Swimming and Diving 1/23/2022 2:52:00 PM

Mimi Watts Earns Three Wins in Swimming Dual at Old Dominion

NORFOLK, Va. - Sophomore Mimi Watts continued to shine for the Eagles, winning two individual events and a relay for American in a swimming dual meet at Old Dominion on Sunday afternoon. The Monarchs do not have a diving team.

Notable Results

In the first event of the day, the women's 200 medley relay, Watts teamed up with Laura Laux, Kenzie Cresci and Eleanor Felton for a win in 1:48.31.
Watts later took individual wins in both the 100 fly (55.70) and the 50 free (23.85). Her 100 fly result was 3.5 seconds faster than the ODU finisher in second place, but short of her own school record, as was her time in the 50 free.
The men's foursome of Aidan Delehanty, Will Deitch, Jon Quick and Nick Buckley took second in the 200 free relay in 1:35.14.
Mallory Meister and Tyler DiMarco took second and third, respectively, in the women's 1000 freestyle, while Seamus Brown placed second in the same event for the men.
Caleb Farris placed second in both 100 free (47.68) and the 200 free (1:46.70), and Buckley was second in the 50 free (21.09).
Quick and Farris went 2-3 in the 100 fly for the men, and teamed up with Deitch and Buckley for second place in the 200 free relay (1:26.43).
Deitch finished second in the 100 breaststroke for the men, and Cresci finished third in that event for the women.
In the men's 200 fly, Quick placed second, while Amaya Tomma was third for the women.
Sasha Uspenskaya and Aldrich Elvambuena were third in the 200 backstroke for the women's and men's teams, respectively.
Will Timme took third in the 200 breaststroke, and Sarah Milbrandt was third in the 100 fly.
Marissa Kleckner and Brown were both second-place finishers in the women's and men's 500 freestyle.
Kayla Winters was second in the 400 IM in the final individual event of the day.
Felton, Kleckner, Meister and Watts placed second in the 200 free relay in 1:38.02.

Final Team Standings

Old Dominion swept the event, winning 181-81 on the women's side and 190-72 on the men's side.
Full results HERE.

Next Up

The Eagles have one more competition prior to the Patriot League Championships at Navy, and it will be a preview of that as AU heads to the Navy Invitational in Annapolis on Saturday, Jan. 29.

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