WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University swimming & diving team opened the 2019-20 season on Thursday evening, coming away with an impressive sweep of visiting Towson University at McCarthy Pool. In a meet that came down to the final two races on both sides, the GU men and women posted identical 155-145 victories over the Tigers.
HOYA WOMEN
- With Towson holding a slight lead with two races left, freshman Ali Robertson came up with a huge win in the 200-yard IM, touching the wall just .12 seconds ahead of her Towson counterpart in 2:07.91, to give the Hoyas nine huge points.
- Georgetown then took second and third in the final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay, to seal the win.
- The trio of Corey Moon, Cristina Barrett and Ryan Evangelista combined to sweep the top two spots in both the 1,000- and 500-yard freestyles. Moon claimed both golds while Barrett and Evangelista alternated second- and third-place finishes.
- Grace Chen picked up the win in the 100-yard backstroke, touching in 58.74 seconds.
- Belinda Donohoe beat a quartet of Tigers in the 50-yard freestyle, winning with a time of 24.17 seconds.
- On the diving boards, Margaret Barnhorst finished first on the 1-meter board with Riley Fujioka right behind her in second. The duo switched places in the 3-meter event with Fujioka picking up the win.
GEORGETOWN MEN
- The Hoyas held a slim five-point lead going into the last two events of the meet before Drew Carbone and Brett Sherman essentially sealed the victory with a 1-2 finish in the 200-yard IM.
- In addition to his win in the 200 IM, Carbone also claimed individual victories in both backstroke events.
- Sherman also came away with multiple wins, touching the wall first in both the 200- and 500-yard freestyle races.
- Michael Wheeler won the 1,000-yard freestyle while finishing just .21 seconds behind Sherman in the 500 free.
- Connor Morikawa and Carlson Temple both came away with tight victories in the 100- and 200-yard breaststrokes, respectively, to sweep the event for the Hoyas.
- Griffin Edmonds won the 3-meter dive with a score of 250.50 and finished second on the 1-meter board.
COMING UP NEXT
The Hoyas will be right back in action next week when they make the short trip to American University for a dual meet on Friday, Oct. 18. Racing will start at 5 p.m.
