Relay Teams Start MIAC Meet In Right Lane
Concordia got off in the right lane for the conference meet as they got podium finishes in both the 200-yard medley relay and the 800-yard freestyle relays.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (02/16/22)---Concordia started the 4-day MIAC Championship Meet with the annual relay night.
The Cobbers got off in the right lane for the conference meet as they got podium finishes in both the 200-yard medley relay and the 800-yard freestyle relay - and posted season-best times in both.
Concordia finished the first night with 44 teams points and is in seventh place heading into the first full day of competition on Thursday.
The quartet of Kaitlin Cramer, Hailey Jaeger, Jess Bray and Camille Gunderson clocked a 1:58.47 in the 200-yard medley relay which is a full 5-seconds faster than previous season-best mark.
Jaeger, Bray and Cramer then teamed with Rachel Andersen, and shaved over 40-seconds off their best mark in the 800-yard free relay. Not only did the team put up a season-best time, but all four swimmers recorded season-best times and Cramer, swimming the anchor leg, posted a lifetime best mark.
The team finished with a time of 8:26.80, and was barely out touched by Augsburg for seventh place as they posted a mark of 8:26.60.
Jaeger led off with a 2:06.66 and then Bray matched that time. Andersen posted a 2:10.25 before Cramer lit up the pool with a 2:03.23.
UP NEXT: Concordia will jump into the pool in the first individual prelim session of the meet on Thursday, Feb. 17 at 10:30 a.m. at the Univ. of Minnesota Aquatic Center. The finals' session for Thursday will start at 6:30 p.m.