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Men's and Women's Swimming Concludes Regular Season at Carson-Newman
Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics
January 18, 2026•4 days ago

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Lenoir-Rhyne's men's and women's swimming teams concluded their regular season at Carson-Newman. The men's team lost both dual meets against Carson-Newman and Milligan. The women's team also fell to Carson-Newman and narrowly lost to Milligan. Levi McRea and Ella Penny achieved multiple second-place finishes for their respective teams.
Men's Swimming 1/18/2026 12:42:00 PM Dallas Renzi, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant
Men's and Women's swimming closes out the regular season at Carson-Newman
JEFFERSON CITY, TN - The Lenoir-Rhyne swim teams competed against Carson-Newman and Milligan University in a dual swim meet Saturday afternoon. Men's swimming dropped both meets, 200-58 to Carson-Newman 149-109 to Milligan. On the women's side, Milligan edged out Lenoir-Rhyne 129-127 while Carson-Newman completed the sweep with a 199-58 victory to close out the meet.
Leading the way for the men was Levi McRea, who finished second in the 1000-Yard Freestyle and 500-Yard Freestyle while Christopher Glebus placed second in the 200-Yard Freestyle and 100-Yard Freestyle. Both McRea and Glebus helped the Bears place third in the 400-Yard Freestyle Relay with a time of 3:11.36.
Ella Penny led the charge on the women's side with two top-five finishes in the 200-Yard Backstroke (2nd) and 200-Yard IM (4th). Addison Bartemeyer placed third in the 200-Yard Butterfly and 100-Yard Butterfly while helping the Bears place third in the 400-Yard Freestyle Relay with a time of 3:44.88.
Top-Three Finishers
1000 Yard Freestyle
Anna Buchert - 3rd, 11:12.63
Levi McRea - 2nd, 9:42.45
200 Yard Freestyle
Christopher Glebus - 2nd, 1:44.58
100 Yard Backstroke
Olivia DeRosier - 3rd, 1:01.60
Ben Swetckie - 3rd, 53.09
200 Yard Butterfly
Addison Bartemeyer - 3rd, 2:12.23
100 Yard Freestyle
Renato Herran - 2nd, 47.23
Christopher Glebus - 3rd, 47.35
200 Yard Backstroke
Ella Penny - 2nd, 2:09.46
Ben Swetckie - 2nd, 1:53.61
500 Yard Freestyle
Erin Sattler - 3rd, 5:50.47
Levi McRea - 2nd, 4:42.70
Brooks Higginbotham - 3rd, 4:53.61
100 Yard Butterfly
Addison Bartemeyer - 3rd, 1:00.64
400 Yard Freestyle Relay
Women - 3rd, 3:44.88
Stella Pelger, Devin Poteat, Addison Bartemeyer, and Ella Penny
Men - 3rd, 3:11.36
Christopher Glebus, Levi McRea, Cooper Sledge, and Renato Herran
Lenoir-Rhyne will compete in the SAC Championship from February 4th-7th in Kingsport, Tennessee.
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