WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University swimming & diving team closed out the regular season on a high note, cruising to a sweep over BIG EAST opponents Seton Hall and Providence in a two-day tri-meet. In dual meet scoring, the Hoya men defeated the Pirates 196-155 and the Friars 276-68. The GU women won by scores of 231.5-119-5 over Seton Hall and 273-79 over Providence. The meet took place at the Berkeley Aquatic Center in New Providence, New Jersey.
HOYA WOMEN FRIDAY
- The Hoyas won four of the five individual events held on Friday, and also touched the wall first in the 400-yard medley relay.
- Cristina Barrett led a GU sweep in the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 5:05.09. She barely edged out Corey Moon while Noelle Fimbres placed third.
- Georgetown also swept the 200-yard IM as Alexandra Robertson won in 2:06.94. Phoebe Slaughter and Alexandra Rieker finished second and third, respectively.
- On the diving boards, the Hoyas again took the top three spots in both events. Margaret Barnhorst won the 1-meter dive ahead of Riley Fujioka and Naomi Peng, while Fujioka claimed the 3-meter event with Peng and Barnhorst right behind her.
HOYA WOMEN SATURDAY
- The Hoyas won their second and third relays of the weekend with victories in the 200-yard medley relay and the 400-yard freestyle relay.
- Robertson completed the sweep of the individual medleys with a narrow victory in the 4000-yard IM. She registered her third win of the meet in the 100-yard freestyle.
- Barrett was again atop a GU sweep in the 200-yard freestyle, finishing just ahead of Lauren Rutledge and Fimbres.
- Megan Smith and Samantha Kim comfortably took the top two spots in the 100-yard breaststroke, while Grace Chen and Rieker finished 1-2 in the 100-yard backstroke.
- Fimbres pulled out a win of her own in the 1,000-yard freestyle, finishing five seconds ahead of Moon who took second.
GEORGETOWN MEN FRIDAY
- The Hoyas claimed all five individual victories as well as winning the 400-yard medley relay.
- Drew Carbone touched the wall first in the 200-yard IM in a time of 1:52.22. Connor Morikawa and Michael Baldini finished second and third, respectively, to complete the sweep.
- Brett Sherman cruised to a five-second victory in the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 4:33.05, while Sean Devlin just outstretched his opponent in the 50-yard freestyle in 21.23 seconds.
- Joseph Hofman swept the diving events, winning comfortably on both boards. Matthew Werner finished second in the 3-meter event.
GEORGETOWN MEN SATURDAY
- The Blue & Gray took both of Saturday's relays to win three of four on the weekend.
- Carbone swept the backstroke events comfortably to earn his second and third wins of the meet.
- Sherman picked up his second win of the meet with a four-second victory in the 400-yard IM.
- Morikawa won the 100-yard breaststroke, while finishing second in the 200 behind teammate Carlson Temple.
COMING UP NEXT
The Hoyas will next prepare for the 2020 BIG EAST Championships which will be held Feb. 26-29 at the Nassau Aquatic Center in East Meadow, New York. The meet will be streamed live on the BIG EAST Digital Network (BEDN).
The BIG EAST has a dedicated channel on Caffeine, www.Caffeine.tv/BEDN, where fans can find all BEDN content. In addition to appearing on Caffeine, all BEDN events will be co-streamed on YouTube via the conference's main channel, www.youtube.com/BIGEASTConference, and Twitter on the main BIG EAST handle, @BIGEAST.
