WASHINGTON - Georgetown University's and Howard University's swimming & diving teams made collegiate swimming history with one of the largest attended events with 2,000 tickets sold and over 1,200 spectators at the inaugural "Battle at the Burr" dual meet on Saturday. 
 
"Today's 'Battle at the Burr' was really something special. Both teams and their fans brought amazing energy and there really isn't a meet in collegiate swimming that lives up to the atmosphere Georgetown and Howard were able to compete in this afternoon. From the competition standpoint, both squads gave it everything they had in them to reciprocate the energy we all were feeling on the pool deck. We couldn't have asked for a better meet for the swimming community and we are incredibly grateful to be a part of a historic day in the District." - Head Coach Jack Leavitt on today's "Battle at the Burr" 
 
WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Wynter Bramao (226.35) and Lizzy Durgin (219.30) scored points for the Hoyas in the 1m dives, going 2-3 in the event.
• The 200-yard medley relay team of Angelica Reali, Erin Hood, Genevieve Youngman and Ines Lovato took first place with a time of 1:46.77 while Allie Sanchez, Alex Breuer, Isabella Wylie and Tia Thomas secured a third-place mark.
• Lovato also picked up first-place finishes in the 50-yard free (24.66) and the 100-yard free (53.57).
• Corey Moon (5:13.5), Ashley Vensel (5:14.45) and Ryan Evangelista (5:21.41) swept the podium in the 500-yard free.
• Moon and Vensel also went 1-2 in the 1,000-yard free, securing times of 10:33.25 and 10:44.85, respectively.
• Hood and Breuer added top finishes in the 200-yard IM with times of 2:07.25 and 2:08.74, respectively. The duo flopped placements in the 100-yard breast with Breuer clocking a 1:05.61 and Hood a 1:05.82.
• Youngman (57.45) and Reali (57.87) took the top two spots in the 100-yard fly while Maddie Haley (59.46) and Sanchez (1:00.24) earned top spots in the 100-yard back.
• Samantha Hagberg (1:55.71) and Evangelista (2:00.26) earned respective second and third-place finishes in the 200-yard free.

 
MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Conor Jellig (9:55.24), Jack Januario (9:58.85), and Christian Szilagyi (10:26.38) swept the podium in the 1,000-yard free as did Tristan Gess (266.80), Hriday Parekh (264.65) and Joseph Hofman (260.20) in the 1m dives.
• Januario added a first place finish in the 500-yard free with a time of 4:41.33, edging out Howard's Luke-Kennedy Thompson by .13 seconds. Jack Brearton earned a third-place mark in the event (4:44.97).
• Bailey DeLuise earned a top mark of 57.72 in the 100-yard breast.
• John McEachern and Liam Ryan went 1-3 in the 100-yard free with times of 52.64 and 53.01, respectively.
• Will Barao and Will Connolly went 2-3 in the 200-yard free as did Tomo Nozaki and Nick Pezzella in the 200-yard IM and Josiah Lauver and Sean Percin in the 100-yard free. 
• Nozaki added a second-place finish in the 100-yard fly with a time of 50.96.

 
UP NEXT
The Hoyas will have next weekend off before welcoming American to McCarthy Pool for an October 14 dual meet beginning at 3 p.m.