Lenoir-Rhyne Women’s Swimming team finished up their most successful Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championship in school history. The Bears finished in 4th place throughout the four day event and scored the most points they have ever in the event with 711 points.
On the last night, two more team records fall. First Lisa Boernigen broke the school record in the 100 free with a 52.02 time. The time was also good for a NCAA “B” cut time.
Then later in the evening, Kiana Schumacher broke the team record with a 2:05.91 time in the 200 back.
The Bears also got great performances from Kimberly Scheiber in the 200 Breast with a 2:29.17 time and Sarah Helfert in the 1650 free. Helfert had a time of 18:01.73 in the event. Then to finish the championship, the team of Boernigen, Helfert, Scheiber and Elizabeth Bowman finished 4th in the 400 Free relay with a time of 3:37.70.
L-R Swimming Continues Competition at Conference Championship
Lenoir Rhyne
February 21, 2021
The Lenoir-Rhyne’s Women Swimming team wrapped up day three of the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championship in Fort Mill, S.C.
On the evening, Lisa Boernigen finished in 6th in the 200 Fly with a time of 2:08.92 then later in the evening Boernigen joined Elizabeth Bowman, Kelsey Krumanocker, Sarah Helfert to finish 4th with a 7:51.02 time.
The Bears remain in 4th place with 530 points.
Lenoir-Rhyne’s Men Swimming team will head into the final day of the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championship in 4th place with 630.5 points.
During day 3 the Bears got strong performances from Jacob Greene and Micah McRea. Greene finished 8th in the 100 back with a time of :50.07 and McRea finished 4th in the 100 yard breast with a :55.13 time. McRea has qualified for a championship event each of the three nights of the event.
Lenoir-Rhyne Swimming Competes at Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championship
Lenoir-Rhyne Swimming Competes at Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championship
February 18, 2021
Day one of the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championship is in the books for the Lenoir-Rhyne Women’s and Men’s Swimming teams. The four-day event is being held at the Fort Mill YMCA at the Complex in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
Day one saw the Bears place 4th in the 200 Yard Medley relay to start the final session on Thursday. Kianna Schumacher, Kimberly Scheiber, Elizabeth Bowman, and Lauren Rutherford raced together and finished with a time of 1:47.72 which is a new school record for the relay.
Lenoir-Rhyne Swimming Wins on Senior Day
Lisa Boernigen qualified for nationals in the 200 IM. photo courtesy of Lenoir-Rhyne Athletics
Lenoir-Rhyne Swimming Wins on Senior Day
January 22, 2021
On the day the Lenoir-Rhyne Men’s and Women’s Swimming celebrated their seniors, they closed out their 2020-21 home schedule with a dominant sweep against Mars Hill. Both the Men and Women won 13 of 14 events on the evening. The Men took home a 181-54 win while the Women won 177-73. All eight seniors took home a victory in their last home meet in their LR career.
On the Women’s side, Sophomore Lisa Boernigen won two events and was a part of two winning relays on the evening. Lisa had a 26.70 time in the 50 fly, which is a new school record. Lisa also took home the 100 Free and was part of the winning team in the 200 Medley and Freestyle Relay.
Lenoir-Rhyne Swimming Competes at Queens Dual Meet
Anna Harshaw won the 100 yard breaststroke. photo courtesy of Lenoir-Rhyne Athletics
Lenoir-Rhyne Swimming Competes at Queens Dual Meet
January 10, 2021
For the second time in a month the Lenoir-Rhyne Men’s and Women’s Swimming traveled to the Levine Aquatic Center in Charlotte for a meet. This time the Bears fell to Queens University in a dual meet on Friday afternoon.
On the men’s side, the Bears won three of the eleven events. Alex Ballard got the Bears on the board with his 500 yard freestyle win. Alex Murphy and John Caroll finished second and third behind Ballard. Micah McRea kept the Bears going with his 100 Breaststroke win. Jacob Queen finished second behind McRea. The two flipped positions from the Winter Round Robin from last month, where Queen finished first and McRea finished second. The Bears finished strong, taking home the 200 freestyle relay to end the afternoon. The relay team consisted of Spencer Ashb