American vs Catholic
- October 7, 2023
- Washington
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: American Athletics
WASHINGTON – Dominating from start to finish, the American University men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams swept both duals against visiting Catholic University at Frailey Pool. The Eagles took wins in 20 of 24 events, including the women’s 100 freestyle in which senior Mimi Watts broke a pool record that stood for nearly 25 years.
Notable
- Watts went 51.56 to win the 100 free, besting the previous pool record of 52.23 set by Casey Legler January of 1999. It’s her fourth pool record at AU, as she also holds them in the 50 free, 100 fly and 200 fly.
- The win was one of three on the day for Watts, who was also part of victories in both the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays. Joining her for the 200 medley to open the meet were junior Amaya Tomma, sophomore Grace Netz and sophomore Isabel McGovern as the foursome placed first in 1:49.21.
- The men’s 200 medley relay team of Aidan Delehanty, Will Deitch, Caleb Farris and Nick Buckley went 1:33.99 to get a win in their first event of the dual.
- American also posted the top times in both 200 free relays to close out the day. The women’s relay foursome included Watts, McGovern, sophomore Dylan Moulton and freshman Lian Jeong Engle, while the men won with the foursome of Buckley, freshman Connor Florence, Delehanty and Farris.
- Junior Peyton Thurman won both the women’s 1-meter and 3-meter diving events, while junior Griffin Batt took the win in both events for the men.
- Batt’s score of 265.05 on the 1-meter was his career best and ranks fourth all-time in program history, while Thurman’s score of 247.87 on the 1-meter was also a PR and ranks sixth all-time in program history.
- On the 3-meter, Batt once again achieved a career-high score, with his total of 279.97 that ranks sixth all-time at AU.
- Freshman Fiona McMahon picked up two individual wins, taking first in the women’s 200 free in 2:01.23 and first in the women’s 500 free in 5:25.69.
- Jeong Engle posted two individual wins to go with her 200 free relay win. She placed first in the women’s 50 free in 24.44, and had the top time in the women’s 100 breaststroke of 1:09.62.
- On the men’s side, Buckley picked up the 50 freestyle win with a time of 21.73.
- Sophomore Katie Yoo led a 1-2-3-4 sweep in the women’s 200 IM with her first-place time of 2:12.91.
- Farris won the 200 IM men with his time of 1:57.96.
- Freshman Rebecca Siegel led a sweep of the top three spots in the women’s 100 fly with her time of 59.06.
- The men earned a 1-2 sweep in the 100 free with freshman Lucas Standridge in first and sophomore Colin Clough in second.
- The men’s 100 backstroke also saw a 1-2 sweep courtesy of freshman Henry Bysshe and senior Aldrich Elvambuena.
- By more than eight seconds, junior Seamus Brown won the men’s 500 free with his time of 4:49.56.
Team Scores
- The final results had the women winning 137-73, while the men won 122-70.
FULL RESULTS*
*error in the women’s 200 freestyle
Next Up
- The Eagles will head to Georgetown for their next dual meet at 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13.
Courtesy: Catholic Athletics
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Catholic University men’s swimming and diving team dropped an exciting battle against American University during their first meet on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles outscored the Cardinals 122 to 85.
Freshman John Holler made his first collegiate appearance in style. He got things started for the Cardinals with a first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle, posting a time of 1:46.66. He stayed on top in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 52.57.
Senior Nathan Ober, junior Tristan Burrola, and freshman Sean Kelty finished one, two, three in the 100-yard breaststroke with times of 59.42, 1:03.02 and 1:03.46 respectively. They combined to score 16 points for the team in this event alone.
The Cardinals swept again in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Aiden Miller, Ober, Teddy Tsakumis, and Holler finished in 1:29.48 to edge out the other eight squads.
Sophomore Charles Connolly finished second in the one-meter and three-meter dives for the Cardinals. He scored 192.00 points off the one-meter and 176.02 points off the three-meter.
Catholic returns to the pool on October 14 for a Landmark Conference meet against Drew in Madison, New Jersey.
