Georgetown Cruises To Sweep of American Amid “Tough Training Week”

Georgetown vs American

• October 17, 2025
• Washington, D.C.
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results

Courtesy: GU Athletics

WASHINGTON – Georgetown University’s men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams earned 29 wins en route to a victory over American on Friday afternoon at McCarthy Pool. The men’s team downed the Eagles 231-66, while the women’s team posted a 197-103 victory.

HEAD COACH JOHN CARROLL

• “I am very pleased with our performances today against American. Even during a tough training week, our team performed well on the boards and in the pool. A special shoutout to our divers Nico Santiago and Audrey Dietz for achieving their first NCAA Zone cuts. We are looking ahead to a great matchup next weekend against Villanova. As a familiar BIG EAST foe, they will be ready for us, so we will need to be ready for them.”

MEN’S HIGHLIGHTS

• The 200 medley relay of Daren Chen, Bailey De Luise, Troy Keen and Tre Cottrell placed first with a time of 1:32.43.
• Ronan Krauss and Bruno Ribeiro finished first and second in the 1000 free with times of 10:01.29 and 10:07.46, respectively.
• In the 200 free, Isaac Holtham (1:42.76) and Cottrell (1:43.29) placed first and second.
• Conor Jellig and Keen earned first and second in the 100 backstroke with times of 52.39 and 53.39.
• De Luise finished first in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 58.01, he led a trio of Hoyas that took the podium positions.
• GU had the top two finishers in the 200 butterfly with Henry Haupt (1:55.75) and Gabe Gonda (1:55.76) coming in on top.
• In the 50 free, Owen Watkins placed first (20.42) for the Blue & Gray.
• Chen and Keen captured first and second in the 100 free with times of 47.51 and 47.82, respectively.
• In the 200 backstroke, Holtham led a trio of Hoyas taking the top three spots as he finished with a 1:52.82.
• Ben Tunila (2:10.27) was one of three Hoyas to take the top positions in the 200 breaststroke.
• Gonda earned another first-place finish in the 500 free with a time of 4:47.61, while Ribeiro was right behind coming in at 4:56.06.
• Watkins captured first in the 100 butterfly with a time of 49.59, and Chen was second in 50.36.
• Holtham was first in the 400 IM with a 4:05.66.
• The 400 free relay of Keen, Cottrell, Jellig and Chen took first clocking a time of 3:10.08.
• The Hoyas swept the 1m and 3m dives as Nicolas Santiago finished first in the 1m (333.15) and the 3m (344.88).

WOMEN’S HIGHLIGHTS

• The 200 medley relay team of Heidi Wu, Angelica Reali, Madeline Malone and Taplin Seelbach opened with a win in a time of 1:45.41.
• Camille Weiss then took the top spot in the 1000 free with a 10:19.70.
• Wu was the top finisher in the 100 backstroke clocking in at 56.91.
• Bella Dimaculangen placed first in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:06.55.
• The 50 free was won by Malone (23.64), and Seelbach was second (24.57) in the race.
• Malone and Bridget Kelly took first and second in the 100 freestyle with a 51.57 and 53.37, respectively.
• In the 200 backstroke, Lila Connor and Allie Sanchez and Maddie Haley took first and second with times of 2:02.94 and 2:08.60.
• Caroline Largen (2:28.99) captured first in the 200 breaststroke.
• In the 500 freestyle, Weiss placed first with a time of 5:04.32.
• Wu led a trio of Hoyas to take the podium positions in the 400 IM coming in at 4:31.48.
• The 400 free relay of Malone, Kelly, Conner and Ines Lovato took first with a time of 3:30.45.
• The Hoyas swept the 1m and 3m dives as Audrey Dietz finished first in the 1m with a 270.00, Michelle Baumbach won the 3m with a 250.58.

Courtesy: American Athletics

WASHINGTON – In a tough meet against nearby rival Georgetown, the American University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams came away with three wins in a dual meet on Friday afternoon at the Hoyas’ McCarthy Pool. Two of those wins came from senior Isabel McGovern in the women’s 200 free and 100 fly.

Notable Results

• McGovern and sophomore Marin Priddy were the two winners for American, both adding to a solid list of wins already this season.
• McGovern won the women’s 200 freestyle in 1:53.93, and later won the women’s 100 butterfly in 57.68. She placed second in the 200 fly in 2:08.00.
• Priddy took first in the women’s 100 breaststroke in 1:05.68.
• Runner-up finishes for the women came from sophomore Demetra Bicos in the women’s 1000 freestyle (10:38.37), sophomore Piper Crosby in the women’s 100 backstroke (56.94), junior Jordan Carpentieri in the women’s 200 breaststroke (2:32.19), and junior Kate Williams in the women’s 500 free (5:13.89)
• Senior Peyton Thurman was third in 1-meter diving with a score of 238.28, and third on the 3-meter with a score of 228.68.
• Crosby, Priddy, McGovern, and sophomore Grace Gilbert placed second in the women’s 200 medley relay in 1:45.52, and Priddy, Crosby, senior Dylan Moulton, and Gilbert took second in the women’s 400 free relay in 3:33.51.
• In the high-scoring men’s diving events, freshman Alex Way smashed his own PR on the 3-meter, scoring 275.55 for eighth all-time at American and fifth in the dual meet. Way also posted AU’s sixth-highest PR all-time of 260.63 while placing sixth on the 1-meter.
• Freshman Gavin Shifflett took second in the men’s 50 free in 21.93, and sophomore Luke Martens placed second in the men’s 400 IM with a time of 4:08.76.

Full Results

Up Next

• The Eagles will turn right around to host Catholic University at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18. Check out the meet preview HERE.