PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Loyola University New Orleans men's and women's swim teams began their seasons on Friday, traveling to Pensacola, Florida, for a meet hosted by the University of West Florida. 
 

The men's team participated in a tri-meet against Thomas University (Ga.) and South Georga State College, winning a head-to-head against SGSC, 119-111, while falling to Thomas in another matchup, 139-88. The Loyola women competed in a quad-meet, defeating Thomas, 184-22, and SGSC, 184-21, while taking a defeat from West Florida, 174-58. 
 

Tate Bladon highlighted the day with two first-place finishes in his collegiate debut. The freshman won the 50-yard and 100-yard Freestyle races with times of 21.30 and 48.30, respectively. Freshman Harvey Quiddington also had a memorable day in his first college meet, placing first in the 100-yard Breaststroke with a time of 1:01.34 and second in the 200-yard Breaststroke with a time of 2:10.14. 
 

Nikolas Pressess and Aiden Hinton are two other freshmen who performed well on Friday. Pressess grabbed two second-place finishes during the meet, swimming a 56.47 in the 100-yard Backstroke and a 2:05.88 in the 200-yard race. Hinton snagged second in the 500-yard Freestyle race with a time of 5:08.60 as well. Sophomore Jackson Smith was another second-place finisher, too, finishing with a time of 56.13 in the 100-yard Butterfly, and junior Eric Potter (50-yard Freestyle, 22.78) and freshman Aaron Ervin (100-yard Freestyle, 49.58) added third-place finishes to help the Pack. 

On the women's side, sophomores Reese Berry, Mya Baker, Jenna Copes and Sophie Sierveld all led the Wolf Pack with individual second-place finishes. Berry took second in the 200-yard Breaststroke with a time of 2:40.77, Baker swam a 5:30.75 in the 500-yard Freestyle, Copes was timed at 59.53 in the 100-yard Butterfly, and Sierveld finished her 200-yard IM race with a time of 2:21.92. All four of those swimmers also grabbed fourth in other races, as Baker competed in the 200-yard Freestyle (2:06.69), Berry in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:13.52), Copes in the 200-yard Butterfly (2:15.03), and Sierveld in the 50-yard freestyle (26.97). 
 

Junior Eve Thomas also finished fourth in two separate events (100-yard Backstroke, 1:03.60; 100-yard Freestyle, 59.20), as well as freshman Cloe Solbach finished fourth in the 200-yard Backstroke (2:19.44). 

Women's Results

200Y Freestyle: 4, Mya Baker, 2:06.69; 5, Abbigail Chemacki, 2:08.70; 6, Emily Cooper, 2:09.06. 
100Y Backstroke: 4, Eve Thomas, 1:03.60; 5, Cloe Solbach, 1:05.15; 6, Norah Carr, 1:06.57. 
100Y Breaststroke: 4, Reese Berry, 1:13.52; 5, Zada Streeter, 1:14.69; 6, Megan Stempkovski, 1:14.72. 
200Y Butterfly: 4, Jenna Copes, 2:15.03. 
50Y Freestyle: 4, Sophie Sierveld, 26.97; 5, Madison Gearhart, 28.18. 
100Y Freestyle: 4, Eve Thomas, 59.20; 5, Lauren Gill, 1:06.10. 
200Y Backstroke: 4, Cloe Solbach, 2:19.44; 5, Emily Cooper, 2:21.32; 6, Norah Carr, 2:24.65. 
200Y Breaststroke: 2, Reese Berry, 2:40.77; 3, Megan Stempkovski, 2:44.45. 
500Y Freestyle: 2, Mya Baker, 5:30.75; 3, Abbigail Chemacki, 5:39.85. 
100Y Butterfly: 2, Jenna Copes, 59.53; 3, Ella Balhoff, 1:07.35; 4, Olivia Courville, 1:11.35. 
200Y IM: 2, Sophie Sierveld, 2:21.92; Emily Cooper, 2:25.43. 
200Y Medley Relay: 4, Loyola (Thomas, Stempkovski, Copes, Sierveld), 1:55.86; 5, Loyola (Carr, Streter, Balhoff, Abernathy), 2:02.25; 6, Loyola (Solbach, Berry, Courville, Gill), 2:03.45. 
200Y Freestyle Relay: 2, Loyola, (Streeter, Copes, Thomas, Sierveld), 1:44.29; 3, Loyola (Carr, Stempkovski, Abernathy, Baker), 1:49.98; 4, Loyola (Solbach, Gearhart, Balhoff, Gill), 1:52.55. 

Men's Results

200Y Freestyle: 5, Aiden Hinton, 1:55.03; 6, Andrew Levine, 1:55.03; 7, Cameron Hinton, 1:56.13. 
100Y Backstroke: 2, Nikolas Pressess, 56.47; 4, Nick Jones, 58.80. 
100Y Breaststroke: 1, Harvey Quiddington, 1:01.34; 7, Aaron Ervin, 1:06.99. 
200Y Butterfly: 4, Jackson Smith, 2:09.53.
50Y Freestyle: 1, Tate Bladon, 21.30; 3, Eric Potter, 22.78; 7, Robert Shaffer, 24.13. 
100Y Freestyle: 1, Tate Bladon, 48.30; 3, Aaron Ervin, 49.58; 4, Eric Potter, 49.75. 
200Y Backstroke: 2, Nikolas Pressess, 2:05.88. 
200Y Breaststroke: 2, Harvey Quiddington, 2:10.14. 
500Y Freestyle: 2, Aiden Hinton, 5:08.60; 5, Cameron Hinton, 5:16.27. 
100Y Butterfly: 2, Jackson Smith, 56.13; 6, Robert Shaffer, 58.03. 
200Y Medley Relay: 3, Loyola (Pressess, Bladon, Smith, Potter), 1:40.47; 4, Loyola (Jones, Quiddington, Shaffer, Ervin), 1:43.05.
200Y Freestyle: 2, Loyola (Ervin, Bladon, Potter, Shaffer), 1:30.80; 4, Loyola (Jones, Levine, Presses, Hinton), 1:34.85. 

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