Men's Swimming

Vaughn wins twice for Lady Tornado at Union

BARBOURVILLE, Ky. - The regular season came to a close Saturday for the King College swim teams at Union (Ky.) College with the Tornado and Lady Tornado coming up short in the team standings.

In the combined team score, Union had 111 with King scoring 77. The Lady Tornado was 10 short, 52-42, while the Tornado lost 59-35.

Emily Vaughn (Johnson City, Tenn.) picked up first in the 50-yard freestyle. Vaughn touched the wall at the 26.54 mark. She later won the 200 backstroke thanks to a time of two minutes and 20.55 seconds.

Michele Donihe (Chattanooga, Tenn.) won the 1,000 freestyle with a time of 11:30.86. Daniel Kidd (Abingdon, Va.) added the 1,000 freestyle on the men's side as he finished at the 11:55.40 mark.

Stephen Howard (Bristol, Tenn.) was the winner in the 200 backstroke by a half second. He covered the distance in 2:04.72.

King swept the 200 freestyle relay events over Union to end the meet.

The Tornado and Lady Tornado travel to the Appalachian Swimming Conference Championship on Feb. 19-20 in Marshall, W.Va.

 Results:

http://www.ucbulldogs.com/stats/2009-10/swim/swim-100206.htm