Spartanburg, S.C. – The King University women's swimming team won on the road at Converse to start a winning streak for the season, taking a 103-101 victory with the final 400-yard freestyle relay. King's women's team had the second-highest individual point scorer, with Alice Schoemans scoring 18 points herself.
The Tornado started the day with the 400-yard medley relay, where they fell to Converse by less than a second with a time of 4:08.36.
King earned its first event win in a one-two finish with Schoemans and Michelle Vazquez competing in the 400-yard individual medley. Schoemans finished with a time of 4:57.84, and Vazquez finished in 5:07.74.
Mariandree Valdes came back in the next event, the 200-yard butterfly, with the win in a time of 2:15.93.
A few events later, King swept the top three places in the 200-yard backstroke with Madzia Stanek, Emma Bendall and Abigail Hogben. Stanek won in 2:14.32, Bendall placed second in 2:15.59, and Hogben placed third in 2:21.50.
Derin Yerlikaya hit a season best in the latter half of the meet in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:34.4 to earn second place and key points for the team.
Schoemans bounced back from her earlier race and won the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:33.6.
The women's team in the 400-yard freestyle relay came into the race trailing Converse and won both the event and the meet with a time of 3:48.11.
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