EAST MEADOW, N.Y. – The Georgetown University's men's and women's swimming & diving teams secured nine medals, including a trio of golds on day three of the BIG EAST Championships in East Meadow, New York on Friday evening. The Hoyas have brought home 17 medals through three days of competition.
"For our women's team, this was maybe the best session we've had in my six years here. To have NCAA "B" cuts by
Erin Hood and
Genevieve Youngman, finishing in the top two and winning an event, was by far the best session we've ever had. Super proud of them and the resilience they've shown. The guys really stepped up this morning, which put us in a good spot tonight to get a little bit closer to Xavier. We feel really good about where we're at and really excited about how we swam tonight. We are really proud of the group, the energy they brought and the confidence they have in themselves and each other. Excited to see what we do tomorrow." – Head Coach
Jack Leavitt
HOYA HIGHLIGHTS
- The men's side sits 9.5 points behind Xavier (511.5) for first place with 502. The women's side ranks third with 798 points.
- Jack Januario picked up the first gold of the day with a time of 3:53.92 in the men's 400-yard IM, earning an NCAA "B" cut.
- Genevieve Youngman followed up with a first-place mark of 53.62 in the women's 100 fly, also earning an NCAA "B" cut.
- Drew Carbone earned his second individual gold in as many days with a 47.88 time in the men's 100 back.
- Erin Hood captured a silver medal in the women's 400 IM with her NCAA "B" cut time of 4:16.17.
- Michael Baldini secured a second place in the men's 100 fly, punching in with a time of 47.84.
- Grace Chen picked up the team's third silver with a time of 54.99 in the women's 100 back, tying the program record set by Kylie Stronko in the preliminaries earlier in the day.
- The men's 400 medley relay team of Carbone, Carlson Temple, Baldini and Sean Devlin edged out Xavier for second place with a time of 3:15.67.
- Will Barao held off Villanova's Reid Hutcherson for third in the men's 200 free, logging a 1:38.17 mark.
- The women's 400 medley relay team of Chen, Hood, Youngman and Isabella Wylie finished third with a time of 3:42.60.
UP NEXT:
2022 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT SCHEDULE
Saturday
1,650-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard butterfly, men's 3-meter diving, 400-yard freestyle relay.
For more information on the final day of competition, head to the
BIG EAST Championship Central.
