WASHINGTON - Freshman phenom Mimi Watts turned it up a notch on her already-impressive season, winning two races in school and pool-record times for American University swimming and diving at the April Pools Invitational virtual meet on April 2-3. The Eagles competed in the same events as Loyola Maryland, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette and Lehigh.

MEGA-WATTS

• With a time of 55.17 in the 100 butterfly on Friday, Watts broke the school record set a year ago by teammate Eleanor Felton, also breaking the Reeves Aquatic Center pool record set by Felton.
• In the 200 butterfly on Saturday, Watts struck again, posting a school and pool-record time of 2:01.30. That smashed the previous pool record set by Hungarian Olympian and AU Hall of Famer Gabriella Csepe by more than three seconds.
• Csepe had also held the school record of 2:01.93, which Watts broke by over half a second.
• The records by Csepe, both set in 1993, had stood for 28 years until this weekend.
• Both of Watts' performances were strong enough for first place and 20 team points each, and she beat out 36 other swimmers in the 100 fly.
• Watts scored another 15 points for American in the 50 free with a time of 24.14 that ranks as the ninth-fastest personal best in program history.

OTHER NOTABLE RESULTS

• The men's team got a pair of strong races out of freshman Caleb Farris. He placed fourth in the 50 free in 21.24 which ranks as the 12th-fastest personal best in program history, and he placed sixth in the 100 free in 46.88.
• Farris' freshman teammate Nick Buckley was close behind in the 50 free, taking ninth in 21.55.
• Junior diver Christian Hernandez took third on the 1-meter with a score of 198.40.
• Senior Liam Riebling swam a time of 4:16.50 to take fourth in the 400 IM, while freshman Sasha Liu placed 10th in the same event in 4:24.10.
• Freshman Will Timme was ninth in the 200 fly in 1:59.33 and 10th in the 200 IM in 1:59.27.
• Sophomore Jonathan Quick was ninth in the 200 free in 1:47.60 and 10th in the 500 free in 4:53.79.
• As a team, the men beat out Colgate, placing fifth with 322 points.
• On the women's side, senior Ellie Kight took seventh in the 500 free in 5:14.68, and ninth in the 200 free in 1:58.44.
• Freshman Kenzie Cresci placed seventh in the 100 breaststroke in 1:08.76 and 10th in the 200 breaststroke in 2:33.63.
• Sophomore Kayla Winters placed seventh in the 400 IM in 4:39.47.
• On the 1-meter board, freshman diver Grace Hogue took fifth with a score of 189.35 that ranks as the 16th-highest personal best in program history.
• The women's team placed sixth overall with 306 points.

FULL RESULTS

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