WashU Rolls To Sweep of SLU; Bear Men Beat Billikens For Seventh Straight Year

WASHINGTON VS ST. LOUIS

• October 18, 2024
• St. Louis, Mo.
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results

Courtesy: WashU Athletics

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The No. 16 Washington University in St. Louis women’s swimming and diving team topped Division I St. Louis University, 162-81, on Friday evening at Millstone Pool in the season opener.

The win marks the second year in a row the Bears defeated the Billikins.

Top Finishers:

• 200 Medley Relay
  • Sophomore Elizabeth Chen, sophomore Hannah Lee, sophomore Peyton Watson and junior Andrea Leng won in 1:45.81
  • Fifth-year Kylie Juan, senior Riya Sahota, first-year Abbey Mink and first-year Anisa Basler finished third in 1:50.09
• 1,000 Freestyle
  • Junior Nicole Caruso finished second in 11:00.70
  • Sophomore Holly Gmelich took third in 11:10.64
• 200 Freestyle
  • Sophomore Rachel Bello finished second in 1:57.49
  • First-year Iris Qi took third with a time of 1:58.04
  • First-year Madeline Sammut claimed fourth in 1:58.05
  • Junior Ali Roche finished fifth in 1:58.35
• 50 Freestyle
  • Watson won the field in 24.77
  • Leng finished second in 25.00
• 200 IM
  • Junior Rin Iimi won with a time of 2:10.41
  • Chen finished second in 2:11.56
  • Sophomore Lili Sandor took fourth with a time of 2:12.26
• 1-Meter Diving
  • Sophomore Shanze Karimi won with a score of 255.20
  • Sophomore Madi Okon took second with 227.30 points
  • First-year Kate Li finished third with a score of 217.50
• 100 Butterfly
  • Watson won her second race of the day in 57.80
  • Mink finished fourth in 1:00.20
• 100 Freestyle
  • Qi won her first collegiate race with a time of 54.11
  • Sahota claimed second in 54.29
  • Basler took third in 55.15
• 100 Backstroke
  • Chen won with a time of 58.31
  • Roche finished third in 1:00.79
• 500 Freestyle
  • Iimi finished second with a time of 5:18.46
  • Bello took third in 5:19.40
  • Senior Isabella Barrientos finished fifth with a time of 5:22.36
• 3-Meter Diving
  • Karimi won with a score of 251.75
  • Okon finished second with 236.85 points
  • Li took fourth with a score of 227.15
• 100 Breaststroke
  • Lee claimed the top spot with a time of 1:05.69
  • Sammut finished fourth in 1:09.18
• 200 Freestyle Relay
  • Leng, Qi, Lee and sophomore Izzie Gattone won, edging second place with a time of 1:39.05
  • Senior Caroline Deluca, Bello, Roche and Iimi finished third in 1:41.28

The Bears head to the University of Chicago on Saturday, Nov. 2 for a 1 p.m. meet with the Maroons.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The No. 9 Washington University in St. Louis men’s swimming and diving team defeated Division I St. Louis University, 142-95, on Friday evening to open the 2024-25 slate.

The Bears have won the last seven meets against the Billikins.

Top Finishers:

• 200 Medley Relay
  • Fifth-year Kyle Wolford, senior Justin Rockaway, senior Nathan Lin and senior Austin Bick won in 1:32.51
  • Sophomore Marco Minai, first-year Ben Scott, first-year Lucas Caswell and senior Kai Garren finished third in 1:34.72
• 1,000 Freestyle
  • Senior Ryan Hillery won the field in 9:52.74
  • Junior Orluke Borjigin finished third in 9:55.61
• 200 Freestyle
  • Senior Danny Sibley won in 1:42.58
  • Junior Ethan Feng finished second in 1:43.50
  • Junior Matthew Walker took fourth in 1:43.71
• 50 Freestyle
  • Fifth-year Austin Bick finished second in 21.57
  • First-year Jacob Tulchinsky took third in 21.76
• 200 IM
  • Minai led the field in 1:53.66
  • Scott finished second in 1:55.78
  • First-year Chas Jones took third in 1:56.81
  • First-year Allan Chu finished fourth in 1:59.04
• 1-Meter Diving
  • First-year Sam Calderwood took second with 208.70 points.
  • Senior Elliot Polikowski finished third with a score of 166.60
• 100 Butterfly
  • Bick won the race with a time of 50.26
  • Walker finished second in 51.35
  • Minai took third in 51.38
  • Sophomore Tommy Moul took fourth in 51.58
  • Junior Andy Zhu rounded out the top five with a time of 51.99
• 100 Freestyle
  • Sibley won in 47.05
  • Feng finished third with a time of 47.45
  • Junior Reece Bends took fourth in 47.90
  • Rockaway finished fifth in 48.48
• 100 Backstroke
  • Wolford won by more than two seconds with a time of 50.27
• 500 Freestyle
  • Borjigin won with a time of 4:46.45
• 3-Meter Diving
  • Calderwood finished second with a score of 209.50
  • Polikowski took third with 162.75 points
• 100 Breaststroke
  • Scott finished second with a time of 57.97
  • Lin took fourth in 59.36
• 200 Freestyle Relay
  • Feng, Garren, Wolford and Sibley finished second in 1:24.62
  • Moul, junior Kai Taft, Bends and first-year Thomas Bergin finished fourth in 1:26.67

The Bears head to the University of Chicago on Saturday, Nov. 2 for a 1 p.m. meet with the Maroons.

Courtesy: SLU Athletics

ST. LOUIS – Ben Mears and Karis Reynaga won two events apiece in Saint Louis swimming and diving’s dual meet vs. Washington University Friday evening.

WashU won the men’s meet 142-95 and the women’s meet 162-81.

Mears led the SLU men with victories in 1-meter diving (261.40) and 3-meter diving (269.55). Reynaga was the top performer for the Billiken women, winning the 200 free (1:57.33) and 500 free (5:17.84).

Grant Gerl won the men’s 50 free (21.54) and was a member of the Billikens’ winning 200 free relay team (1:24.52) that also included Colton Mosley, Ethan Hudock and Logan Townsend. Brae Sanchez touched first in the 100 breast (57.44).

Morgan Walker collected a victory in the women’s 1000 free (10:57.92).

The Billikens travel to Little Rock, Ark., to face Little Rock and Henderson State Saturday, Oct. 26.