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Billikens Conclude A-10 Championships

Complete Final Results

HAMPTON, Va. – Saint Louis competitors registered nine individual scoring performances Saturday on the final day of the Atlantic 10 Conference Championships at Hampton Virginia Aquaplex.
 
Zach Byars, Jeddrick Gamilla and Ben Mears led the way for the men's team, each posting a 12th-place finish. Byars swam 1:47.99 in the 200 back, Gamilla clocked a 2:01.50 in the 200 breast, and Mears scored 243.80 in 3-meter diving.
 
Also scoring for the Billiken men were Ethan Hudock, 13th in the 200 back (1:48.10); Alex Daw, 14th in the 200 back (1:48.97); Logan Townsend, 14th in the 100 free (45.24); Colton Mosley, 14th in the 200 breast (2:02.29); and Noah Benton, 16th in the 1650 free (15:58.07).
 
Meghan Eng placed 14th in the women's 200 back (2:01.45).
 
The men's 400 free relay team of Grant Gerl, Franklin Liu, Ethan Hoak and Townsend finished eighth (3:03.08). The women's 400 free relay squad of Kenna Cashman, Kalie Linden, Hanna Whitney and Amelia Carlson was 11th (3:28.87).

Here are recaps of the Billikens' first three days of competition at the A-10 Championships:
 

FRIDAY
A pair of fifth-place finishes and two school records highlighted day three for Saint Louis.
 
After clocking a school-record 53.77 in the prelims, Brae Sanchez placed fifth in the men's 100 breast with a time of 53.88. Logan Townsend finished fifth in the 200 free, covering the distance in 1:38.96.
 
In the women's 100 breast, Kenna Cashman set a school mark of 1:03.68 in the prelims and went on to place 14th in 1:03.82.
 
The Billikens had three point-scorers in two different events. Noah Benton was 10th (3:59.10), Phillip Endom was 12th (4:00.05) and Franklin Liu was 13th (4:03.08) in the men's 400 IM. Joining Sanchez in the 100 breast were Tino Ferranti (13th, 55.61) and Jeddrick Gamilla (16th, 56.10).
 
Zach Byars placed 16th in the men's 100 back (49.55).
 
Saint Louis finished seventh in the men's 400 medley relay as Byars, Sanchez, Grant Gerl and Townsend posted a time of 3:16.27. The SLU women's 400 medley relay squad of Meghan Eng, Cashman, Mia Yeo and Karis Reynaga was 10th (3:49.92).
 

THURSDAY
Grant Gerl, Ben Mears and Ben Militti scored in individual events for Saint Louis on day two.
 
Gerl finished 14th in the 50 free (20.46), Mears placed 14th in 1-meter diving (242.30) and Militti finished 15th in the 500 free (4:32.36).
 
Gerl also scored in the 200 free relay, joining Ethan Hoak, Logan Townsend and Colton Mosley for a sixth-place performance (1:21.02).
 
The Billikens were 10th in the women's 200 free relay. Amelia Carlson, Karis Reynaga, Hanna Whitney and Sarah Dingus completed the course in 1:34.87.
 

WEDNESDAY
Saint Louis competitors set two school relay records on day one.
 
The men's 200 medley relay quartet of Evan Crim, Brae Sanchez, Grant Gerl and Colton Mosley finished seventh and broke the SLU mark for a second time this season, clocking a time of 1:27.94.
 
The women's 200 medley relay squad of Meghan Eng, Kenna Cashman, Sarah Dingus and Hanna Whitney also established a school standard, covering the route in 1:42.88 while placing 10th.
 
The men's 800 freestyle relay team turned in the Billikens' highest finish of the day, claiming sixth place. Franklin Liu, Crim, Ben Militti and Logan Townsend registered a time of 6:41.52.
 
Saint Louis finished 11th in the women's 800 freestyle relay, with Eng, Kamila Nowak, Ella Bolling and Karis Reynaga posting a time of 7:39.49.
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