Swimming and Diving 10/18/2024 3:58:00 PM

Swim & Dive Teams Win 25 of 26 Events in Dual Meet at Catholic University

WASHINGTON - With wins in 25 of 26 events, the American University men's and women's swimming & diving teams dominated the competition in a dual meet at Catholic University on Friday. Four on the women's side were two-time individual winners, while two on the men's side also won two individual events each.

Notable Women's Results

Sophomore Kate Williams, junior Isabel McGovern, junior Peyton Thurman and senior Katie Yoo all won two events each for American, with McGovern adding a relay win as well.
The 200 medley relay team of freshmen Piper Crosby, Marin Priddy and Grace Gilbert, along with McGovern, started off the meet with a win in 1:49.90. The Eagles also took second place thanks to the foursome of senior Laura Laux and juniors Grace Netz, Gabby Kaczorowski and Dylan Moulton.
Williams and freshman Hailey Rees took first and second in the 1,000 freestyle, with Williams finishing in 10:48.60.
Later in the meet, Williams won again in the 500 free (5:19.79) with freshmen Claire Mosher and Mallorie Jeremiah taking second and third.
Yoo was a winner in both the 200 IM and the 100 free. She went 2:14.44 in the 200 IM, followed by freshman Brooke Vos in second. In the 100 free, Crosby finished behind Yoo in second place.
The two individual wins for McGovern came in the 50 free (24.93) and 100 fly (58.37). Behind her in the 100 fly were junior Veronica Lester and sophomore Jordan Carpentieri in second and third. In the 50 free, Moulton took second and Priddy placed third.
Both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events were won by Thurman (236.4 on the 1-meter, 235.1 on the 3-meter), with junior Maggie Fanning taking second in both. Fanning's score of 210.15 is a new personal best that moves her up to 12th all-time at AU.
Freshman Demetra Bicos, Gilbert, and Jeremiah finished 1-2-3 in the 200 freestyle, with Bicos going 1:58.52.
Senior Amaya Tomma won the 100 backstroke, while Kaczorowski took second.
The women concluded the day with a 200 free relay win in 1:40.25 by the foursome of Priddy, Moulton, Gilbert, and Laux.
The final score had AU beating Catholic 184-53.

Men's Notable Results

Freshmen Luke Martens and Zachary Rothman both earned two individual wins each, while senior Aidan Delehanty, junior Colin Clough and sophomore Connor Florence were all on two winning relay teams.
The foursome of Delehanty, Clough, junior Daniel Coughlin and Florence won the 200 medley relay in 1:36.96.
To cap the meet, Florence, freshman Charlie St. Louis, Delehanty, and Clough teamed up for a win in the 200 free relay in 1:29.03.
Rothman and sophomore Brent Hinckley went 1-2 in the 1,000 freestyle, with Rothman going 9:53.59 for the win. He later went 4:50.61 to win the 500 free, followed again by Hinckley in second place.
Martens was a winner in both the 200 IM and the 100 free. He went 2:00.33 to take first in the 200 IM, followed by freshman Ryan Pursley in second. Martens finished in 49.07 to win the 100 free, while St. Louis took second place.
Coughlin got an individual win in the 100 fly for the second time this season, going 52.79.
St. Louis was an individual winner in the 50 free with his time of 21.91.
The Eagles got a win from sophomore Lucas Standridge in the 200 free (1:47.35), and an individual win by Clough in the 100 breaststroke (58.90).
Delehanty was a winner in the 100 back as the Eagles went 1-2-3 with Pursley in second place and sophomore Henry Bysshe in third.
Freshmen Sean Memon and Gray Miller each got a win and a runner-up finish in diving. Memon placed first on the 1-meter (257.7), while Gray took the win on the 3-meter (276.2).
Memon's 1-meter score places him sixth all-time on AU's top 16 list, while Miller's score of 243.67 is also a new personal best and has him in eighth all-time.
On the 3-meter, Miller's score was short of his best from September, but Memon's second-place score of 226.27 is a new best that puts him in 13th all-time.
In the final team scoring, the Eagles beat Catholic 176-61.

Next Up

After competing in three duals over the last eight days, the Eagles will take a two-week break and resume competition when they host Howard at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1.

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