SAN ANTONIO – The 20th-ranked Trinity women's swimming & diving team kept their winning streak alive during day 3 of the Tiger Invite, as the Tigers took gold in every single event for the entire swim meet. Trinity piled up 1,392.50 total points and won the meet by nearly 700 points over second place.

"I loved the way the women stepped up on day three today," said Head Coach Cathleen Pruden. "We rehearsed some resilience that we'll need again in February! There were some really great swims across the board. My head is swimming with training ideas that'll keep us going for the next few months!" 

First-year swimmers Sophia Mandanis (Wichita, Kan. / Andover) and Kaitlyn Phan (Austin, Texas / Westlake) stood out on the final night of the competition. Mandanis won the 200 fly with a time of 2:10.75, while Phan won the 200 back with a time of 2:03.62 to edge fellow first-year Kaya Alvegaard-Struble (Kansas City, Mo. / Pembroke Hill) by just 0.30 seconds. Mandanis was joined in the 200 fly by senior Erin Morie (St. Louis, Mo. / Cor Jesu Academy) and first-year Addie Domilise (The Woodlands, Texas / The Woodlands), with the trio sweeping the top three spots in the race.

The 1650 freestyle top time of of 17:56.65 went to senior Audrey Jacobson (Dallas, Texas / School for the Talent and Gifted), which was 23 seconds ahead of second place. Morie also finished 3rd with a time of 18:23.45. 

Junior Amy Benson (Newmarket, N.H. / Phillips Exeter Academy) took home gold in the 100 free with a time of 51.49, just two seconds ahead of first-year Ava Easley (Allen, Texas / Lovejoy) and her third-place time of 53.49. 

Senior captain Neely Burns (Phoenix, Ariz. / Thunderbird) sophomore Emme Penry (Greenwood Village, Colo. / Regis Jesuit) went 1-2 in the 200 breaststroke. Burns won took home gold with a time of 2:20.18 and Penry snagged 2nd with a time of 2:24.99. 

Trinity closed out the evening – and the three-day meet – with a final relay, which resulted in a pair of Tiger teams taking the top two spots. The A-relay team consisting of Alvegaard-Struble, Easley, Burns, and Benson won with a time of 3:30.80, while the B-relay made up of Jacobson, sophomore Sienna Nordquist (Albuquerque, N.M. / Hope Christian), junior Allison Ortiz (Houston, Texas / Stratford), and senior Jules Wiehrdt (Waco, Texas / Midway) was the runner-up with a time of 3:34.95 – beating Southwestern by less than 2 seconds. 

NEXT UP
The Tigers will head into the new year with a busy return to action as they will face off against Texas Christian University on January 3rd at TCU, then they come back to race Oklahoma Christian University at home on January 4th.