Georgetown’s Eight Pool Records Highlight Sweep of Big East Foe Seton Hall

Georgetown v. Seton Hall

• January 31, 2026
• McCarthy Pool, Washington D.C.
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results

Courtesy Georgetown Athletics

WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams defeated Seton Hall and broke eight pool records at McCarthy Pool on Senior Day on Saturday afternoon. The men won 183.5-121.5 while the women won 222-79.

ON THE RECORD
“We had a great meet today. It is always great to race a BIG EAST opponent. Our team stepped up and threw down some fantastic performances, highlighted by eight pool records. Our program is trending up at the right time and we can’t wait to elevate even more in a few weeks at championships.” – Head Coach John Carroll on today’s win.

MEN’S HIGHLIGHTS

• The 200 medley relay team of Isaac Holtham, Bailey De Luise, Henry Haupt and Owen Watkins placed first with a time of 1;27.52.
• In the 1000 free, Ronan Krauss took first place with a time of 9:25.62.
• In the 100 backstroke, Daren Chen (49.37) finished in first place while Isaac Holtham took second place.
• Nick Pezzella captured first place and set a pool record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 54.74 and the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:01.20.
• In the 200 fly, Gabe Gonda finished in first place with a time of 1:49.79.
• Watkins earned first place and set a pool record in the 50 free with a time of 19.67 and the 100 free with a time of 43.57.
• In the 200 backstroke, Matt Gibson captured first with a time of 1:49.06.
• In the 500 free, Gonda earned first with a time of 4:34.19.
• In the 3M dive, Hriday Parekh took first with a score of 327.38.

WOMEN’S HIGHLIGHTS

• The 200 medley relay team of Heidi Wu, Angelica Reali, Madeline Malone and Taplin Seelbach finished in first while also setting a pool record with a time of 1:41.60.
• Camille Weiss set a new program and placed first in the 1000 free with time of 10:06.79.
• Bridget Kelly (1:52.04), Kira Agne (1:54.14) and Bella Dimaculangan (1:55.42) swept the podium in the 200 free.
• In the 100 backstroke, Lila Connor (56.37) took first while Allie Sanchez (56.56) finished in second.
• Reali captured first place in the 200 fly with a time of 2:01.99.
• In the 50 free, Seelbach earned first place and broke a pool record with a time of 23.16.
• Kathryn Jewell took first in the 1M with a score of 248.48 and the 3M with a score of 240.53.
• In the 100 free, Malone (50.36) and Ines Lovato (52.49) finished in first and second place, respectively.
• Wu captured first in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:58.79.
• In the 200 breaststroke, Caroline Largen finished in first place with a time of 2:19.08.
• Kaitlin Lee earned first place and set a pool record in the 500 free with a time of 4:56.28.
• Dimaculangan took first in the 100 fly with a time of 55.90.
• In the 200 IM, Wu earned first place with a time of 2:05.34.
• The 400 free relay team of Kelly, Malone, Seelbach and Connor captured first place with a time of 3:26.04.

Courtesy of Seton Hall Athletics

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the Pirates’ regular season finale, the Seton Hall men’s swim and dive team fell to Georgetown, 183.5-121.5, at McCarthy Pool.

Diving
On the one-meter board, Nick Graham continued his undefeated run against strong competition. The sophomore topped the table with a score of 294.75 at that height before narrowly finishing second on the three-meter with a score of 319.50.

Swimming
After the opening relay, the Pirates’ first win came in the 200 freestyle. Building off a dominant showing the prior day against Villanova, Kevin Cary once again won the event with a time of 1:37.19. Later in the meet, Cary went on to also win the 200 IM. After losing out on the opening butterfly leg, he pulled the gap back little by little and won the race to the wall with a time of 1:50.42.

As the meet wound down, the Pirates still had a few wins left to collect. The first of those wins of the day came from Michael Klimaszewski. The ascendant senior dominated his signature event, the 100 butterfly, winning the event by nearly two seconds with a time of 47.83. In addition to the win, he added a second-place finish in the 50 freestyle with a time of 20.49.

Despite the lower win count, the Pirates still put up a string of notable performances. Jack Callan and Clil Halevi each earned second-place finishes in the 500 and 1000 freestyles, respectively. Toma Adam added a third-place finish behind Cary in the 100 freestyle. Alongside them, Jake Karulf added his own third-place finish in the 200 butterfly.

To close out the meet, the battle shifted back to the relays with the 400 freestyle relay. Off the back of a blistering 44.55 opening leg by Klimaszewski, the lineup of him, Balint Marosi, Jaeger Ellerman and Adam secured first place with a time of 3:01.04