Bulldogs Set School Record and Capture First-Ever Invitational Championship in Girls’ Swimming

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By Fred Kroner

Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ swimming team broke one school record on Saturday (Sept. 28) and earned the first invitational championship in the history of the school’s program.

The Bulldogs amassed 320 points and edged Champaign Central (312 points), which had finished ahead of M-S in two other meets this season. Metamora was third with 290 points.

The school record came in the 400-meter freestyle relay. The foursome of Talynn O’Donnell, Caroline Mills, Lainey Howard and Regan O’Donnell was timed in 3 minutes, 44.03 seconds, lowering the 2022 record (3:47.28) by more than three seconds.

Talynn O’Donnell and Howard were on the previous record-setting relay.

Overall, the Bulldogs won five events.

The individual winners were Raegan O’Donnell (100-yard freestyle in 54.77); Karsyn Johnson (100-yard butterfly in 1:04.03); and Talynn O’Donnell (500-yard freestyle in 5:23.54).

M-S also won the 200-yard freestyle relay with a group that consisted of Raegan O’Donnell, Howard, Johnson and Talynn O’Donnell. They were timed in 1:43.02.

Raegan O’Donnell was the runner-up in the 200-yard freestyle (1:59.58) and Talynn O’Donnell took second in the 50-yard freestyle (25.29 seconds).

Mills finished in third place in two events: (200-yard freestyle in 2:04.20 and 500-yard freestyle in 5:34.92). Also ending in third for the Bulldogs was Johnson (100-yard backstroke in 1:04.48).

Callie Lu took fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:14.03) and joined Johnson, Maddie Logsdon and Claire Waggoner on the fourth-place 200-yard medley relay (2:01.79).

Howard was fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:15.67).

M-S returns to action on Tuesday (Oct. 1) in a four-school meet at Urbana.