WASHINGTON - With a thrilling win in the final relay of the night, the women's team from American University swimming & diving pulled out its first win over UMBC in the three meetings between the schools since 2023. The final score had the women taking it 155-147, with both sophomore
Marin Priddy and senior
Isabel McGovern winning all four of their events. Priddy set a pool record for the Eagles with her win in the 100 breaststroke.
Overall, the women's team captured wins in nine of 16 events, while the men's team earned two wins for AU.
Notable Results
- The women's 200 medley relay started the night off with a win, as sophomore Piper Crosby, Priddy, McGovern, and sophomore Grace Gilbert teamed up for a win in 1:44.97, less than two-tenths of a second off the pool record and ranking 12th all-time at AU.
- That same foursome brought it home at the end of the night, winning the 200 freestyle relay in 1:35.97 which also ties for 12th all-time. The group knew prior to the relay that the winning relay team would win the meet.
- Priddy went 1:04.51 in the 100 breaststroke to set the pool record, with her time also ranking as a PR and sixth all-time at American. She got her fourth win and second individual victory in the 100 free with a time of 53.33.
- McGovern's two individual victories came in the women's 200 free (1:53.87) and the 100 fly (57.25).
- Crosby also earned an individual win with her time of 57.35 in the women's 100 backstroke.
- In addition to her two relay wins, Gilbert placed second in both the 50 free and 100 free.
- The Eagles swept the 1,000 free on the women's side, as sophomore Demetra Bicos (10:34.70), junior Kate Williams (10:40.78) and freshman Abby Rothrock (10:43.79) went 1-2-3 in that event.
- For the men, sophomore Luke Martens won by six and a half seconds in the 1,000 free, going 9:47.52. He later placed second in the 500 free.
- Sophomore Claire Mosher won the women's 200 fly in 2:11.00 to round out the nine victories for her team.
- The men's team had a 1-2-3 sweep in the 200 fly with sophomore Cole Coffman in first (1:55.02), junior Ryan Tiffany in second (1:58.24) and senior Madan Morris in third (2:01.76).
- The Eagles' best finish in the diving events came from freshman Alex Way who placed second on the 1-meter with a score of 221.50, ranking 15th all-time at AU. Way's score of 222.60 on the 3-meter placed him third, and ranks 13th all-time.
Full Results
Up Next
- The Eagles will be on the road next Saturday, Oct. 11 for a tri-meet at Loyola Maryland, also competing against Lehigh.
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