The Lenoir-Rhyne Men's and Women's Swimming Teams just wrapped up the second-to-last day of competition at the 2013 Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships Friday at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center.

The Bears' women's team has 67 points, good for 10th-place overall, while the men's squad stands in 11th with 57 points. Once again, Wingate leads the women's (520.5 points) and men's (556 points) competition entering the final day of swimming on Saturday.
In the finals, L-R freshman Leah Watts (Hickory, N.C.) finished 14th in the women's 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:43.84.
In the men's final of the 400-yard individual medley, freshman Nicholas Gibson (Hickory, N.C.) swam a time of 4:16.52 to place 18th overall for the Bears.
Meanwhile, Lenoir-Rhyne sophomore Kyle Hites (Lenoir, N.C.) broke his own school record in the finals of the men's 100-yard breaststroke with a 59.37, good for 17th-place overall.
The fourth and final day of the conference meet takes place on Saturday.

2013 Bluegrass Mountain
Conference Swimming Championships
Charlotte, N.C. (Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center)

WOMEN
1. Wingate 520.5
2. Johns Hopkins 474
3. Queens 364
4. SCAD 237
5. Limestone 194
6. Pfeiffer 171
7. Converse 166
8. Catawba 133
9. Fairmont State 122
10. Lenoir-Rhyne 67
11. West Virginia Wesleyan 50.3
12. Washington & Lee 4

MEN
1. Wingate 556
2. Queens 462
3. Johns Hopkins 330
4. Catawba 239
5. Limestone 189
6. Washington & Lee 178
7. Fairmont State 176
8. SCAD 131
9. Pfeiffer 84
10. West Virginia Wesleyan 81
11. Lenoir-Rhyne 57
12. Randolph-Macon 52