COLUMBUS, Ga. – Piedmont men’s swimming broke multiple records and held its own as the team concluded its fall season at the Georgia Small College Championships on Saturday in Columbus, Georgia.
In the three-day event running Thursday through Saturday, Piedmont was able to break four school records, highlighted by Leandro Forero’s strong performance in the 400 IM, as he broke his own record by just under two seconds and delivered a runner-up finish in the event.
Forero was a part of two more records that fell, as he joined Henry Rickman, Erick Fortner, and Murphy O’Brien to swim a 3:15.95 in the 400 free relay in the meet’s final event. This narrowly bested the previous mark of 3:16.04 set in November of 2023 and earned the group a sixth-place finish.
Perry Westbrook also posted a solo record, delivering a 1:46.71 in the 200 free for a sixth-place finish, just taking down Forero’s previously held record of 1:47.35.
The Lions also saw another relay record fall, this one in the 800 free. Forero, Westbrook, O’Brien, and Fortner finished with a time of 7:14.85 to produce a fourth-place finish out of nine competing teams. This time bested the previous mark by nearly four seconds.
This marks the conclusion of the team’s fall season in which the Lions rose to the occasion with a perfect 5-0 dual record.
Up next, the Lions will begin the spring season on January 6 with a dual meet at Union College in Kentucky.
PIEDMONT RECORDS:
200 Free – Perry Westbrook, 1:46.71
400 IM – Leandro Forero, 4:19.65
400 Free Relay – Henry Rickman, Erick Fortner, Murphy O’Brien, Leandro Forero
800 Free Relay – Leandro Forero, Perry Westbrook, Murphy O’Brien, Erick Fortner
