Twenty-two national qualifying performances and three program top-10 relay marks highlighted the Barton Community College swimming teams' second meet of the campaign Saturday at the Reiver Duals, hosted by Iowa Western Community College at the Lewis Central Titan Hill Pool in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
The Cougar men finished 0-2 in dual competition, falling 168-84 to Southwest Baptist University and 203-54 to host Iowa Western. On the women's side, Barton went 0-3, dropping decisions to the University of Nebraska Kearney (202-43), Southwest Baptist (207-40) and Iowa Western (193-46).
Across the two squads, Barton recorded eight personal-best performances, including six on the men's side and two for the women, while the Cougar men added two season-best marks. The men's 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays each cracked the program's all-time top-10 list, while the women's 400 freestyle relay also earned a place among the program's fastest times.
Barton will have nearly a month away from competition before returning to the pool Nov. 19-21 for its final meet of the fall semester, traveling to Fremont, Nebraska for the three-day Warriors Invitational.
Men's Recap:
Pacing the Cougar men, sophomore Caio Ribeiro collected three top-two finishes, highlighted by Barton's lone event victory after touching first in the 50 freestyle with a personal-best and national qualifying time of 21.31. Ribeiro added a pair of runner-up performances, clocking a season-best 1:39.47 in the 200 freestyle before finishing second in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:44.95.
Fernando Roque followed with a pair of top-three finishes, placing runner-up in the 1000 freestyle with a national qualifying mark of 10:27.34 before taking third in the 200 butterfly at 2:04.87. Henry Amin added Barton's other individual podium finish, touching third in the 200 backstroke with a national qualifying time of 2:03.17 while also posting a qualifying mark of 54.14 in the 100 butterfly.
The Cougars added a pair of program top-10 marks in relay competition, beginning with the 200 medley quartet of Amin, Thomas Constantini Seraiche, Kaiden Dalton and Connor Watson placing fourth overall in 1:38.58, recording the 10th-fastest time in school history. The 400 freestyle relay team of Ribeiro, Watson, Dalton and Amin followed with a third-place finish in 3:13.96, establishing the ninth-fastest mark in program history.
Collectively, the Cougar men recorded 15 national qualifying performances while establishing six personal bests and two season-best marks. Individually, Watson posted a personal-best 23.39 in the 50 freestyle to go along with a season-best 59.98 in the 100 backstroke, while Benjamin Heppler lowered his mark in the 200 freestyle to 2:06.86. Juan Gonzalez Gomez rounded out the individual improvements with a personal best time of 3:06.72 in the 200 breaststroke.
Women's Recap:
Jessica Bricker paced the Barton women with a pair of top-seven finishes, placing fourth overall in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:16.16 before returning to finish seventh in the 200 breaststroke, recording a national qualifying time of 2:51.77.
Freshman Cailin DeBey added a pair of national qualifying performances, placing sixth in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 13:58.47 before finishing ninth in the 200 backstroke at 2:40.62. Ashlyn Johnson followed with a personal-best 1:14.48 in the 100 backstroke, placing ninth overall, while also finishing eighth in the 200 butterfly with a time of 3:17.55.
In the relay efforts, the foursome of Bricker, Jocelyn Hamilton, DeBey and Sarah Beth Davis combined for a national qualifying time of 4:38.54 in the 400 freestyle relay, placing 11th overall while recording the ninth-fastest mark in program history.
Rounding out Barton's individual efforts, Hamilton secured a national qualifying time of 2:46.22 in the 200 freestyle, placing 16th overall while Davis added an 11th-place finish in the 200 breaststroke with a qualifying mark of 3:11.33. Avery Schrader also met the national qualifying standard in the 100 freestyle, touching 15th in 1:05.99, as the Cougar women finished the afternoon with seven qualifying performances and two personal bests.
Barton Men's Results:
100 Backstroke: 6th Connor Watson (SB 59.98 *Already NQ)
200 Backstroke: 3rd Henry Amin (NQ 2:03.17)
100 Breaststroke: 7th Thomas Constantini Seraiche (NQ 1:03.50
)200 Breaststroke: 11th Benjamin Heppler (NQ 2:39.46), 13th Juan Gonzalez Gomez (PB 3:06.72)
100 Butterfly: 6th Henry Amin (NQ 54.14)
200 Butterfly: 3rd Fernando Roque (NQ 2:04.87), 8th Kaiden Dalton (NQ 2:15.82)
50 Freestyle: 1st Caio Ribeiro (PB NQ 21.31), 10th Connor Watson (PB NQ 23.39), 15th Juan Gonzalez Gomez (NQ 26.37)
100 Freestyle: 8th Kaiden Dalton (NQ 50.47)
200 Freestyle: 2nd Caio Ribeiro (SB 1:39.47 *Already NQ), 14th Benjamin Heppler (PB NQ 2:06.86)
500 Freestyle: 2nd Caio Ribeiro (NQ 4:44.95), 6th Fernando Roque (5:08.19 *Already NQ)
1000 Freestyle: 2nd Fernando Roque (NQ 10:27.34), 7th: Juan Gonzalez Gomez (NQ 13:22.32)
200 IM: 6th Thomas Constantini Seraiche (2:11.17 *Already NQ), 11th Benjamin Heppler (2:26.77)
400 Freestyle Relay: 3rd "A" Caio Ribeiro, Connor Watson, Kaiden Dalton, Henry Amin (PB NQ 3:13.96 *9th Program Best), 8th "B" Thomas Constantini Seraiche, Juan Gonzalez Gomez, Benjamin Heppler, Fernando Roque (3:53.25)
200 Medley Relay: 4th: Henry Amin, Thomas Constantini Seraiche, Kaiden Dalton, Connor Watson (PB 1:38.58 *10th Program Best, *Already NQ)
Barton Women's Results:
100 Backstroke: 9th Ashlyn Johnson (PB 1:14.48 *Already NQ)
200 Backstroke: 9th Cailin DeBey (NQ 2:40.62)
100 Breaststroke: 4th Jessica Bricker (1:16.16 *Already NQ)
200 Breaststroke: 7th Jessica Bricker (NQ 2:51.77), 11th Sarah Beth Davis (NQ 3:11.33)
100 Butterfly: 12th Avery Schrader (1:21.68 *Already NQ), 13th Cailin DeBey (1:33.41)
200 Butterfly: 8th Ashlyn Johnson (3:17.55)
50 Freestyle: 19th Sarah Beth Davis (28.68 *Already NQ), 23rd Avery Schrader (29.74 *Already NQ)
100 Freestyle: 15th Avery Schrader (NQ 1:05.99), 17th Jocelyn Hamilton (1:16.70)
200 Freestyle: 16th Jocelyn Hamilton (NQ 2:46.22)
500 Freestyle: 7th Jocelyn Hamilton (7:32.73)
1000 Freestyle: 6th Cailin DeBey (NQ 13:58.47)
200 IM: 11th Ashlyn Johnson (2:55.59 (*Already NQ)
200 Freestyle Relay: 11th Ashlyn Johnson, Jessica Bricker, Avery Schrader, Sarah Beth Davis (2:08.90 *Already NQ)
400 Freestyle Relay: 11th Jessica Bricker, Jocelyn Hamilton, Cailin DeBey, Sarah Beth Davis (NQ 4:38.54 *9th Program Best)