WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University swimming & diving team fell in a dual meet at Drexel University on Saturday afternoon. Swimming in the Daskalakis Athletic Center, the Hoya women fell to the Dragons 169-125 while the men's squad was topped, 176-112.
 
On the women's side, Georgetown was led by Cristina Barrett (Chatham, N.J. / Chatham) who won both the freestyle distance events. She cruised to a victory in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:28.12, finishing 13 seconds ahead of teammate Noelle Fimbres (La Mirada, Calif. / Sonora) who touched the wall in second place. Barrett won the 500-yard freestyle in 5:04.57, nearly eight seconds ahead of the next finisher.
 
On the diving boards, Riley Fujioka (Los Altos, Calif. / Los Altos) set the program record in the 1-meter dive, recording a score of 293.93 in her 10 dives. She swept both the 1- and 3-meter events, while her classmate Naomi Peng (Gainesville, Fla. / Eastside) took third in both.
 
Michael Wheeler (Lafayette, Calif. / Campolindo) got the men's squad off to a strong start with an easy victory in the 1,000-yard freestyle. He touched the wall in 9:33.78, almost 18 seconds ahead of his Drexel opponent. Carlson Temple (San Diego, Calif. / Patrick Henry) picked up GU's other individual win in the lanes with a victory in the 200-yard breaststroke in a time of 2:06.17, winning by a 0.15-second margin.
 
Griffin Edmonds (Norwalk, Conn. / New Canaan) won the 3-meter dive and finished second in the 1-meter event.
 
The Hoyas will have next weekend off before wrapping up the regular season with a two-day, tri-meet with BIG EAST opponents Providence and Seton Hall in South Orange, New Jersey. In GU's final tune-up before the BIG EAST Championships (Feb. 20-23), the diving portion of the meet will take part on Friday, Feb. 1 at 4 p.m., while the swimming will begin on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 2 p.m.
 
Georgetown's Top-3 Finishes
Women
200-yard medley relay
3. Grace Chen, Alexandra Rieker, Laine Morgan, Belinda Donohoe – 1:50.27
 
1,000-yard freestyle
1. Cristina Barrett – 10:28.12
2. Noelle Fimbres – 10:41.24
 
200-yard Freestyle
3. Phoebe Slaughter – 1:56.23
 
100-yard Backstroke
3. Alexandra Rieker – 1:00.36
                           
200-yard Butterfly
2. Lauren Henasey – 2:10.39
3. Gabriella Meringolo – 2:11.54
 
50-yard Freestyle
2. Belinda Donohoe – 24.67
 
1-meter dive
1. Riley Fujioka – 282.07
3. Naomi Peng – 252.22
 
200-yard backstroke
3. Evie Mauzé – 2:10.95
 
500-yard freestyle
1. Christina Barrett – 5:04.57
3. Noelle Fimbres – 5:15.09
 
100-yard butterfly
5. Gabriella Meringolo – 59.11
 
3-meter dive
1. Riley Fujioka – 293.93
3. Naomi Peng – 248.93
 
200-yard IM
2. Phoebe Slaughter – 2:10.72
3. Lauren Cox – 2:14.42
 
200-yard freestyle relay
3. Grace Sun, Grace Chen, Laine Morgan, Belinda Donohoe – 1:42.27
 
Men
200-yard medley relay
3. Drew Carbone, Nathaniel Goldfarb, Terry Johnson, Seth Maslowski – 1:33.91
 
1,000-yard freestyle
1. Michael Wheeler – 9:33.78
 
100-yard backstroke
2. Drew Carbone – 51.41
 
200-yard butterfly
2. Brett Sherman – 1:55.15
3. Jack Lynch – 1:56.25
 
3-meter dive
1. Griffin Edmonds – 245.40
2. Matthew Werner – 219.95
 
100-yard freestyle
3. Jacob Kohlhoff – 47.93
 
200-yard backstroke
2. Brett Sherman – 1:53.21
 
200-yard breaststroke
1. Carlson Temple – 2:06.17
 
100-yard butterfly
3. Terry Johnson – 52.89
 
1-meter dive
2. Griffin Edmonds – 276.65
3. Matthew Werner – 239.95
 
200-yard IM
3. Drew Carbone – 1:59.20
 
200-yard freestyle relay
2. Jack Calderwood, Sean Devlin, Jacob Kohlhoff, Seth Maslowski – 1:27.01