WASHINGTON - The Gallaudet women's swimming team competed in a non-conference double-dual meet against Goucher College and McDaniel College here Saturday in the Field House Pool.

The Bison landed one more home meet after a last-minute change in location from the Goucher pool to the Field House.

Gallaudet (1-11) fell short to both Goucher and McDaniel, with scores of 121-47 and 147-40, respectively. McDaniel claimed victory over both teams as the Green Terror defeated the Gophers, 103-84.

The Bison swam their hardest in their last regular-season meet before the Atlantic East Conference championships being held next month. Despite the loss, some of GU's nine swimmers were able to swim to the podium. GU secured third place at the very start of the meet with the 200-yard medley relay team of senior Jaelynn King (Springfield, Pa.), sophomore Tiadra Vang (Kansas City, Kan.), sophomore Sam Michaelson (Southwick, Mass.), and first year Melany Salcedo Benavides (2:20.91). Soon after, King went on to land a solo third place finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 18:22.81.

During the meet's 10-minute break, Goucher had the opportunity to honor its five seniors in the last regular-season meet of their collegiate swim careers since its pool was closed. 

The Bison swimmers then closed out the meet the same way it had opened with a team of Anita Makhnyk (Mississauga, Ontario), first year Alecia Miller (Litchfield, Ill.), first year Joy Watkins (Hockley, Texas), and first year Thea Wrenn (Anchorage, Alaska) battling for third in the 200-yard freestyle relay (2:31.59).

McDaniel won six of the 11 events, while Goucher won the other five. 
 
BISON TRACKS

• First year Kathe Wilken-Yoder (Oviedo, Fla.) placed sixth in the 200-yard freestyle (3:27.85) and fifth in the 500-yard freestyle (9:08.20)
• Vang placed fifth in the 100-yard butterfly (2:13.75) and eighth in the 50-yard freestyle (38.60)
• Watkins placed fifth in the 100-yard freestyle (1:30.40) and seventh in the 50-yard freestyle (37.24)
• Michaelson placed fourth in the 100-yard freestyle (1:21.10) and 200-yard IM (3:31.71)
• Miller placed fifth in the 100-yard backstroke (2:14.86) and 200-yard IM (4:29.24)
• King placed fourth in the 100-yard backstroke (1:56.05) 

UP NEXT
GU will take the next three weeks to prepare for the 2025 Atlantic East Conference swimming championships that will be held in St. Mary's City, Md., from February 13-16. The first day of action begins at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13.