Liberty Claims Season-Opening 141-116 Victory at Campbell

The four-time defending CCSA champion Liberty women’s swimming & diving team opened the 2022-23 season with a 141-16 win at Campbell, Saturday at Johnson Aquatic Center.

Liberty opens its season at 1-0, while the Camels fall to 1-1. This was the eighth time in program history that the Lady Flames have opened a season at Campbell.

Liberty Event Winners

• Fr. Grace Shaw – 1000 freestyle (10:34.77)

• So. Shelby Kahn – 200 freestyle (1:54.87); 500 freestyle (5:08.81)

• Jr. Abbie Shaw – 100 backstroke (56.24); 200 backstroke (2:02.39)

• Sr. Jessica Schellenboom – 100 breaststroke (1:06.56)

• Jr. Chloe Harris – 200 butterfly (2:06.63)

• Jr. Genna Joyce – 200 breaststroke (2:25.89)

• So. Kate Baker – 100 butterfly (58.08)

• So. Grace Isaacs – 200 IM (2:06.43)*

*Event scored as exhibition for Liberty

Notable

• Liberty won 10 individual events, while scoring the 200 IM and 200 free relay as exhibitions. Campbell won the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle and both relay races.

• Two Lady Flames (sophomore Shelby Kahn and junior Abbie Shaw) earned two individual-event victories. Kahn, a transfer from Penn State, and freshman Grace Shaw, won individual events in their first meet as Lady Flames.

• Abbie Shaw (100 back), Harris (200 fly), Joyce (200 breaststroke) and Isaacs (200 IM) won the same event, respectively, that they won during last year’s season opener at Campbell.

• The closest individual events were the 50 free, with Campbell’s Angelica Ragazzoni edging teammate Elishka Hajek, 24.53 to 24.59, and the 200 backstroke, which Liberty’s Abbie Shaw won by just .08 of a second over Campbell’s Laura Lopez (2:02.39 to 2:02.47).

• Liberty posted 1-2-3 finishes in the 1000 free (Grace Shaw, Eden Troxell, Isabelle Gomez), 200 fly (Chloe Harris, Grace Isaacs, Lauren Wilson) and 500 freestyle (1-2-3-4-5, Shelby Kahn, Grace Shaw, Isabelle Gomez, Eden Troxell, Annalia Jansons. Campbell earned the top three spots in the 50 freestyle.

• Reigning CCSA event champions Abbie Shaw (100 back, 200 back) and Chloe Harris (200 fly) won those same respective events today.

Historically Speaking

• Abbie Shaw and Grace Shaw became the first pair of sisters to both win at least one individual event during the same meet in program history.

• This was the eighth time in program history that Lady Flames have opened a season with a win at Campbell. Liberty is 8-1 in season openers against Campbell, as the Camels defeated the Lady Flames on Oct. 2, 2010 in Lynchburg, the first meet in Liberty swimming & diving history.

• The Lady Flames are now 41-4 all-time in dual meets contested in North Carolina. Liberty has won 40 straight dual meets inside the Tar Heel State.

• Liberty is 20-2 all-time against Campbell in swimming & diving, with the Lady Flames winning each of the last 20 meetings. Campbell is Liberty’s most-frequent opponent in program history.

Up Next

Liberty will send its divers to Greenville, N.C. next Saturday for a meet against ECU and Richmond.