Emma Barksdale Thrives In South Carolina Win

Photo Courtesy: Kristin Karkoska

It was a sweet senior night for the South Carolina Gamecocks (No. 23 men, unranked women). Both the men’s and women’s teams won by a score of 175-125 over North Carolina-Wilmington, Queens and Wingate. The men and women teams are both 4-3 on the year.

The meet started with the 200-yard freestyle relay. South Carolina won the women’s race with a time of 1:35.17. The Gamecock team consisted of Meredith Vay, Mckenna Keith, Taylor Vincent and Caroline Petrone.

Queens took the men’s relay with a time of 1:23.10. The winning team consisted of Dutch Olympian Dion Dreesens, Ben Taylor, Zach Phelps and Ben Mayes.

The South Carolina men were led by Nils Wich-Glasen. The sophomore helped the Gamecocks to wins in the 200-yard medley relay (1:30.81) and 400-yard medley relay (3:19.29). He also won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 55.38 and finished second to Dreesens in the 200-yard freestyle (1:39.55).

The Gamecocks also had strong diving at the meet. Julia Vincent won both the women’s one-meter and three-meter competitions. On the men’s side, Jordan Gotro swept two diving events for South Carolina.

Emma Barksdale had a strong meet for the South Carolina women. The freshman won the 200-yard individual medley (2:03.65), 200-yard breaststroke (2:19.03) and 400-yard individual medley (4:20.58).

Dreesens led the Queens team. He won the 200-yard freestyle (1:37.32) and was also a member of the winning 200 and 400-yard freestyle relay teams.

The meet ended with the 400-yard freestyle relay.

Queens took the women’s race with a time of 3:27.71. Their team consisted of Caroline Arakelian, Kyrie Dobson, McKenzie Stevens and Shelly Prayson.

Dreesens led the Royals in the men’s event. He teamed up with Taylor, Nick Arakelian and Mayes to post a winning time of 3:00.69.

South Carolina is back in action on Jan. 30. They will take on East Carolina and William and Mary.

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