Gamecocks Battle Hard At NC State
RALEIGH, N.C. —South Carolina swimming and diving battled hard, taking home a season high eight event wins against the No. 3/7 ranked NC State Friday afternoon. The Wolfpack claimed both team victories- 197-100 on the women’s and 194-104 on the men’s side.
GAMECOCK NOTABLES
– Senior Lionel Khoo took home two victories for the Gamecocks, sweeping both breaststroke events. The Singapore native now has four individual victories on the year.
-Senior Christina Lappin continued her dominance in the 50 freestyle, winning the event for the second time this season with a time of 22.96.
-South Carolina swept the 400 freestyle relay, with the team of Lappin, Emily Cornell, Janie Smith and Edith Lingmann taking first for the women, while the team of Lewis Burras, Guy Gropper, AJ Ross and Justin Rose took home first in the men’s event.
-Sophomore diver Anton Down-Jenkins swept both the one- and three-meter dives in his first appearance for the Gamecocks in the new campaign. Down-Jenkins qualified for the NCAA Championships in both events last year as a true freshman.
-Junior Yu Qian Goh won the women’s three-meter dive with a score of 289.65
QUOTEABLE: HEAD SWIMMING COACH MCGEE MOODY
“This is probably the best competition we will see from a dual meet standpoint all season long. They are strong on both sides, it was great test for us today. I thought our women stepped up to the plate and raced really well. On the men’s side, Lionel Khoo, Lewis Burras and Justin Rose had a great day. We go from this into a huge meet with UNC.”
QUOTEABLE: HEAD DIVING COACH TODD SHERRITT
“This was a very tough diving well. Very few places you come in with someone swimming right in front of you, but we knew that coming in and everyone handled it well. Anton did some great dives as did Grant. Yu Qian coming in and winning an event like this is very important. Overall I’m very happy with the way everything turned out, we’ve been working very hard and we’re looking forward to next week against UNC.”
Up next for the Gamecocks
The Gamecocks will return home to face border rival North Carolina Friday November 1 at 3 p.m.
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