WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men's and women's swimming & diving teams defeated Seton Hall and broke eight pool records at McCarthy Pool on Senior Day on Saturday afternoon. The men won 183.5-121.5 while the women won 222-79.
ON THE RECORD
"We had a great meet today. It is always great to race a BIG EAST opponent. Our team stepped up and threw down some fantastic performances, highlighted by eight pool records. Our program is trending up at the right time and we can't wait to elevate even more in a few weeks at championships." - Head Coach
John Carroll on today's win.
MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
- The 200 medley relay team of Isaac Holtham, Bailey De Luise, Henry Haupt and Owen Watkins placed first with a time of 1;27.52.
- In the 1000 free, Ronan Krauss took first place with a time of 9:25.62.
- In the 100 backstroke, Daren Chen (49.37) finished in first place while Isaac Holtham took second place.
- Nick Pezzella captured first place and set a pool record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 54.74 and the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:01.20.
- In the 200 fly, Gabe Gonda finished in first place with a time of 1:49.79.
- Watkins earned first place and set a pool record in the 50 free with a time of 19.67 and the 100 free with a time of 43.57.
- In the 200 backstroke, Matt Gibson captured first with a time of 1:49.06.
- In the 500 free, Gonda earned first with a time of 4:34.19.
- In the 3M dive, Hriday Parekh took first with a score of 327.38.
WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
- The 200 medley relay team of Heidi Wu, Angelica Reali, Madeline Malone and Taplin Seelbach finished in first while also setting a pool record with a time of 1:41.60.
- Camille Weiss set a new program and placed first in the 1000 free with time of 10:06.79.
- Bridget Kelly (1:52.04), Kira Agne (1:54.14) and Bella Dimaculangan (1:55.42) swept the podium in the 200 free.
- In the 100 backstroke, Lila Connor (56.37) took first while Allie Sanchez (56.56) finished in second.
- Reali captured first place in the 200 fly with a time of 2:01.99.
- In the 50 free, Seelbach earned first place and broke a pool record with a time of 23.16.
- Kathryn Jewell took first in the 1M with a score of 248.48 and the 3M with a score of 240.53.
- In the 100 free, Malone (50.36) and Ines Lovato (52.49) finished in first and second place, respectively.
- Wu captured first in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:58.79.
- In the 200 breaststroke, Caroline Largen finished in first place with a time of 2:19.08.
- Kaitlin Lee earned first place and set a pool record in the 500 free with a time of 4:56.28.
- Dimaculangan took first in the 100 fly with a time of 55.90.
- In the 200 IM, Wu earned first place with a time of 2:05.34.
- The 400 free relay team of Kelly, Malone, Seelbach and Connor captured first place with a time of 3:26.04.