Villanova vs Richmond (Women)
- January 18, 2025
- Richmond, Va.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Villanova Athletics
RICHMOND, Va – Villanova women’s team takes down Richmond with a 165-135 score.
Katie Vaughan finished strong in both the 1 meter dive and the 3 meter dive. In the 1 meter, she scored 250.50 giving her a new personal best and first place. She scored a 257.85 in the 3 meter and earned a second place finish, following Alexa Fegley who finished in first place with her score of 258.68,
Sophomore Peri Gaguzis took first in the 1000 free with her time of 10:29.34 while Marlene Blanke followed in second with her time of 10:31.72.
Gaguzis was also able to place third in the 400 IM touching in at 4:31.18. Anna Farley was able to steal first swimming 4:26.74.
Blanke was also able to achieve second in the 500 free with a time of 5:09.88. Meghan Tiernan earned first place with her time of 5:04.47. She also placed first in the 200 fly touching the wall at 2:04.56 with Farley closely behind at 2:04.73 helping her finish second.
In the 200 free Riley Kudlac finished first swimming 1:53.37 with Martina Lonati touching in at third with a time of 1:54.10. Lonati then finished second in the 100 free with a time of 52.71 with Carlota Colomer following in third at 53.21.
In the 100 fly, Lonati swam 56.98 helping her earn second place right behind Arabella Lee and her time of 56.86.
Lee also placed third in the 100 back when she swam 57.92. Alana Leen finished first with her time of 56.788. She also finished first in the 200 back swimming a 2:00.04.
Lainey Quinones took second place in the 50 free touching the wall at 24.34. Annie Honkamp also placed second in the 200 breast swimming a 2:20.26. While Winnie Jalet took third in the 100 breast with her time of 1:05.96.
Wrapping up the day is the 200 free relay. Team A of Kudlac, Lonati, Quinones and Colomer finished second with a time of 1:36.11. While team B with efforts from Amylia Higgins, Alyssa McHale, Leen and Jalet swam 1:39.22 giving them third place.
The Wildcats will travel to West Virginia on January 25th.
Courtesy: Richmond Athletics
RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Richmond swimming and diving program celebrated seniors Laura Davis, Carstyn Klosterman and Leigh Spicer at the dual meet against Villanova on Saturday morning. The Wildcats topped the Spiders 165-135 at the Robins Center Natatorium.
The Spiders had six first-place finishes, with freshman Gabbie Primiano and sophomore Melissa Nwakalor grabbing two gold medal finishes each.
Nwakalor ended the day with wins in the 50 free at 22.52 and made a NIC B cut and the 100 free at 51:77.
Primiano won the breaststroke at 1:04.30 in the 100 and 2:18.52 in the 200 and made the NIC B cut.
The Spider 200 medley relay (A) finished first at 1:44.97. The relay was swum by junior Caroline Weldon (27.03), Primiano (29.63), freshman Lena Amare (25.88), and Nwakalor (22.43).
The 200 free relay (B) also saw success, as the Spiders finished first at 1:34.89. Amare (24.36), Nwakalor (22.80), junior Julia Krichev (23.99) and sophomore Presley Baber (23.74) swam the relay.
Other Spiders saw success in the water today. In the 1000 free, junior Natalie Stuart finished third at 10:40.41. Freshman Carys Edgar finished with a personal best at 10:43.68.
In the 400 IM, junior Katie Chignell swam and NIC B cut at 4:27.18 and finished second.
In the diving portion, three Spiders tallied new personal bests. In the 1m, junior Tess Weatherhead placed second with a personal best of 248.40 points. Junior Sally Harrington finished third with 246.23 points. Sophomore Rachel Vandersea finished seventh with a personal best of 225.23 points. Freshman Allison Brennan finished right behind with a personal best of 223.20.
In the 3m, Harrington led Richmond with a third-place finish with 254.48 points. Weatherhead finished fifth (248.03), Vandersea finished seventh with a personal best (236.40) and Brennan finished ninth (206.55).
Richmond is back in action next Friday as it takes on Navy in Annapolis, Md. at 2 p.m.
