Wichita, Kan.—Spire swim put together a gritty performance this weekend in Wichita in a double dual against the Sterling College Warriors and Oklahoma Christian. The USM women are currently ranked #14 in all NAIA and #4 in the KCAC while the men landed themselves #22 in NAIA and #6 in the KCAC.

Notably, Ian Lucas and Taya Swarts had phenomenal swims individually while also carrying a heavy load for the Spire relays and Lucas earning National B cute for his 50 and 100-yard freestyle swim.

This was the final regular season competition for the swim squad as they are gearing up for their most competitive time of year yet. Spire swim will take a break to rest and prepare to compete at the KCAC Championships in Hobart, Indiana at Hobart High School as they are one step closer to the NAIA National Championships.

To stay up to date with rankings, individual placings, meet results, and all things Spire swim, follow along on Swim Cloud.
 
Women's Results
200-Yard Medley Relay:
3^rd Place: Reagan Salsbury (1:54.40)
5^th Place: Olivia Ringle, MaryBeth Clark, Olivia Kindle, Maria Trotta (2:00.63)
 
Mixed 1,000-Yard Freestyle:
3^rd Place: Ayla Pierce (11:36.61)
4^th Place: Ava Steier (11:44.93)
 
200-Yard Freestyle:
2^nd Place: Taya Swarts (2:05.00)
 
100-Yard Backstroke:
5^th Place: Kaitie Coleman (1:05.87)
 
100-Yard Breaststroke:
4^th Place: Ainsley Duell (1:13.64)
5^th Place: MaryBeth Clark (1:16.34)
 
200-Yard Butterfly:
4^th Place: Leah Rogers (2:34.46)
 
50-Yard Freestyle:
4^th Place: Reagan Salsbury (26.56)
 
200-Yard Backstroke:
1^st Place: Olivia Ringle (2:20.90)
3^rd Place: Taylor Grader (2:28.98)
4^th Place: Olivia Kindle (2:30.44)
5^th Place: Mandy Butscher (2:31.91)
 
100-Yard Freestyle:
2^nd Place: Taya Swarts (55.67)
 
500-Yard Freestyle:
3^rd Place: Olivia Ringle (5:37.43)
 
100-Yard Butterfly:
1^st Place: MaryBeth Clark (1:00.22)
5^th Place: Maria Trotta (1:04.57)
 
200-Yard IM:
3^rd Place: Ayla Pierce (2:20.62)
 
400-Yard Freestyle Relay:
3^rd Place: MaryBeth Clark, Maria Trotta, Ayla Pierce, Taya Swarts (3:50.81)
 
Men's Results
200-Yard Medley Relay:
4^th Place: Silas Kirchoff, John Paul Robertson, Ian Lucas, Nathan Troth (1:42.14)
5^th Place: John Barger, Ayden McFarren, Ian Hein, Joe Holland (1:45.76)
 
200-Yard Freestyle:
5^th Place: Nathan Troth (2:01.38)
 
100-Yard Breaststroke:
3^rd Place: Ian Hein (1:01.73)
4^th Place: Nicky Allison (1:01.79)
 
200-Yard Butterfly:
2^nd Place: Brandon Kendall (2:08.95)
 
50-Yard Freestyle:
2^nd Place: Ian Lucas (21.55)
 
200-Yard Backstroke:
1^st Place: Silas Kirchoff (2:12.79)
2^nd Place: John Barger (2:15.49)
 
100-Yard Freestyle:
1^st Place: Ian Lucas (47.97)
 
200-Yard Breaststroke:
3^rd Place: Ayden McFarren (2:20.82)
4^th Place: John Paul Robertson (2:27.52)
 
500-Yard Freestyle:
5^th Place: Ian Hein (5:13.34)
 
100-Yard Butterfly:
3^rd Place: Brandon Kendall (54.59)
 
200-Yard IM:
3^rd Place: John Paul Robertson (2:06.60)
4^th Place: Nicky Allison (2:07.70)
5^th Place: Silas Kirchoff (2:13.48)
 
400-Yard Freestyle Relay:
4^th Place: Ian Hein, Ian Lucas, Joe Holland, Nathan Troth (3:24.33)