FISHERS, In. – The Bellarmine University swim teams opened the season Sunday in the Butler Double Dual Louis at Fishers High School in Indiana.
 
Bellarmine, Butler, Xavier, Saint Louis and Evansville competed on the women's side while the same tams with the exception of Butler met on the men's side.
 
Freshman Micaela Godfrey led the way for the Knights in her first collegiate event, winning both the women's 400 IM (4:36.77) and the 200 backstroke (2:05.33). Godfrey was also a member of the women's 400 medley relay, along with senior Alexandra Pierce and fellow freshmen Annie Leibold and Lily Epley, that placed third in the event.
 
Epley also found individual success in the pool, taking second in the women's 50 free (24.97) and third in the 100 free (54.44) in her collegiate debut. Pierce finished fourth in the 200 breaststroke (2:25.73) and fifth in the 400 IM (4:43.36).
 
Sophomore Coral Brogan (6^th, 11:17.89) and senior Johnnise Garcia (7^th, 11:19.01) both finished in the top half of the 1000 freestyle.
 
Three Knights finished in the top half of the women's 200 freestyle in sophomore Lily Wolfe (6^th, 1:59.51), freshman Clara McIntyre (9^th, 2:00.33) and Leibold (11^th, 2:02.22). McIntyre also took sixth in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:26.00.
 
Freshmen Ava Jones and Kate Ryan earned top half finishes in two events while finishing within milliseconds of each other in both the 50 freestyle and 100 freestlye. In the 50 free, Jones placed 11^th with a time of 25.70 while Ryan took 12^th with a time of 25.73. In the 100 free, Jones placed 7^th (55.52) with Ryan taking 8^th (55.70).
 
On the men's side, junior Cason Henderson and sophomore Evan Dickson led the way, each with a runner-up finish. Henderson was the runner-up in the 200 butterfly (1:56.61) while also seeing success in the 400 IM, taking third with a time of 4:16.06. Dickson was the runner-up in 200 freestyle (1:43.32).
 
Seniors John Paul Metzner and Brandon Thomas also saw success in the opener. Metzner took third both the 50 (21.81) and 100 freestlye (47.79) while Thomas finished fourth in both the 400 IM (4:18.79) and the 200 breaststroke (2:12.95).
 
Sophomore Britton Pianki, a transfer from Cincinnati, finished in the top half of the 100 freestyle (48.86) in her first competition as a Knight. 
 
Grad student Andrew Nguyen and sophomore Colin Jackson, along with Metzner and Dickson, finished fourth in the men's 400 medley relay with a time of 3:29.09.
 
Women's Team Scores
Butler 109.00, 96.00 Bellarmine
Xavier 167.00, 61.00 Evansville
Xavier 151.00, 80.00 Saint Louis
Saint Louis 169.00, 69.00 Evansville
Xavier 147.50, 57.50 Butler
Butler 161.00, 67.00 Evansville
Saint Louis 128.00, 103.00 Butler
Xavier 145.00, 60.00 Bellarmine
Bellarmine 149.00, 76.00 Evansville
Saint Louis 137.00, 94.00 Bellarmine
 
Men's Team Scores
Saint Louis 161.00, 62.00 Bellarmine
Evansville 116.00, 102.00 Bellarmine
Saint Louis 157.00, 69.00 Evansville
Saint Louis 115.00, 108.00 Xavier
Xavier 141.00, 78.00 Evansville
Xavier 149.00, 56.00 Bellarmine
 
Bellarmine will take a couple weeks off before traveling to Valparaiso, IL to take on Eastern Illinois and Valparaiso on Saturday, October 19.
 
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