Shepherd Wins 200 IM at Bucknell Invitational

Friday, November 16

Lewisburg, Pa.

10:00 a.m.

Davidson College Athletics

Bucknell Invitational

Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com

Shepherd Wins 200 IM at Bucknell Invitational

11/16/2018 10:49:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Results

LEWISBURG, PA. – Sarah Helen Shepherd won the 200-yard individual medley Friday evening to highlight Davidson's first day of action at the three-day, eight-team Bucknell Invitational in Kinney Natatorium.

The sophomore from Chapel Hill, who already owns the second-best 200 IM time in program history (2:03.93), swam the event in 2:03.99 to win by 0.13 seconds. She was seeded third after preliminaries.

In all, 18 Wildcat swimmers advanced in 20 events from the morning session into A, B and C finals.

The highlight for the Davidson men came in the 500 freestyle, where Thacher Scannell, Walter Dauksher and Crossan Cooper finished 4-5-6 to earn 75 points. Scannell finished in 4:31.86, followed by Dauksher (4:33.65) and Cooper (4:34.90).

Dauksher, Kevin Andrews, Matt Bode and Kilian Quinn tied for sixth in the 200 freestyle relay (1:23.79).

Through the first day, the Davidson women are in fifth with 172 points, while the Davidson men are sixth (217).

Swimming resumes at 10 a.m. Saturday with preliminaries in the 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke.