Delaware vs West Chester
- Saturday, January 22, 2022
- Newmark, Del.
- Results
- Scores
- Women: Delaware 193, West Chester 106
- Men: Delaware 198, West Chester 96
Courtesy: Delaware Athletics
Women’s Recap
NEWARK, Del. – The Delaware women’s swim and dive team defeated West Chester, 193 to 106, Saturday afternoon to remain undefeated at home this season. The Blue Hens took first place in 10 events against the Golden Rams.
“An emotional day saying goodbye to a great group of seniors, but an outstanding racing day for our team,” said head coach Pablo Marmolejo. “Getting back to racing mode after almost two months and training camp is tough but they swam and dove very well under those circumstances. We are continuing to grow as a team and we sent off our seniors in a great way with two wins.”
Seniors Kayla Borrero, Taylor Draganosky, Kelsie Drennen and Allison Gozdan were honored before the meet.
The Blue Hens started off the day placing first in the 200 Medley Relay (1:48.18) with the team of Crissy Earley, Andromachi Tasakou, Aislinn Mitchell and Nicole Chiappa. The relay team of Borrero, Marietta Gately, Drennen and Kaitlyn Sullivan placed third with a time of 1:48.74.
Mira Selling smoked her competition in the 1000 Free, placing first in 10:26.60, 10 seconds ahead of the next swimmer. Charlise Oberholzer took third place in 10:48.02.
In the 200 Free, Natalie Dobrzykowski placed second (1:53.67), with Anthi Lyra coming in close behind in third (1:55.93). In the 100 Back, Earley touched the wall first with a time of 58.96 and Borrero placed third in 1:01.11.
Erin Lillis (1:07.09) and Tasakou (1:07.10) placed second and third respectively in the 100 Breast. In the 200 Fly, Mitchell (2:07.75) and Drennen (2:09.20) also placed second and third respectively.
Sullivan took silver in the 50 Free with a time of 24.52 and Chiappa earned bronze with a time of 24.55. In the 100 Free, Selling earned gold with a time of 50.84 and Lyra took bronze with a time of 53.59.
In 3-Meter diving, the Blue Hens swept first through fifth place. Julia Servas placed first with a score of 271.58. Rowan O’Sullivan placed second with a mark of 254.18 and Ella Drazek placed third with a mark of 238.35.
In 1-Meter diving, Delaware swept the first five spots once again. Servas qualified for the NCAA’s with her score of 275.48 in 1-Meter competition. Drazek (241.13) and O’Sullivan (236.93) placed second and third respectively.
In the 200 Back, Earley (2:06.55), Dobrzykowski (2:06.86) and Borrero (2:12.79) swept the first three places. Lillis (2:26.14) and Draganosky (2:27.53) placed second and third in the 200 Breast.
Selling burned her opponents once again, earning gold in the 500 Free with a time of 5:01.80, 15 seconds faster than the next competitor. Oberholzer placed third with a time of 5:17.11.
In the 100 Fly, Mitchell (57.42) took second and Drennen (58.97) placed third. Mitchell then took gold in the 200 IM with a time of 2:08.42. Lillis followed close behind, taking second with a time of 2:12.80.
The Blue Hens closed out the day with a first-place finish in the 400 Free Relay. The team of Dobrzykowski, Lyra, Sullivan and Selling completed the race in 3:29.71.
The Delaware swimming and diving teams travel to Towson, Md., for a dual meet at CAA rival Towson University, Saturday, Jan. 29.
Men’s Recap
NEWARK, Del. – The Delaware men’s swim and dive team defeated West Chester, 198 to 96, Saturday afternoon to remain undefeated at home this season. The Blue Hens took first place in 13 events against the Golden Rams.
“An emotional day saying goodbye to a great group of seniors, but an outstanding racing day for our team,” said head coach Pablo Marmolejo. “Getting back to racing mode after almost two months and training camp is tough but they swam and dove very well under those circumstances. We are continuing to grow as a team and we sent off our seniors in a great way with two wins.”
Seniors Bryce Ciecko, Evan Custance, Jeb Darhower, Sam Grossi, Ethan Holcroft, Justin Sabo and Eric Veit were honored before the meet.
The men got off to a hot start, with the team of Gavin Currie, Tonislav Sabev, Simeon Sabev and Miguel Vasquez placing first in the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:31.92. T.J. Yaglenski, Holcroft, Grossi and Isaiah Bell placed third in a time of 1:36.09.
Andrew Taylor placed second in the 1000 Free with a time of 9:48.90, nine-hundredths of a second after the first-place finisher. Jacob Bishop placed third with a time if 9:55.51.
In the 200 Free, Bryce Ciecko touched the wall first in 1:43.31. Luke Rautzhan placed third in 1:45.86. In the 100 Back, the Blue Hens swept the first three places. Currie took first in 50.96, Ryan Polino placed second in 51.79 and DJ Fechtman took third in 52.01.
The men swept the first three places once again in the 100 Breast. Tonislav Sabev (58.02) took gold, Veit (58.20) took silver and Evan Frick (58.88) earned bronze. In the 200 Fly, Simeon Sabev placed first with a time of 1:51.62 and Sabo placed third with a time of 1:57.04.
In the 50 Free, Isaiah Bell (21.59), Rautzhan (21.63) and Vasquez (21.69) placed first through third respectively. Vasquez then took first in the 100 Free with a time of 46.57 and Polino placed second in 47.46.
In diving, Philip Townsend placed second in both events with a score of 235.43 in 1-Meter and 237.90 in 3-Meter.
Currie took first place for the third time of the day in the 200 Back with a time of 1:51.15. Fechtman placed second with a time of 1:54.37. In the next event, Aaron Wilmore (2:07.62) earned gold in the 200 Breast. Frick (2:09.11) placed second and Jack Gibson (2:09.54) placed third.
Ciecko placed first for the second time of the day in the 500 Free with a time of 4:43.54. In the 100 Free, Simeon Sabev earned his third gold of the day with a time of 49.66. Aaron Wilmore earned his second first-place finish in the 200 IM with a time of 1:56.08.
The Blue Hens capped off the day with a first-place finish in the 400 Free Relay. Simeon Sabev, Polino, Tonislav Sabev and Vasquez earned the gold in 3:05.87. The team of Ciecko, Currie, Veit, and Rautzhan placed second with a time of 3:07.32.
The Delaware swimming and diving teams travel to Towson, Md., for a dual meet at CAA rival Towson University, Saturday, Jan. 29.
Courtesy: West Chester Athletics
Women’s Recap
NEWARK, DE – Ann Carozza (West Chester, Pa./East) won three events while teammates Maddy Koehle (State College, Pa./State College Area) won both breaststrokes and Mikayla Niness (Spring City, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) won one and was runner up in two others. But, it was not enough to overcome host Delaware, 193-106, in a non-league contest Saturday afternoon.
Carozza continued her dominant seasonal performance with wins in both the 100- and 200-yard butterfly as well as the 200 freestyle. The senior is right on track for another outstanding conference meet and NCAA Championship competition.
“We put Ann to work today,” Mazurek admitted. “Boy, did she show up. We are all really proud of the season she is putting together.”
Niness won the 50 free in 24.37 seconds while taking second in both the 100 free (53.07) and 1000 free (10:36.38). Koehle posted a winning time of 1:06.53 in the 100 breast and 2:24.92 in the 200 breast.
The Golden Rams will be back in the pool on Friday, Jan. 28 for Senior Night when another Division I foe, UPenn, comes calling to Graham Natatorium for a 6 p.m. start.
Men’s Recap
NEWARK, DE – Collin Pettit (Havertown, Pa./Haverford) won the 1000-yard freestyle and Carter Smith (Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Heights) won the 3-meter diving competition to lead West Chester University’s men in the pool against Delaware Saturday in the team’s first meet of the new year.
Fresh off the squad’s annual training trip to Florida, West Chester showed some definite progress Saturday, despite falling short against their Division I opponent.
“It was some of the team’s best and most consistent training of the season,” WCU head coach Steve Mazurek said of the team’s southern trip. “That kind of stuff doesn’t always pay off right away.”
Pettit touched the wall in the 1000 free in 9 minutes, 48.81 seconds, out-swimming his opponent by .09 of a second.
“It was the most-exciting swim of the meet,” Mazurek disclosed. “It was a 40-lap race that came down to the finish. It took everything he had to get in first. He has been training and competing with a lot of heart.”
Senior Logan Brockway (York, Pa./Dallastown) placed second in both the 200 butterfly and the 200 individual medley to help West Chester’s cause.
“All of Brockway’s times were in-season bests,” Mazurek explained. “We asked him to do some things in Florida that he has never done before. His approach to training continues to pay off.”
Smith registered 256.20 points off the 3m board to take the top spot in that competition. Michael Robinson (Chester Springs, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) was third.
West Chester took second and third in the 500 free. Thomas Powell III (West Grove, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) was runner-up in 4:48.03 while Pettit was third in 4:51.47. Max Bachman (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) was runner-up in the 200 free as well.
The Golden Rams will be back in the pool on Friday, Jan. 28 for Senior Night when another Division I foe, UPenn, comes calling to Graham Natatorium for a 6 p.m. start.
