CHICAGO, Ill. – The No. 11 Washington University in St. Louis women's swimming and diving team fell to No. 7 Chicago (175.00-125.00) and No. 14 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (158.00-142.00) on Saturday afternoon in a tri-meet.
Top Finishers - Swimming
- 200 Medley Relay
- 1,000 Freestyle
- Sophomore Sarah Cohen won the field against CMS and took second against Chicago with a time of 10:34.70
- First-year Kate Krueger finished second against CMS and third against Chicago in 10:40.28
- 200 Freestyle
- Junior Anisa Basler finished third against CMS and second against Chicago with a time of 1:55.93
- Senior Holly Gmelich took fourth against CMS and third against Chicago in 1:56.33
- 100 Backstroke
- Junior Elizabeth Oyler finished second against Chicago and third against CMS with a time of 58.87
- Senior Elizabeth Chen took fourth against both Chicago and CMS in 59.15
- 100 Backstroke
- Senior Hannah Lee finished second against Chicago and third against CMS with a time of 1:06.10
- Junior Maddie Sammut finished third against both Chicago and CMS in 1:07.21
- 200 Butterfly
- 50 Freestyle
- Gattone won the field with a time of 24.28
- Olasewere finished third against CMS in 25.01
- 100 Freestyle
- Sammut took first against Chicago and second against CMS with a time of 52.19
- Qi finished third against Chicago and second against CMS in 53.29
- Basler finished fifth against Chicago and fourth against CMS in 53.60
- 200 Backstroke
- Oyler finished second against Chicago and third against CMS in 2:07.04
- Weaver finished third against Chicago and fourth against CMS with a time of 2:08.45
- 200 Breaststroke
- King finished third against both CMS and Chicago with a time of 2:27.07
- 500 Freestyle
- Cohen finished second against both teams with a time of 5:08.51
- Senior Rachel Bello finished third against Chicago and fifth against CMS in 5:19.09
- 100 Butterfly
- Watson finished first against CMS and third against Chicago, swimming to a time of 57.95
- Johnson finished second against CMS and fourth against Chicago in 58.26
- 400 IM
- Krueger took second against both teams with a time of 4:39.20
- First-year Eva Lofthus finished third against both teams with a 4:41.24
- 200 Freestyle Relay
- Olasewere, Qi, Cohen and Gattone finished second against both teams with a time of 1:36.84
- Weaver, Sammut, first-year Wesley Wales and Lee took third against CMS and fourth against Chicago in 1:37.38
Top Finishers - Diving
- 1-Meter
- Senior Shanze Karimi took first against CMS and second against Chicago with a score of 265.30
- Junior Kate Li finished third against CMS and fifth against Chicago with a 213.80
- Sophomore Ally Isgar took fourth against CMS with a 212.25
- 3-Meter
- Karimi took first against CMS and second to Chicago with a score of 256.85
- Li finished third against both teams with a 227.50
The Bears are back at Chicago next Friday and Saturday for the D3 Shootout. Additionally, WashU hosts Sewanee on Saturday at 10 a.m.
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