Emma Atkinson was part of a parade of first-place finishers at Notre Dame and Wilmington
The road can be a tough place to win, which is why taking two wins on the road in the same weekend is worth savoring.
Results: vs.
Notre Dame /
vs. Wilmington
On Friday, December 2, John Carroll traveled to Notre Dame College and won 119-86. The next day Saturday, December 3, they traveled to Wilmington and defeated the Wilmington College Quakers 134-71.
The women were able to capture six of eleven first place finishes in the events on Friday and nine out of the eleven on Saturday.
At Notre Dame,
Maggie Donoghue and Rachel Mizner took first and second respectively in the 200 yard freestyle.
Julia Adams wanted her chance to win, and she did in the 200 yard IM and the 100 yard backstroke.
Donoghue would again capture another first place victory, this time in the 500 yard freestyle cutting her initial time of 5:32.35 to 5:31.99.
The 100 yard breastroke winner was
Melissa Fillmore, and John Carroll also took the number one spot in the 400 yard freestyle relay. Karyn Adams, Donoghue, Mizner, and anchor
Emma Atkinson were commended for the win.
More work was to be done the following day.
The two events where John Carroll placed second were the 100 meter butterfly and 400 meter freestyle.
Starting the day off right, John Carroll's Relay A team notched 11 points:
Julia Adams,
Sara Knezevich, Karyn Adams, and Tori Watson. A first place finish from Rachael Libertin in the 800 Meter Freestyle kept the points coming for the Blue Streaks.
The Adams sisters struck again when Julia captured the title in the 200 meter freestyle, and Karyn took first in the 50 meter freestyle.
Swimmer
Brittany Krauth added her name onto the leader board and one the 200 meter IM.
First and second place finishes went to Watson and Libertin in the 100 meter feestyle.
The powerhouse sisters continued to dominate. First place in the 100 meter backstroke went to Karyn Adams. Krauth added extra points with a second place finish. Julie Adams took the 100 meter breastroke and Knezevish finished behind her to add on 4 points.
Concluding the last event for the women were Libertin, Mizner, Katie Sheffield, and Donoghue who placed first in the 200 meter freestyle relay.