St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 10, 2020 – The Washington University in St. Louis men's and women's swimming and diving team combined to capture 13 events as the Bears swept the WashU Invitational Friday at Millstone Pool in St. Louis.
The WashU women recorded 935.5 points, to finish well ahead of second place Rhodes (471.5). UMSL (393), Maryville (191) and Williams Baptist (23) rounded out the five-team field.
On the men's side, the Bears tallied 828 points to capture the team title. UMSL (535) was second, followed by Maryville (290), Rhodes (246) and Williams Baptist (55).
WOMEN – First-Place Finishes
200 Medley Relay – Elle Pollitt, Stephanie Li, Sandra Meszaros, Sabrina Baxamusa – 1:49.09
200 IM – Pollitt – 2:11.04
50 Freestyle – Anjuii Barrett – 25.34
100 Backstroke – Abby Wilson, Natalia Castillo – 1:00.62
100 Breaststroke – Li – 1:05.96
400 Freestyle Relay – Pollitt, Grace Carey, Meszaros, Baxamusa – 3:36:59
MEN – First-Place Finishes
200 Medley Relay – Jerry Chen, Simon Deshusses, James Hardy, Peyton Wilson – 1:33.24
200 IM – Deshusses – 1:55.93
50 Freestyle – Wilson – 21.24
100 Butterfly – Chen – 52.50
100 Free – Chase Van Patten – 47.52
200 Freestyle Relay – Deshusses, Wilson, Barclay Dale, Van Patten – 1:26.72
100 Breaststroke – Matthew Yang – 58.35
WashU takes on NCAA Division II McKendree University on Saturday, Jan. 11, at the McKendree Rec Plex in O'Fallon, Ill. The meet is set to begin at Noon.
NOTES: Rhodes' Sinead Eksteen set two pool records: 200 freestyle (1:52.21) and 500 freestyle (4:57.47).
