Savannah College of Art and Design

Bees in third place after second day of SCAD Invitational
Melanie Futscher
Melanie Futscher registered two third-place finishes for the Bees.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. - The Wingate University women's swimming team maintained their lead after the second day of the SCAD College Invitational Friday (Dec. 4) at the Chatham County Aquatic Center.

Wingate leads the 12-team field with 507 points after 10 events in the 18-event, three-day event, 149 more than second-place Florida Southern College. Host Savannah College of Art and Design is in third place with 317 points.

Melanie Futscher tallied a pair of third-place finishes - 400-yard individual medley (4:44.02) and 200 breaststroke (2:28.73) - for SCAD. Kelsey Brosseau placed in fifth place for SCAD in the 400 individual medley (4:50.42) while Zenobia Duncan did the same in the 200 breaststroke (2:31.29). Mary Ashley Krogh came in seventh place in both the 50 freestyle (25.82) and 100 backstroke (1:03.14) events for the Bees. Gianna Grace also picked up a seventh-place finish in the 100 butterfly (1:01.35) while Tori Aboud finished eighth in the 200 freestyle (2:02.39).

The Invitational concludes Saturday (Dec. 4) with preliminaries at 10 a.m. with the finals beginning at 4 p.m. Events to be competed include the 400 freestyle relay, 200 individual medley, 500 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 100 freestyle, and 200 medley relay.