Miami (OH) vs Eastern Michigan
- October 28, 2023
- Ypsilanti, Mich.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Miami Redhawks Athletics
YPSILANTI, Mich. – The Miami University women’s swimming & diving team beat Eastern Michigan on the road on Saturday, Oct. 28. The RedHawks earned multiple wins to finish the meet ahead of EMU, 179-120.
How It Happened:
- The meet began with a win in the 200 medley relay from Madeline Padavic, Emma Schueler, McKenzie Reid and Nicole Maier for a combined time of 1:43.14
- Maier secured two first-place finishes in the 50-yard freestyle (23.46) followed by Julia Waechter in second (24.14), as well as the 100-yard butterfly (55.94).
- Audrey Conley placed first in the 100-yard freestyle (10:31.87) alongside Casey Stephens in third (10.45.73).
- Miami also saw two first-place finishes from Kaylin Herbet in the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.04) alongside Greta Kolbeck in second place (1:56.62), and the 200-yard IM (2:05.65) with Ashley Sego following in second (2:08.49).
- Other first-place finishers were Padavic in the 100 yard backstroke (55.92), Erin Szczupakiewicz in the 200 yard butterfly (2:06.63), Waechter in the 100 yard freestyle (51.80), Chrisna Bezuidenhout in the 200 yard backstroke (2:01.47) and Kolbeck in the 500 freestyle (4:58.91).
- Miami also secured multiple second-place finishes; Sara Lahrach Sanchez earned a time of 1:05.60 in the 100-yard breaststroke, Padavic with a time of 2:05.23 in the 200-yard backstroke and Schueler with a time of 2:24.63 in the 200-yard breaststroke.
- Other third-place finishers on the board were Bezuidenhout in the 100-yard backstroke (57.38), Mady Bachmeier in the 200-yard butterfly (2:08.36), Maggie Stock in the 100-yard freestyle (53.68) and Szczupakiewicz with a time of 5:11.06 in the 500-yard freestyle.
- In diving events, Sydney Rice landed first place in the 3-meter dive earning 290.78 points.The meet concluded with the 200-yard freestyle relay where Miami’s A relay of Maier, Natalie Gilson, Jenna Halliday and Honor Brodie-Foy finished with a combined time of 1:35.96.
Up Next:
The women’s swimming and diving team will return to action against the University of Buffalo at Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center on Saturday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. The men will next compete in the Miami Invitational beginning on Thursday, Nov. 30 through Saturday, Dec. 2 at home along with the women.
Courtesy: EMU Athletics
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University swim and dive team hosted its first meet inside Jones Natatorium since the 2020-21 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Swimming and Diving Championships, resulting in a 179-120 loss at the hands of the Miami University RedHawks in the 2023-24 season’s home-opener, Oct. 28.
The Eagles started the meet on a high note with strong showings in the 200 yard medley relay and the 1,000 yard freestyle. Eastern’s A and B relay teams placed second and third in the event, respectively, with the A team consisting of Siporah Sang (London, Ontario/Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School), Nina LaRosa (Bay Village, Ohio/Bay), Olivia Clarino (Toronto, Ontario/Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute), and Lucy Noble (Flagler Beach, Fla./Flagler Palm Coast) swam the distance in 1:44.38. The B squad, made up of Kiersten Russell (Clinton, Mich./Saline), Abby Szadorski (Oswego, Ill./Oswego East), Tristen Mina (Santa Clara, Calif./The King’s Academy), and Katie Shoen (Owego, N.Y./Owego Free Academy) finished the race in 1:45.80.
Ali Kudo (Guelph, Ontario/John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational Institute) paced Eastern in the 1,000 yard freestyle, finishing second in 10:34.63, EMU’s top time in the event this season. EMU continued with strong showings in the 100 yard backstroke as Sang placed second in 56.34, followed by Russell, who finished fourth in 57.55. Sang’s 56.34 marks the Eagles fastest 100 yard backstroke performance this season.
The Eagles first first-place finish of the day came from LaRosa in the 100 breaststroke, swimming the distance in 1:05.30, capturing nine points for the Green and White.
Katarina Pastar (Vienna, Austria/Gymnasium am Augarten) took second place in the 200 butterfly as she finished in 2:07.01.
In the 200 breaststroke, Eastern dominated, claiming the one, three and four spots with Szadorski’s 2:22.01 leading the way, followed by Mina’s 2:24.80 in third and LaRosa’s 2:27.45 in fourth.
