On Friday night, the Schechtnady Sharks’ Kathryn Rowe won her second race of Buffalo Sectionals, touching out Auburn Tiger Kristen Murslack for the win. But Saturday, Murslack got revenge, taking the 200 fly over Rowe in what was nearly a lifetime-best.
Murslack went 2:17.63, just over a half-second off her best. Rowe wound up second, finishing in 2:18.56.
On the men’s side, Mount Lebanon 19-year-old Kyle Higgins picked up the win. The Kentucky Wildcat went 2:00.71 to beat Martin Vogel, a South African competing for Pitt.
Swimming unattached, Indiana’s Justine Ress won the women’s 100 back, going 1:02.20 to power away from the field. About a second and a half back was Rowe, who picked up her second runner-up honor of the night in as many events, completing the tough double with a 1:03.65.
The Hoosiers got another win in the men’s event with incoming freshman Ryan Gordon. Swimming for the Albany Starfish, Gordon went 57.24 to beat Pitt’s Matthew Tankle by just over a second.
The final event of the night was the 400 free. Rising Tennessee sophomore Camryne Morris won for the women, with 15-year-old Lindsay Stone in tow. Morris was 4:20.86 swimming unattached, while Stone went 4:21.22 for the Pack Swim Team of Pittsford.
Incoming Harvard freshman Jack Boyd won the men’s event, going 4:02.74 for a runaway win by over two seconds. Boyd currently competes for Sweet Home Aquatics.
The meet, hosted at the Flickinger Aquatic Center in Buffalo, New York, wraps up tomorrow. Full results are available on Meet Mobile.
