WASHINGTON – In an exciting day of racing that featured four broken records, the Georgetown University swimming & diving team climbed the rankings on the second day of the 2019 BIG EAST Swimming & Diving Championships, presented by Jeep, on Thursday. The Hoya women leapt from sixth place to second while the GU men jumped past Villanova into first place. Racing took place at the Nassau Aquatic Center in East Meadow, New York.
On the men's side, Georgetown finished day two with 263 points. Villanova (235.5) sits in second with Xavier (230.5) and Seton Hall (219) right behind. Providence (88) is in fifth. The GU women sit with 227 points and is behind only Villanova (378). Xavier (185) and Seton Hall (181) trail the Hoyas while Providence (93) and Butler (90) round out the standings
In the men's 500-yard freestyle,
Michael Wheeler (Lafayette, Calif. / Campolindo) also set a school record on Thursday morning, recording a time of 4:25.52 to set the top mark in the prelims and break the record by .75 seconds. In the evening's final,
Brett Sherman (Carmel, Ind. / Carmel) and Wheeler provided the race of the night. Racing neck-and-neck throughout the entire 500 yards, Sherman outstretched Wheeler at the final wall by just .12 seconds, breaking Wheeler's record from earlier in the morning with a time of 4:23.63.
Drew Carbone (Chelmsford, Mass. / Central Catholic) shattered his own record in the morning prelim of the 200-yard IM, touching the wall in 1:46.78 to break the record by more than a second and a half and earn the top seed in the evening finals. In the A Final, Carbone cruised to a victory by nearly two seconds with a time of 1:47.05.
Sean Devlin (Framingham, Mass. / Wayland) tied the Georgetown record in the 50-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 20.42 seconds to claim silver.
The quartet of
Jack Calderwood (Houston, Texas / Strake Jesuit College Prep), Devlin,
Jacob Kohlhoff (Tega Clay, N.C. / Fort Mill) and
Seth Maslowski (Cary, N.C. / Green Hope) raced to a third-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay, capping off the evening in a time of 1:22.35.
On the women's side,
Cristina Barrett (Chatham, N.J. / Chatham) swam the race of her career in the A Final of the women's 500-yard freestyle, claiming a silver medal with a GU record time of 4:50.85. She broke away from a pack and nearly caught up to the leader, pulling to within a half body length.
On the diving boards, the Hoyas took five of the top seven spots in the women's 3-meter dive, highlighted by podium finished from
Naomi Peng (Gainesville, Fla. / Eastside) and
Riley Fujioka (Los Altos, Calif. / Los Altos) who finished second and third, respectively.
The third day of the BIG EAST Championships will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday morning with the prelims, and the finals session starting at 6 p.m. Friday's events will include the 400-yard IM, 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard breaststroke, 100-yard backstroke, the men's 3-meter dive and the 400-yard medley relay. A link to follow live scoring will be available at GUHoyas.com and the meet can be watched on the BIG EAST Digital Network (BEDN).
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BIG EAST Championships - Day Two
Men
500-yard freestyle
1.
Brett Sherman – 4:23.63
2.
Michael Wheeler – 4:23.75
10.
Jacob Kohlhoff – 4:33.31
11.
Terry Johnson – 4:35.58
16.
William Powers – 4:42.32
200-yard IM
1.
Drew Carbone – 1:47.05
T13.
Nathaniel Goldfarb – 1:53.60
T13.
Arthur Wang – 1:53.60
15.
Jack Lynch – 1:53.71
16.
Henry Hollinshead – 1:55.07
50-yard freestyle
2.
Sean Devlin – 20.42
5.
Seth Maslowski – 20.75
10.
Jack Calderwood – 21.04
200-yard medley relay
3.
Jack Calderwood,
Sean Devlin,
Jacob Kohlhoff,
Seth Maslowski – 1:22.35
Women
500-yard freestyle
2.
Cristina Barrett – 4:50.85
6.
Noelle Fimbres – 4:57.39
8.
Lillian Clisham – 5:01.55
13. Evie Mauzé – 5:00.60
16.
Lauren Rutledge – 5:03.91
200-yard IM
7.
Phoebe Slaughter – 2:05.61
8.
Laine Morgan – 2:07.19
9.
Alexandra Rieker – 2:04.29
14.
Megan Smith – 2:07.27
16.
Lauren Cox – 2:09.68
50-yard freestyle
6.
Belinda Donohoe – 23.43
3-meter dive
2.
Naomi Peng – 507.85
3.
Riley Fujioka – 505.25
5.
Elizabeth Miller – 494.25
6.
Margaret Barnhorst – 481.75
7.
Rebecca Cox – 450.95
200-yard Medley Relay
4.
Laine Morgan,
Grace Sun,
Grace Chen,
Belinda Donohoe – 1:35.00
