MONTEVALLO, Ala. - The Montevallo women's swim team lost to the Birmingham Southern Panthers on January 9th. It was a special day for the lady Falcons who are graduating their first seniors Mary Lane and Hailey Vance. Both of the girls are captains and transferred from the same community college in their home state of California. These best friends were teary eyed while walking past their teammates while hearing their sweet words of encouragement. 
 
NOTABLES
Senior Mary Lane set a season best of 1:07.02 in the 100 yard fly, improving about 2.1% from her last best. 
 
Sophomore Ashleigh Ketch also set a season best of 1:02.41 in the 100 yard freestyle. 
 
Freshmen Madison Burnum and Sophomore Anisa Nelson went 3-4 in the 200 yard freestyle going 2:09.60 and 2:14.53 respectively. 
 
Sophomore Lexi Cardwell narrowly got second in the 50 yard freestyle being inched out .16 tenths of a second going a 26.34. 
 
In dominant fashion, Sophomore Lizabeth Candanedo continued her way in the butterfly events by winning the 100 yard butterfly with a 1:02.46. 
 
Beating the field by almost two whole second Sophomore Molly Hansen won the 100 yard Breaststroke with a 1:10.93 beating out fellow Sophomore Amanda Ware who went a 1:12.59. 
 
FINAL SCORE
Falcons- 57
Panthers- 129
 
CoSwimmers of the Meet- Hailey Vance and Mary Lane

"Both of these girls have been a privilege to coach since they arrived here last year. They both embody what it means to be a Montevallo Falcon and do their best to hold their teammates to this standard. I couldn't be more proud of what these lady's have done and will do in the future."  remarked head coach Aaron Mahaney