Highlanders Excel at Acadia AGD Invitational Swim Meet

On Saturday, October 26, 11 teams from across Nova Scotia gathered at the swimming pool of Acadia University for a day of individual and relay races. Ten of our Highlanders showed up for the day to try their best, and several came away with medals.

Lillian Blois '27, had one of the biggest improvements of the day as she lowered her 100m breaststroke time by a giant four seconds. This is even more impressive given that she had already improved her time at the first meet in Halifax just a few weeks ago. Laura Napier-Whale '30 swam to best time in her 50m freestyle, lopping more than a second from her time at the Dal Sprint Meet. Emery Endres '28 chopped away an impressive 12 seconds in her 400m freestyle, and then nibbled away another second in her 200m freestyle. She is quickly turning into a middle-distance freestyler.

Harvey Hadley '27 swam two personal bests and collected three medals in four events.  He chopped more than two seconds from his 200m freestyle, finishing just off the podium in fourth and a wee bit of time in his 100m backstroke, collecting bronze. A personal best was not needed in his 200m butterfly as he grabbed a gold medal. In his 400m freestyle Harvey brought home another bronze. Four other Highlanders also came away with bronze medals as Rowan Francis '27, Julien Gingras '27, Michael Denysenko '25, and Leo Rüdt Von Collenberg '26 put together a solid 400m freestyle relay. Leo also earned a personal best in his 50m freestyle. This was not the only relay of the day as Rowan Francis led the way in backstroke, Santiago Ramirez '27 took over in breaststroke, the difficult butterfly leg was chosen by Michael Denysenko and Hyatt Endres '28 brought the team home in freestyle for a sixth place effort in their 200m medley relay.

Our Highlanders swimmers next don their caps and goggles for competition in Halifax at Dalplex on November 15 and 16.