Seamus Brown

Swimming and Diving

Swimming & Diving Teams Sweep Colgate for a Double-Dual Victory on the Road

HAMILTON, N.Y. - In a double-dual victory for American University men's and women's swimming & diving at Colgate, the Eagles posted an outstanding 25 wins out of 36 total events. AU won all four relays, all four diving events and 17 other individual races. Leading the way was 2022 All-PL First Team honoree Mimi Watts who was a part of two relay wins and also won two individual events.

Notable

  • The women's team won by an overall score of 186-113, while the men's team won 194-84. The combined total win was 380-197.
  • The last win of the day was arguably the most captivating, as Nick Buckley had an inspired anchor leg swim in the men's 400 freestyle relay. Coming back from a full body length behind and still appearing to trail in the final second, Buckley out-reached his opponent in the next lane to give AU's foursome a win in 3:11.72 which was just three one-hundredths of a second ahead.
  • Joining Buckley for that victory were Caleb Farris, Colin Clough and Will Deitch.
  • As well as the men's swimmers finished the day, the women's swimmers got it started. The foursome of Sasha Uspenskaya, Maddie Mara, Watts and Marissa Kleckner took a win in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:47.34 that ranks 16th in program history.
  • The men's team kept the success going with a 200 medley relay win of their own thanks to a 1:34.65 from Nate Coleman, Deitch, Farris and Buckley.
  • Seamus Brown earned a win in the 1000 freestyle in 10:06.38, and in the 500 freestyle in 4:54.48. Tyler DiMarco and Kayla Winters placed second and third in the women's 1000 freestyle.
  • The Eagles got two more wins in the 200 freestyle. Katie Yoo won for the women in a PR of 1:58.33, while Farris earned the win for the men in 1:44.50.
  • Sophia Hemingway and Uspenskaya placed first and second in both the 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke.
  • Both teams got wins in the 100 breaststroke, first from Kenzie Cresci in 1:06.94 and then from Deitch in 59.14 as he beat Colgate's Ryan Jee by three one-hundredths of a second. Cresci won again in the 200 breaststroke in 2:27.42.
  • Watts won the 50 free in 23.78, followed by teammate Marissa Kleckner in second with a time of 24.49.
  • Buckley got an individual win in the 50 free in 21.09, with Aidan Delehanty in second in 22.53.
  • Soon after the runner-up finish in the 50 free, Kleckner came in first in the 100 free with a time of 53.84
  • Buckley nearly got another individual win in the 100 free, but was the runner-up by three-hundredths of a second.
  • Coleman won the 200 back for the men in 1:57.01, and Will Timme won the 200 breaststroke in 2:13.86 despite losing both cap and goggles by the end of the race.
  • Two more wins for AU came in the 100 fly, with Watts winning for the women in 55.19 and Farris taking it for the men in 50.83.
  • Jack Reilly was the final individual winner in the swim events for AU, taking first in the 200 IM in 2:01.33.
  • To finish the meet, the Eagles swept the 400 free relays. Before Buckley's heroics at the end, the women's foursome of Kleckner, Avery Barber, Uspenskaya and Watts took first in 3:37.50.
  • Earlier in the day in the diving events, Peyton Thurman won 1-meter with a score of 234.00 and the 3-meter with a score of 234.60. Griffin Batt won both events for the men with scores of 226.13 (1-meter) and 209.48 (3-meter).
     

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  • The Eagles return home to host Old Dominion for Senior Day at noon on Saturday, Jan. 21.
     

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