COLUMBIA, S.C. – Gardner-Webb competed in three days of events at the South Carolina Invitational from Wednesday morning into Friday afternoon. Throughout the events, the Women swam against South Carolina, UNCW, Vanderbilt, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia Southern, and North Florida. The Men faced off against South Carolina and UNCW.

On Wednesday, Gardner-Webb had three swimmers with top-ten finishes in the prelims.
Men's 50 Yard Freestyle
    Brady Fields 20.96 (6^th Place)
Men's 500 Yard Freestyle
    Sam Ospina 4:40.05 (8^th Place)
    Theo Drescher 4:40.07 (9^th Place)

Notable finishes from Wednesday's Finals include the following:
Men's 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
    Gardner-Webb University 1:21.88 40 (3^rd Place)

1. Brady Fields 2) Zuri Ramsey 3) John Cass 4) Logan Cornelison

Men's 500 Yard Freestyle
    Sam Ospina 4:36.74 (8^th Place)
Men's 50 Yard Freestyle
    Brady Fields 20.56 (7^th Place)
    Logan Cornelison 20.98 (10^th Place)
Men's 400 Yard Medley Relay
    Gardner-Webb University (6^th Place)

1. Brady Fields 2) Justin Bender 3) John Cass 4) Logan Cornelison

    Gardner-Webb University (9^th Place)

1. Landon Clark 2) Austin Wheeler 3) Steven Laflamme 4) Zuri Ramsey

Women's 400 Yard Medley Relay
    Gardner-Webb University 3:52.37 (14^th Place)
                1) Kayla Smith 2) Gabrielle Doss 3) Hannah Routh 4) Alyssa Church
   
Gardner-Webb University 3:55.35 (16^th Place)

1. Delaney Willette 2) Alexandra Haasser 3) Paris Binard 4) Hailey Williams

Day 2 came to a close with the Gardner-Webb Women tallying 185 points. The Men finished with 676 points.

The top-ten finishes for the Runnin' Bulldogs were as follows:

Thursday Prelims
Men 100 Yard Butterfly
    Brady Fields 48.87 (5th Place)
    John Cass 49.55 (9th Place)
Men 200 Yard Freestyle
    Logan Cornelison 1:40.57 (4th Place)
Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
    Justin Bender 56.85 (6th Place)
Men 100 Yard Backstroke
    Brady Fields 49.88 (7th Place)
Thursday Finals
Men 100 Yard Butterfly
    Brady Fields 49.10 (6th Place)
    John Cass 50.00 (9th Place)
Men 200 Yard Freestyle
    Theo Drescher 1:41.19 (7th Place)
    Sam Ospina 1:42.05 (9th Place)
    Logan Cornelison 1:43.87 (10th Place)
Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
    Justin Bender 56.58 (7th Place)
    Logan Cornelison 57.12 (10th Place)
Men 100 Yard Backstroke
    Brady Fields 49.67 (6th Place)
    Landon Clark 50.63 (10th Place)
Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
    Gardner-Webb University 6:52.59 (4th Place)
    1. Logan Cornelison, 2) Theo Drescher, 3) Sam Ospina, 4) Garrett Despres
Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
    Gardner-Webb University 7:38.36 (8th Place)
    1. Sara-Michael Jann, 2) Ellie Eckert, 3) Emma Maust, 4) Hailey Williams

On the final day of events the Gardner-Webb Men tallied 997 points and the Women 264.

The Runnin' Bulldogs are next in action on Saturday, January 7. The Women will travel to UNC Asheville and face off at 11 a.m.