Georgia Tech vs Gardner-Webb
- Saturday, January 28, 2023
- Atlanta, Ga.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Team Scores
- Women: Georgia Tech 181, Gardner-Webb 75
- Men: Georgia Tech 190, Gardner-Webb 69
Courtesy: Georgia Tech Athletics
THE FLATS – The Georgia Tech swimming and diving team capped off the weekend of competition with a victory over Gardner-Webb. The men beat Gardner-Webb 190-69 and the women defeated the Bulldogs 181-75. Tech diving conclude competition against Miami, Florida State and Auburn with the men’s and women’s platform events.
Today, the Jackets recognized their 2023 senior class. The 11 swim and dive seniors are McKenzie Campbell, Abby Cohen, Atticus Cohen, Kyrsten Davis, Imane El Barodi, Daniel Kertesz, Ruben Lechuga, Duda Seifer, Jonathan Shaheen, Brooke Switzer and Carmen Woodruff.
In the women’s platform diving event, Anna Bradescu won with a Zone B qualifying score of 275 and Carmen Woodruff finished fifth with a score of 218.65. On the men’s side, Elijah Klier came in sixth with a Zone B qualifying score of 317.25.
The swimmers dominated their opponent as they swept 11 events, starting off with the men’s 1000 free. Mert Kilavuz (9:31.63) championed the event for the second time this weekend. Sean Santos placed second (9:32.47) and Caleb Blischke came in third (9:34.92).
The Jackets claimed the top three spots in women’s and men’s 200 free. Deniz Ertan won the women’s event (1:49.88) while Rei Kuramoto took second place (1:50.08) and Ari Sakellaris finished third (1:56.67). On the men’s side, Daniel Kertesz placed first (1:39.62), Charles Perks came in second (1:41.66) and Leandro Odorici placed third (1:42.55).
Tech also dominated the women’s 50 free and 100 free. Anna Hadjiloizou led the Jackets in the 50 free (23.36), Arianna Dirkzwager followed behind in second place (24.47) and Zora Ripkova placed third (24.52). Ripkova went on to win 100 free with a time of 52.48. She was joined by Abby Cohen (53.52) in second and Brooke Switzer in third place (53.79).
Tech has continued to experience success in the breaststroke events. The Jackets swept the men’s and women’s 100 breast along with the women’s 200 breast.
Men’s 100 Breast: 1. Julian Killius (56.07), 2. Joao Caballero (56.52), 3. Berke Saka (56.86)
Women’s 100 Breast: 1. Clarissa Sabin (1:05.29), 2. Imane El Barodi (1:05.42), 3. Kendal Chunn (1:06.41)
Women’s 200 Breast: 1. Claudia Butterfield (2:19.77), 2. K. Chunn (2:21.30), 3. C. Sabin (2:23.57)
Antonio Romero championed the men’s 200 fly with a time of 1:49.12. Kilavuz placed second (1:49.89) and Hunter Foehner came in third place (1:53.87).
In the 200 backstroke, Kuramoto led the women (2:06.79) and Chris Richardson led the men (1:48.86) to commanding performances. Ertan (2:09.84) and Anne Deedy (2:12.94) followed behind Kuramoto with second and third-place finishes. On the men’s side, Romero took home second (1:54.37) and Saka finished third (1:54.50).
Courtesy: Gardner-Webb Athletics
ATLANTA – Gardner-Webb dropped its meet with Georgia Tech on Saturday morning from McAuley Aquatic Center.
The top scorers for the men were as follows:
Second Place Finishes
500 Yard Freestyle (4:43.00) – Garrett Despres
100 Yard Butterfly (50.52) – Brady Fields
100 Yard IM (53.53) – Justin Bender
400 Yard Relay (3:08.39) – Logan Cornelison, Brady Fields, John Cass, Theo Drescher
Third Place Finishes
200 Yard Medley Relay (1:31.50) – Brady Fields, Justin Bender, John Cass, and Logan Cornelison
100 Yard Backstroke (52.99) – Landon Clark
50 Yard Freestyle (20.81) – Brady Fields
100 Yard Freestyle (46.30) – Logan Cornelison
200 Yard Breast (2:07.42) – Austin Wheeler
500 Yard Freestyle (4:43.01) – Theo Drescher
100 Yard Butterfly (52.43) – Sam Ospina
100 Yard IM (55.51) – Ryan Taylor
400 Yard Relay (3:11.89) – Zuri Ramsey, Landon Clark, Kaiden Gonser, Sam Goldey
As for the women, their top swimmers were as follows:
First Place Finishes
500 Yard Freestyle (5:02.51) – Hailey Williams
Second Place Finishes
500 Yard Freestyle (5:09.25) – Sara-Michael Jann
100 Yard Butterfly (59.29) – Hannah Routh
100 Yard IM (1:03.37) – Andi Hunt
400 Yard Freestyle Relay (3:37.41) – Alyssa Church, Kayla Smith, Hailey Williams, Anna Frye
Third Place Finishes
200 Yard Medley Relay (1:49.15) – Kayla Smith, Alaxandra Haasser, Paris Binard, Alyssa Church
1000 Yard Freestyle (10:20.56) – Hailey Williams
100 Yard Backstroke (59.36) – Hannah Routh
200 Yard Butterfly (2:10.57) – Clara Schlimper
500 Yard Freestyle (5:09.72) – Emma Maust
100 Yard Butterfly (1:00.14) – Clara Schlimper
100 Yard IM (1:03.70) – Adrianna Barone
400 Yard Freestyle Relay (3:39.17) – Marianna Valles, Sara-Michael Jann, Hannah Routh, Emma Maust
The Runnin Bulldogs wrapped up their regular season Saturday and will compete in the CCSA Conference Championship beginning on Wednesday February 15th in Knoxville, Tennessee.
