The Monmouth College swim team turned in 11 personal-bests on Saturday en route to a runner up finish for the women and a third place mens finish at their annual 11-team Monmouth College Invitational.

Gabe Baginski came away the big winner for the Scots, turning three winning performances, two personal-bests and a pool record. The junior clocked his first lifetime-best in the 50-yard freestyle where he touched in 22.51. He followed that with a pool record and another PR in the 100 free when he clocked a 48.36 to win by more than a second. Baginski began his individual competition swimming an honor roll time of 1:46.79 in the 200 freestyle to win by four seconds.

On the womens side, senior Erica McAloon nearly equaled Baginskis day, winning two events and swimming one lifetime-best. She logged a PR of 2:37.09 to win the 200 breaststroke by more than three seconds and posted a winning time of 2:22.84 in the 200 IM.

The women also got first place points in the diving well where Clarissa Henby turned in the meets top performance. Her six-dives off the 1-meter springboard gave her a nearly 30-point win with a Monmouth honor roll score of 165.05.

Besides McAloon, three other women posted top four finishes thanks to personal-best swims.

Sophomore Erin Willhite led the group with a second and two thirds. Willhite was just shy of the win in the 50 freestyle when she clocked a 26.19 to finish second by one one-hundredth of a second. Her 57.64 in the 100 free placed her third, just 11-hundredths out of a runner up finish. Willhite turned in her personal-best in the 500 freestyle, clocking a 5:38.67 to take third.

Freshmen Morgan Bruess and Steph Komaniecki each swam PRs to finish fourth in their events. Bruess touched in 1:08.27 to claim fourth in the 100 backstroke and Komanieckis 400 IM time of 5:17.97 also took fourth place.

The men also got high points from newcomer Jory Seibert and junior Zack Heilman. Seibert finished fourth in the 200 backstroke, out-touching his closest competitor with a 2:14.62. Heilman was a solid third in the 200 breaststroke finishing in 2:25.46.

The Scots women rounded out their meet with a win in the 400 freestyle relay. McAloon, Willhite, Komaniecki and Taylor Sutschek swam a Monmouth honor roll time of 3:54.39.

Baginski and Seibert joined with Tony Marino and Neal Hosper to place second in the meet-ending 400 freestyle relay, touching in 3:23.35. Baginski, Seibert, Hosper and Heilman had opened the mens competition with a third place finish in the 400 medley relay, posting a time of 3:50.27.

Read more here:
Scots swimmers better than most at invite