DANVILLE, KY - The Lenoir-Rhyne swim teams impressed this weekend at the Centre College Invite, with the men finishing fourth out of 11 teams and the women fifth out of 10. 

"We had a tremendous meet!The team achieved over 90% of season-best times, several personal bests, less than a second from breaking 4 school records, two individual champions and invitational records, and numerous finals swims," stated Head Coach Sean Weddell. "The team demonstrated true perseverance with some our best performances happening on the 3^rd day of competition. I am looking forward to the remainder of the season and to the accomplishments yet to happen." 

Nabbing first place finishes were Levi McRea and Greg Kisshauer. McRea's time of 15:53.14 in the 1650-Yard Freestyle narrowly edged out Centre's Brady Miller, who finished in 15:53.81. Kisshauer dominated the 200-Yard Breaststroke, winning with a time of 2:01.54, over three seconds better than the next fastest competitor. 

Leading the way for the women was Ella Penny, who notched three individual top-five finishes. She was third in the 200-Yard Backstroke and 200-Yard Freestyle, and took fourth in the 100-Yard Backstroke. She joined Anna Gagnon, Devin Poteat, and Ann-Cathrine Beissel on the 200-Yard Medley Relay team that finished third with a time of 1:49.68. 

As a combined squad, the Bears notched 22 top-five finishes. 

Top-Five Finishers

• 200-yard Freestyle Relay
  • Men - 3rd, 1:23.46
    • Renato Herran, Christopher Forsey, Greg Kisshauer, Christopher Glebus
• 500-Yard Freestyle
  • Levi McRea - 2nd, 4:36.03
• 200-Yard Individual Medley
  • Devin Poteat - 3rd, 2:10.82
  • Greg Kisshauer - 2nd, 1:51.38
• 50-Yard Freestyle
  • Renato Herran - 3rd, 20.83
• 400-Yard Medley Relay
  • Men, 3rd, 3:23.02
    • Christopher Forsey, Greg Kisshauer, Renato Herran, Christopher Glebus
• 200-Yard Medley Relay
  • Women - 3rd, 1:49.68
    • Anna Gagnon, Devin Poteat, Ann-Cathrine Beissel, Ella Penny
  • Men - 3rd, 1:32.17
    • Christopher Forsey, Greg Kisshauer, Renato Herran, Christopher Glebus
• 400-Yard Individual Medley
  • Levi McRea - 2nd, 4:02.45
• 100-Yard Butterfly
  • Renato Herran - 4th, 49.88
• 200-Yard Freestyle
  • Ella Penny - 3rd, 1:56.97
  • Christopher Glebus - 4th, 1:41.49
• 100-Yard Breaststroke
  • Greg Kisshauer - 2nd, 55.86
• 100-Yard Backstroke
  • Ella Penny - 4th, 1:00.24
• 800-Yard Freestyle Relay
  • Men - 4th, 6:58.78
    • Levi McRea, Brooks Higginbotham, Greg Kisshauer, Christopher Glebus
• 1650-Yard Freestyle
  • Levi McRea - 1st, 15:53.14
• 200-Yard Backstroke
  • Ella Penny - 3rd, 2:08.28
  • Levi McRea - 3rd, 1:53.19
• 100-Yard Freestyle
  • Renato Herran - 2nd, 45.51
  • Christopher Glebus - 5th, 46.06
• 200-Yard Breaststroke
  • Greg Kisshauer - 1st, 2:01.54
• 400-Yard Freestyle Relay
  • Men - 2nd, 3:06.06
    • Greg Kisshauer, Christopher Glebus, Christopher Forsey, Renato Herran