time. The senior previously held the school record (51.59), which she set at the CCSA Championships last year in Athens, Ga.Â
Behind her strong leadoff performance, UNC Asheville's A team finished fifth overall with a 3:29.85 time. Weller, Skylar Rogan and Conte were the three other Bulldogs that helped contribute to the fifth-place finish.
Asheville's B team, consisting of Bruno, Baker, Woolfe and Allen, finished 15th with a 3:38.77 time.
Quotable
"I am really excited to see the progress this team has made in the first half of the season. Our newest team members learned a lot about racing in three-day meets and accepted every challenge they encountered. The returners stayed strong for all six sessions and did not disappoint.Â
"I am so proud of everyone, especially Morgan Rulevich for breaking her own school record in the leadoff leg of the 400 free relay (51.12). Countless lifetime bests and season bests made this meet a huge success in preparing us for conference championships come February."
- Head Coach Elizabeth Lykins -
What's Next?
After three straight days of competing, UNC Asheville will take a month off before traveling to CCSA rival Florida Gulf Coast for a dual meet on Dec. 12 in Fort Myers, Fla.
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