Record-Breaking Friday at Conference Carolinas Swimming Championships
KINGSPORT, Tenn. – It was a record-breaking third day at the 2024 Conference Carolinas Swimming Championships at the Kingsport Aquatic Center on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.
Benedetta Pepe Pugliese of UNC Pembroke collected the new championship record in the women's 400 yard IM with a time of 4:24.58 to kick things off in the finals on Friday evening. Efe Ertuzun of King would follow that up by collecting the new Conference Carolinas championship record in the men's 400 yard IM with a time of 3:56.82.
Converse's Laureen Roussel started Friday by capturing the new Conference Carolinas championship record in the women's 100 yard breastroke with a time of 1:03.84. Roussel would not better her time in the finals, but she would take first in the event with a time of 1:04.21. Isabell Schiller of Emmanuel would shortly thereafter collect the new Conference Carolinas championship record in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 57.07.
The battle for the 2024 Conference Carolinas Women's Swimming Championship team title is going to go down to the final day with UNC Pembroke's strong Friday allowing them to take the lead in the standings going into the final day on Saturday with 520 points. Emmanuel is right behind with 489 points. In the men's team standings, Emmanuel owns the lead entering the final day with 604 total points. Barton is in second with 441 points.
Full results from the third day of the 2024 Conference Carolinas Swimming Championships are available
here.
The fourth and final day of the championships on Saturday will feature preliminaries starting at 10 a.m. The finals will begin at 5 p.m.
To see the full schedule, please visit
here. To learn more about the 2024 Conference Carolinas Swimming Championships, please visit
ConferenceCarolinas.com/Championships.
All-Conference Finishes from Day Three
(Top Three finishes are First, Second and Third Team All-Conference)
Women's 400 Yard IM
1) Benedetta Pepe Pugliese, UNC Pembroke
2) Chiara Ambrosi, UNC Pembroke
3) Katie Koenst, King
Men's 400 Yard IM
1) Efe Ertuzun, King
2) Jan Michalak, Emmanuel
3) Leonardo Trevisan, Emmanuel
Women's 100 Yard Butterfly
1) Susana Ungo, Emmanuel
2) Marcela Alonso, Emmanuel
3) Ashley Mayes, Chowan
Men's 100 Yard Butterfly
1) Nedas Giedraitis, Emmanuel
2) Guillermo Perosanz, Emmanuel
3) Anton Akopian, Emmanuel
Women's 200 Yard Freestyle
1) Britta Schwengle, UNC Pembroke
2) Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos, UNC Pembroke
3) Alexandra Cerbino, Emmanuel
Men's 200 Yard Freestyle
1) Ethan Maddrey, Barton
2) Enzo Silva, Emmanuel
3) Owen Rasinske, Barton
Women's 100 Yard Breaststroke
1) Laureen Roussel, Converse
2) Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos, UNC Pembroke
3) Megan Schueller, Barton
Men's 100 Yard Breaststroke
1) Aleksei Belolipetskii, Chowan
2) Nathan Higdon, Lees-McRae
3) Natan Mometto, Barton
Women's 100 Yard Backstroke
1) Isabell Schiller, Emmanuel
2) Guillermina Rentsch, Lees-McRae
3) Katie Raleigh, UNC Pembroke
Men's 100 Yard Backstroke
1) Jean Ducastel, King
2) Senan Noonan, Chowan
3) Chase Davis, Lees-McRae
Women's 400 Yard Medley Relay
1) UNC Pembroke
2) Converse
3) Barton
Men's 400 Yard Medley Relay
1) Emmanuel
2) Chowan
3) King