LEBANON, Ill. – The No. 11 Washington University in St. Louis women's swimming and diving team beat Division II McKendree 179.00-109.00 on Saturday afternoon in its first meet of 2026.
 
Top Finishers
Swimming

• 200 Medley Relay
  • Senior Andrea Leng, junior Hannah Lee, junior Izzie Gattone and first-year Ayaan Olasewere finished second with a time of 1:48.40.
  • Senior Ali Roche, first-year Eliana King, senior Peyton Watson and sophomore Maddie Sammut took third in 1:51.34.
     
• 1,000 Freestyle
  • First-year Sarah Cohen took second with a time of 10:49.50
  • Senior Nicole Carusio finished third in 10:53.11
  • Sophomore Rachel Kravtstov took fourth in 10:53.16
  • Senior Anna Fonda finished fifth in 11:20.19
     
• 200 Freestyle
  • Sophomore Iris Qi won the field with a time of 1:57.14
  • Roche claimed second in 1:58.17
  • First-year Abby Wright took third in 1:59.47
  • Sophomore Anisa Basler finished fourth in 2:00.14
  • Senior Sophia Gossum took fifth in 2:02.06
     
• 100 Backstroke
  • First-year Noli Hall finished second in 1:01.47
  • Leng took second with a time of 1:01.94
  • Sophomore Julia Pintescu took fourth in 1:02.78
     
• 100 Breaststroke
  • Lee finished second in 1:05.38
  • Junior Rachel Bello took third with a time of 1:07.99
  • King notched fourth in 1:08.15
  • First-year Kerry Frey finished fifth in 1:08.26
     
• 200 Butterfly
  • Watson won the field with a time of 2:10.73
  • Junior Kiera Johnson took second in 2:14.09
  • Junior Holly Gmelich finished third in 2:16.01
  • Junior Anya Rao took fourth in 2:16.60
  • Senior Natalie Klaas tied for fifth in 2:18.85
     
• 50 Freestyle
  • Olasewere won with a time of 24.58
  • Gattone finished third in 25.62
  • Gossum took fourth in 25.75
  • Basler finished fifth in 26.14
     
• 100 Freestyle
  • Qi won her second race of the day in 53.19
  • Watson took fourth in 54.26
  • Olasewere finished fifth in 54.45
     
• 200 Backstroke
  • Roche claimed the top spot with a time of 2:08.97
  • Kravtsov took second in 2:12.32
  • Leng finished third in 2:13.96
  • Johnson took fifth in 2:16.30
     
• 200 Breaststroke
  • King finished second in 2:26.48
  • Sophomore Becca Hackel took fourth with a time of 2:30.90
  • Sophomore Lindsay Alisbah finished fifth in 2:31.70
     
• 500 Freestyle
  • Cohen claimed second with a time of 5:16.76
  • Bello took third in 5:17.21
  • Caruso finished fourth in 5:21.17
  • Kravtsov took fifth in 5:22.32
     
• 100 Butterfly
  • Watson finished second, swimming to a time of 58.60
  • Rao finished third in 1:00.34
  • Qi took fourth with a time of 1:00.72
  • Lee finished fifth in 1:01.20
     
• 200 IM
  • Roche took second with a time of 2:15.87
  • Frey finished third in 2:15.96
  • Alisbah finished fourth in 2:17.21
  • Bello took fifth in 2:17.56
     
• 200 Freestyle Relay
  • Leng, Olasewere, Gattone and Qi took second in 1:38.01
  • Lee, Cohen, Sammut and Bello finished third in 1:42.17
  • Rao, first-year Crystal Yu, Gmelich and Wright took fourth with a time of 1:42.77
  • Fonda, first-year Lily Dourney, Caruso and Hall took fifth in 1:44.65
     

Diving

• 1-Meter
  • Junior Shanze Karimi won the field with a score of 420.67
  • Sophomore Kate Li took second with a 424.75
  • First-year Ally Isgar finished third with 223.58 points
  • First-year Elle Vahedian finished fifth with a score of 185.93
     
• 3-Meter
  • Karimi also claimed the top spot with a score of 444.00
  • Li took second with a 251.00
  • Isgar finished third with a 211.28
  • Vahedian took fourth with a 182.48
     

The Bears are home next weekend for a pair of meets, starting with a 5 p.m. faceoff on Friday, January 16 against Division II UMSL. On Saturday, January 17, WashU hosts Division II Quincy University at 1 p.m. for senior day.