Cougars remain in trophy contention heading into final day action #GoBarton

The Barton Community College women's swimming team concluded the third day of the NJCAA National Swimming and Diving Championships with four podium finishes Friday evening.

Remaining in fourth place in the team standings, the Cougars will look to rally in final day action trialing third place Iowa Central Community College by 56 points and second place Southwestern Oregon Community College by 97 points.

Final day action is scheduled to get underway Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. (CT) from the Anne Wilder Aquatic Complex held in Fort Pierce, Florida.

Olivia Kerr, Cindy Broadrick and Dominique Cos collected the lone individual podium finishes while Barton produced nine new personal bests and five new top-10 program times of which two rewrote in the evening's finals.

Kerr notched the highest individual finish with a sixth place showing in the 100-breaststroke as the freshman topped her prelim time by .25 seconds clocking a 1:09.00. Cos fell one spot back and .81 ticks behind Kerr with a 1:09.81 falling 1.52 seconds back of her sixth fastest prelim stoppage of 1:08.29.

Cindy Broadrick continued her exceptional week in the waves notching her second podium finish as the freshman scooped a seventh-place 200-butterfly appearance. Constructing the seventh best prelim time of 2:16.41, Broadrick perfected her mark in the evening's finals with a personal best 2:14.90 falling .13 seconds off the school record.

Barton's highest finish came in the final event of the evening posting a fourth place finish in the 200-medlay relay as Broadrick, Cos, Linda Franco and Mikwena Lierman clocked a 1:51.99 falling .77 ticks off their personal best time.

Complete Meet Results from Day 3 

Complete Women's Results Through 3 Days *PB denotes Personal Best
Vali Bequette: 10 points
50 Freestyle: 14th (26.77 PB)
50 Backstroke: 13th (32.28 PB)
200 Freestyle: 14th (2:08.32)
Cindy Broadrick: 27 points
100 Butterfly: 4th (58.53 PB, *2nd program fastest)
200 Butterfly: 7th (2:14.90 PB, *2nd program fastest)
Dominique Cos: 36 points
50 Breaststroke: 7th (31.16 PB, *4th program fastest)
400 IM: 7th (4:56.13, Prelims 4:56.08)
100 Breaststroke: 7th (1:09.81, Prelims 1:08.29)
Linda Franco: 26 points
50 Freestyle: 4th (24.29 PB, *3rd program fastest)
100 Butterfly: 8th (1:00.40, Prelims 59.79 PB, *5th program fastest)
Ashley Gilmore: 17 points
200 IM: 9th (2:36.07, .20 faster than prelims)
400 IM: 12th (5:34.68 PB, *5th program fastest)
100 Breaststroke: 14th (1:18.15 PB, *8th program fastest)
Summer Gomez: 25 points
50 Freestyle: 9th (25.31, .07 faster than prelims)
50 Backstroke: 10th (30.65, Prelims 30.44 PB, *8th program fastest)
100 IM: 9th (1:05.26 PB, *4th program fastest)
Olivia Kerr: 37 points
200 IM: 6th (2:14.94, Prelims 2:13.82)
200 Freestyle: 8th (2:00.40, Prelims 1:58.89 PB, *SCHOOL RECORD)
100 Breaststroke: 6th (1:09.00)
Mikwena Lierman: 22 points
50 Freestyle: 3rd (24.28 PB, *2nd program fastest)
100 Butterfly: 11th (1:01.78)
Andrea Fernandez: 19 points
1000 Freestyle: 12th (11:29.87 PB, *2nd program fastest)
200 Freestyle: 12th (2:05.26, Prelims 2:04.81)
500 Freestyle: 9th (5:34.27 PB, *2nd program fastest)
Stephanie Ramirez: 10 points
50 Breaststroke: 14th (37.87, Prelims 37.74 PB)
200 IM: 10th (2:39.33)
100 Breaststroke: 17th (1:22.36 PB, *9th program fastest)
Koe Schultz: 8 points
50 Freestyle: 17th (29.45 PB)
50 Backstroke: 17th (35.81)
100 Backstroke: 11th (1:16.94 PB)
Ashlynn Shea: 1 points
1000 Freestyle: 20th (13:44.26 PB, *9th program fastest)
200 Freestyle: 20th (2:26.05 PB)
500 Freestyle: 16th (6:47.56, Prelims 6:34.92 PB)
Leeya Van Druff: 10 points
50 Breaststroke: 12th (35.38 PB, *7th program fastest)
200 Freestyle: 16th (2:13.14, Prelims 2:12.97)
100 Breaststroke: 13th (1:17.91, Prelims 1:17.90)

Relay Results
800 Freestyle Relay: Lierman, Broadrick, Fernandez, Kerr – 4th (8:10.86 PB, *2nd program fastest)
200 Freestyle Relay: Franco, Gomez, Kerr, Lierman – 2nd (1:38.18 PB, *2nd program fastest)
400 Medley Relay: Broadrick, Cos, Franco, Kerr – 3rd (4:06.86 *4th program fastest)
200 Medley Relay: Broadrick, Cos, Franco, Lierman – 4th (1;51.99)