ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The No. 11 Washington University in St. Louis women's swimming and diving team defeated Division II Quincy 219.00-59.00 on Saturday afternoon in front a packed crowd at Millstone Pool.
Prior to the meet, the Bears honored their seniors –
Nicole Caruso,
Avery Dixon,
Anna Fonda,
Sophia Gossum,
Yasmeen Ibrahim,
Natalie Klaas,
Andrea Leng and
Ali Roche.
Top Finishers
Swimming
- 200 Medley Relay
- 1,000 Freestyle
- 200 Freestyle
- Gmelich claimed the top spot with a time of 1:56.86
- Junior Rachel Bello finished second in 1:57.63
- Basler finished third in 1:58.18
- First-year Ayaan Olasewere took fourth in 1:59.29
- 100 Backstroke
- Roche finishes second with a time of 59.95
- Pintescu took third in 1:02.82
- Yu finished fifth in 1:04.81
- 100 Breaststroke
- Senior Avery Dixon won with a time of 1:09.27
- Pintescu took third in 1:16.48
- 200 Butterfly
- Johnson won the field with a time of 2:08.85
- Sophomore Annabel Hermacinski finished second in 2:11.45
- Senior Natalia Klaas took third in 2:11.53
- Watson finished fourth in 2:14.12
- Sophomore Lindsay Alisbah took fifth in 2:15.74
- 50 Freestyle
- Olasewere snagged first in 24.62
- Gmelich took second in 24.92
- Leng finished third in 25.21
- Qi took fourth in 25.24
- Junior Hannah Lee finished fifth in 25.28
- 100 Freestyle
- Watson took the top spot with a time of 54.34
- First-year Abby Wright finished second in 55.42
- Gossum claimed third in 55.45
- Hermacinski took fourth in 55.54
- Rao finished fifth in 55.57
- 200 Backstroke
- Johnson won the field with a time of 2:07.63
- Roche took second in 2:07.74
- Sophomore Rachel Kravtsov finished fourth in 2:11.44
- First-year Sarah Cohen finished fifth in 2:11.87
- 200 Breaststroke
- Lee won the race with a time of 2:28.90
- Hackel finished second in 2:32.54
- Caruso took third in 2:33.84
- Sammut finished fourth in 2:34.10
- Klaas claimed fifth in 2:34.19
- 500 Freestyle
- Gmelich claimed the top spot with a time of 5:18.03
- Fonda finished second in 5:18.89
- Qi took third in 5:24.30
- Basler finished fourth in 5:25.11
- 100 Butterfly
- Watson finished second with a time of 58.94
- Johnson took third in 1:00.13
- Alisbah finished fourth in 1:00.95
- Hermacinski took fifth in 1:01.00
- 400 IM (Exhibitions – points not counted in total)
- Klaas posted the top Bears' time of 4:40.25
- Roche finished in 4:47.39
- Bello swam a time of 4:49.08
- Caruso finished in 4:52.19
- 200 Free Relay (Exhibitions – points not counted in total)
- The team of Olasewere, Qi, Lee and Leng posted a time of 1:38.67
- Basler, Cohen, Frey and Bello swam a time of 1:41.18
- First-year Eliana King, Sammut, Wright and Alisbah finished in 1:42.64
- Ibrahim, Fond, Kravtsov and Klaas swam a time of 1:44.01
Diving
- 1-Meter
- 3-Meter
- Karimi won with a score of 268.05
- Li took second with a 249.75
- Isgar posted a 225.52 for third
- Vahedian finished fourth with 202.12
The Bears have one final tune-up before the UAA Championships when they head to DePauw on Saturday, January 31 for a 1 p.m. meet.
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