ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — For the second time in 24 hours, and the third time overall this year, the Henderson State Red Wave men cruised past Ouachita Baptist in head-to-head competition, this time defeating the Tigersharks 137-68 at the Wells Natatorium on Saturday. The women's team also swam against its rival in the dual meet and fell 128-75.
The Red Wave men took the top two spots in the 200-yard medley relay with the foursome of Marcus Hernandez, Jaren Tippett, Jase Pinckney and Patryk Dabrowski claiming first place (1:35.96). HSU also won the 200-yard freestyle relay to end the meet as Stephen Jones, Luis Guerrero-Del Toro, Ty Gibbs and Dabrowski touched first in a time of 1:26.95.
Henderson got individual victories from Dabrowski in the 200-yard free (1:45.01), Tim Holt in the 50-yard free (21.47), Pinckney in the 100-yard butterfly (51.37), Oscar Patten in the 100-yard free (47.58), Stephen Jones in the 100-yard backstroke (51.71) and Tippett in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.58).
The short-distance freestyle races proved to be big events for the Red Wave as Gibbs (49.01) and Lamar Taylor (49.48) took second and third, respectively, in the 100-yard free while Guerrero Del-Toro (22.40) and Jason Seiner (22.45) did the same in the 50-yard free. HSU also got a big effort in the 500-yard free, where Constantinos Hadjittooulis (5:12.32) and Seiner (5:12.76) finished second and third.
On the women's side, Isabelle Andrews was the story of the day for the Red Wave as she took first place in two individual events: the 100-yard butterfly (59.24) and the 200-yard freestyle (2:03.50). Mackenzie Kester brought home the other first-place finish for Henderson in the 100-yard backstroke by touching the wall in a time of 1:00.56. Ceci Magnani also had a strong showing for HSU in the 500-yard free with a second-place time of 5:32.82.
The Red Wave return to action on Friday at 3:30 p.m. when they swim against Oklahoma Baptist in Arkadelphia.