The Butler swim team finished competition against the UIndy Greyhounds on Saturday afternoon in Indianapolis. Butler finished with 67.33 team points while the Greyhounds finished with 202.66 team points. Butler will return to action next Sunday as the Bulldogs will host the 17th Annual Butler Invitational. Butler will also recognize its senior class before the meet with a senior day ceremony.
 
Swimmer of the Meet: The coaching staff chose fifth-year senior Cotter Welch as the swimmer of the meet. Cotter has suffered several injuries and undergone at least three surgeries in the last two years. Despite all these obstacles, she was determined to come back for a fifth year, with the goal of competing with the team for the entirety of the season, which required her qualifying for the BIG EAST Conference meet at the end of our season. Today, all her hard work and dedication came to fruition, as she made the BIG EAST qualifying standard in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:00.71! It was a truly inspiring performance for her team to witness.  
 
Other notable performances by the team: 
 
400 Medley Relay

• Butler A Relay placed 3rd with a time of 4:04.34
  • Backstroke: Sarah Jones (1:00.13)
  • Breaststroke: Ashlyn Canale (1:08.96)
  • Butterfly: Ava Whittaker (59.66)
  • Freestyle: Caitlin Herring (55.59)

1000 Freestyle

• Kayla Wright placed 2nd at 10:45.12
• Sam Tomic placed 4th at 11:19.76

 
200 Freestyle

• Caitlin Herring had a three-way tie for first place at 1:57.28

 
100 Backstroke

• Kate Schilling placed 3rd with a season best time of 1:00.76
• Sarah Jones placed 4th at 1:00.85

 
100 Breaststroke

• Ashlyn Canale placed 4th at 1:09.36

 
200 Butterfly

• Sadie Brown placed 4th at 2:15.66

 
100 Freestyle

• Kate Schilling placed 4th at 53.03

 
200 Backstroke

• Caroline Zimner placed 1st at 2:08.36

 
200 Breaststroke

• Ave McGonigle placed 3rd at 2:37.33

 
500 Freestyle

• Kayla Wright placed 1st at 5:12.04
• Caitlin Herring placed 3rd at 5:20.91

 
200 IM

• Ashlyn Canale placed 4th at 2:13.39
• Caitlin Herring swam a personal best time of 2:15.64

 
200 Freestyle Relay

• Butler A Relay placed 5th with a time of 1:42.16
  • Kate Schilling (24.87)
  • Elizabeth Naylor (25.82)
  • Sarah Jones (25.77)
  • Ava Whittaker (25.70)
• Sadie Brown swam the first leg of the C relay and posted a personal best time of 26.35