Pitt Breaks Six Pool Records As Panthers Split With Georgia Tech

Pitt vs Georgia Tech

• November 2, 2024
• Pittsburgh, Pa.
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results

Courtesy: Pitt Athletics

PITTSBURGH – The Pitt swim team broke six Trees Pool records in an ACC meet against Georgia Tech on Saturday morning.

The women would win their second meet in as many weeks as the men fell to a No. 17 Georgia Tech team in a hard-fought battle.

Pitt kicked off the weekend with two wins in the 1m dives on Friday night. For the second straight week, Mariana Osorio Mendoza and Noah Bernard took first each of their respective events. The Panthers followed that up Saturday morning with a pair of podium finishes in the 3m dive. Osorio Mendoza and Bernard each placed second as Rachel Dickerson and Chase Marafioto each took third.

Pitt’s men’s and women’s swim team combined for 13 wins in the pool and six pool records. The women won eight events in their 163-137 victory while the men took five events against the No. 17 Yellow Jackets.

Sophie Yendell took first in four events and had her hand in three Trees Pool records this afternoon. She clinched records in the 50 free as well as a member of the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay teams.

Max Matteazzi won three events and earned two pools records during Pitt’s first home meet of the season. Matteazzi took home the men’s 200 free (1:35.39), 200 breaststroke (1:54.45) (pool record) and the 400 IM (3:43.63) (pool record).

Freshmen Julian Koch and Eli Hobson each earned their first career victories against No. 17 Georgia Tech. Hobson took first in the 100 breaststroke (53.72) while Koch took first in the 100 free (42.93) and set a pool record.

Claire Jansen saw herself on the podium a number of times for the second straight weekend, taking first in the 100 (52.96) and 200 (1:55.88) back, while helping earn first place finishes in the women’s 200 medley relay (1:37.28) and 400 free relay (3:16.76).

Donat Fabian won the men’s 50 free (20.01) for the second meet in a row, his second win as a Panther.

Kimmy Shannon earned a win the women’s 500 free (4:50.18) and close second place finish in the women’s 400 IM that helped Pitt secure the points they needed to win.

Emily Bucaro earned the first win of her career in the women’s 1000 free (10:03.36), beating the rest of the field by over five seconds.

Pool Records

• Women’s 200 Medley Relay: Claire Jansen, Sophie Yendell, Avery Kudlac, Cecilia Viberg (1:37.28)
• Previous record: 1:38.68 from 2010
• Women’s 50 Free: Sophie Yendell (22.28)
  • Previous record: 22.47 from 2010
• Men’s 100 Free: Julian Koch (42.93)
  • Previous record 42.95 from 2012
• Men’s 200 Breast: Max Matteazzi (1:54.45)
  • Previous record: 1:54.85 from 2010
• Men’s 400IM: Max Matteazzi (3:43.63)
  • Previous record: 3:45.94 from 2023
• Women’s 400 Free Relay: Avery Kudlac, Claire Jansen, Sophie Yendell, Sydney Gring (3:16.76)
  • Previous record: 3:17.12 from 2012

Courtesy: Georgia Tech Athletics

PITTSBURG, Pa. – In Tech’s second road meet of the season, Swim-Dive spilt the day against Pitt, with the Georgia Tech men’s team getting a 173-127 win over the Panthers, while the women dropped a close matchup, falling 139-161 to the home squad. The Georgia Tech men’s team is now 3-0 in dual meets on the season.

Action started Friday with the 1-meter diving event, where Yellow Jackets took second in the both genders. Senior Anna Bradescu totaled a 282.83, while sophomore Max Fowler scored a 373.23.

Saturday’s action started with the 3-meter event, where Bradescu and Fowler both took first, with Bradescu scoring a 306.15 and Fowler totaling a 411.60.

In the swimming events, Tech’s first win of the day was the men’s 200 medley relay (Berke Saka, Joao Caballero, Leandro Odorici, David Gapinski, 1:25.41). The Yellow Jackets and the Panthers then battled back-and-forth all day, exchanging race wins, before the Tech men were able to close it out and get their third win of the season.

In the meet, Tech swept the podium in three events: men’s 1000 free, women’s 100 breast and men’s 200 fly. In addition, Mert Kilavuz, Sophie Murphy, Berke Saka and Sabyne Brisson all won multiple events, with Kilavuz taking home the 1000 free (8:57.97, Pitt pool record) and 500 free (4:25.25), Murphy winning the 200 free (1:46.25) and 100 free (49.58), Saka taking first in the 100 back (46.34) and 200 back (1:41.28) and Brisson sweeping the breaststoke events, winning the 100 (1:00.37) and 200 (2:11.47).

Other event wins included: Zora Ripkova in the 200 fly (1:58.00), Antonio Romero in the 200 fly (1:47.07), Stephen Jones taking the 100 fly (47.23) and Kendal Chunn winning the 400 IM (4:15.61).

The Yellow Jackets closed the day with a win in the men’s 400 free relay, with the team of Odorici, Saka, Robin Yeboah and Gapinski finishing with a time of 2:53.19.

Tech will be back in action Nov. 22-24, for the Georgia Tech Invite at the McAuley Aquatic Center.