On the boards, Eastern Michigan displayed its diving prowess against the RedHawks, as the Eagles took the one, two and three spots in the one-meter with Keira Veltigian‘s (Oxford, Mich./Oxford) 282.75 in first, Camryn Hughes’ (London, Ontario/Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School) 281.33 in second and Savannah Fisk‘s (Chelsea, Mich./Chelsea) 279.30 in third. The diving domination continued in the three-meter with Veltigian taking second with a 285.15, Rebekah Knapp (Mesa, Ariz./Skyline) placing third, scoring 272.18 points and Hughes in fourth with 268.73.
Additionally, the Eagles’ one-meter trio of Veltigian, Hughes, and Fisk all qualified for NCAA Zone Diving Championships with their performances. Veltigian also paved her way to NCAA zones in the three meter, securing her spot just two meets into the season.
EMU Individual Results
200 Yard Medley Relay
2. EMU A (Sang, LaRosa, Clarino, Noble) – 1:44.38
3. EMU B (Russell, Szadorski, Mina, Shoen) – 1:45.80
5. EMU C (Christie, Sursi, Pastar, Littrell) – 1:47.40
1,000 Yard Freestyle
2. Ali Kudo – 10:34.63
4. Morgan Hofmeister – !0:55.10
200 Yard Freestyle
5. Abbey Whipple – 1:58.24
6. Hannah Ward – 1:59.58
7. Emma Littrell – 2:01.07
100 Yard Backstroke
2. Siporah Sang – 56.34
4. Kiersten Russell – 57.55
7. Marlee Christie – 58.46
100 Yard Breaststroke
1. Nina LaRosa – 1:05.30
3. Abby Szadorski – 1:05.72
7. Madelyn Sursi – 1:07.03
8. Tristen Mina – 1:07.58
200 Yard Butterfly
2. Katarina Pastar – 2:07.01
4. Sydney Ulmer – 2:10.63
5. Olivia Clarino – 2:10.78
6. Maren Romine – 2:11.66
50 Yard Freestyle
3. Katie Shoen – 24.17
4. Lucy Noble – 24.28
6. Hannah Hardin – 24.55
8. Abbey Whipple – 24.86
1 Meter Diving
1. Keira Veltigian – 282.75
2. Camryn Hughes – 281.33
3. Savannah Fisk – 279.30
7. Rebekah Knapp – x221.78
— Ciara Wheeler – 259.28
— Tierney Fraidenburg – 224.85
— Cate Migliori – 224.03
100 Yard Freestyle
2. Lucy Noble – 53.11
4. Emma Littrell – 53.72
5. Abbey Whipple – 53.76
8. Katie Shoen – 56.73
— Hannah Hardin – 53.55
200 Yard Backstroke
3. Kiersten Russell – 2:05.91
4. Siporah Sang – 2:05.92
200 Yard Breaststroke
1. Abby Szadorski – 2:22.01
3. Tristen Mina – 2:24.80
4. Nina LaRosa – 2:27.45
7. Madelyn Sursi – 2:30.20
500 Yard Freestyle
2. Ali Kudo – 5:06.79
4. Morgan Hofmeister – 5:16.52
6. Hannah Ward – 5:22.96
7. Maren Romine – 5:26.37
100 Yard Butterfly
2. Katarina Pastar – 56.72
3. Olivia Clarino – 56.79
6. Siporah Sang – 59.47
7. Sydney Ulmer – 59.69
3 Meter Diving
2. Keira Veltigian – 285.15
3. Rebekah Knapp – 272.18
4. Camryn Hughes – 268.73
6. Savannah Fisk – 257.40
— Ciara Wheeler – 237.23
— Cate Migliori – 230.63
— Tierney Fraidenburg – 223.50
200 Yard IM
3. Tristen Mina – 2:09.29
4. Abby Szadorski – 2:11.57
6. Madelyn Sursi – 2:15.06
8. Maren Romine – 2:17.16
— Morgan Hofmeister – 2:15.94
— Sydney Ulmer – 2:16.63
— Olivia Clarino – 2:17.01
— Nina LaRosa – 2:21.02
200 Yard Freestyle Relay
2. EMU A (Shoen, Noble, Littrell, Christie) – 1:36.53
3. EMU B (Russell, Pastar, Whipple, Kudo) – 1:37.11
5. EMU C (Hardin, Romine, Hofmeister, Ward) – 1:42.72
Up Next
Eastern will venture to Terre Haute, Ind. to take on the Sycamores of Indiana State University at Vigo County Aquatic Center at 5 p.m., Nov. 3. The Eagles hold a 1-0 all-time record against the Sycamores, with the lone contest between the two institutions coming in the 1981-82 season, resulting in a 77-62 win in favor of the Eagles, Jan. 15, 1982.
