Full results can be found here.
CINCINNATI, Ohio—The Western Kentucky University swimming and diving team came out and dominated the pool at Cincinnation Saturday afternoon, as the women took a 195-102 win while the men notched a 195-101 victory.
In the meet, WKU set four pool records while the diving team hit three NCAA Zone Championship qualifying scores. The women’s 200 medley relay opened the swim events with a win in 1:44.05 for the first record. Allie Duff set two pool records on her way to sweeping the backstroke events with times of 56.67 in the 100 and 2:01.84 in the 200. Heitor Rodrigues also set a record with a time of 48.40 in his win in the 100 fly.
Divers Amy Crayne and Giorgi Meyer already qualified for the Zone Championships in the previous two meets, but once again hit the marks. Crayne took second in the one meter with a score of 267.68 while Meyer won the same board with an evaluation of 312.60. Madison Rylee joined the duo in the qualifying scores after winning the one meter with a score of 282.30.
WKU won a combined 24 individual events, as six events saw WKU go 1-2-3. The women took two of those, as Courtney Marx (2:07.56) won the 200 fly followed by Kennedy Higdon (2:08.06) and Aiste Dobrovolskaite (2:08.17). The three-meter board then saw Cryane (271.43), Rylee (261.23) and Nicole Ares (212.48) take the top three scores.
The men totaled the other four with top three finishes. In the 100 breast, Connor Dwyer (57.06) took the top time with TJ Bland (57.18) and Tyler Groneck (59.09) right behind. In the next event of the 200 fly, Lucas De Brito (1:54.10), David Owens (1:55.06) and Jesse Musser (1:55.48) took the highest points. WKU kept hitting its stride, as in the 50 free, Rodrigues (20.79), Aymeric Le Corno (21.48) and Richard Russell (21.50) posted the top three times. The Hilltoppers closed it up in the 200 IM with Seth Musser (1:53.18), Connor Dwyer (1:56.72) and J. Musser (1:56.94) going 1-2-3.
In individual totals, S. Musser and Duff totaled three wins each while Ashley Forsyth (500, 1000 free), Claire Conlon (100, 200 breast) and Meyer (one meter, three meter) also swept their events.
WKU returns to Bill Powell Natatorium on Nov. 21-23 for the Hilltopper Invite. Akron, Illinois State, University of the Cumberlands and Missouri-Rolla will all come to Bowling Green to take on the Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers.
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Press release courtesy of Western Kentucky University.
Keire Sets Two Pool Records as Swimming Falls to WKU
CINCINNATI –Freshman Jackie Keire set a pair of pool records as the University of Cincinnati men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams both fell to Western Kentucky at the Keating Aquatics Center on Saturday, Nov. 9. The women fell by a score of 195-102, while the men were defeated, 195-101.
WOMEN’S EVENTS
Keire highlighted the day for the Bearcats, scoring victories and pool records in both the 100 and 200 freestyle. She touched the wall in 49.64 in the 100, besting a six-year old pool record. Keire finished the 200 free in 1:47.46, taking down a seven-year old Keating record.
Action on the women’s side began with a third place finish by Taylor Myszka in the 1,000 free. That was followed by Keire’s victory in the 200 free.
The 100 backstroke followed with UC’s Jessica Piperbeing edged by WKU’s Allie Duff. Both Duff and Piper were faster than the pool record, previously held by UC’s Liz Hansson.
The 100 breaststroke saw Cincinnati’s Samime Wheeler and Helena Pikhartova finish second and third, respectively. The next strong Bearcat performances came in teh 200 backstroke. Piper earned a second place finish behind the Hilltoppers’ Duff, who posted a pool record. Miranda Hamptonplaced third in the event for UC.
Pikhartova earned another solid finish in the 200 breast, finishing second. The 500 freestyle saw Hope Andrews also place second, before Iuliia Fedoreevaearned another second place finish in the 100 fly.
Piper and Wheeler capped the individual action with second and third place finishes in the 200 IM. The Bearcats placed second in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:36.47
MEN’S EVENTS
Joey Ferreri had one of the first top performances of the day for the Bearcats, finishing second in the 1,000 free. That was followed by Tommy Easley earning a third-place finish in the 200 free.
Donovan Kearns and Awse Ma’aya finished second and third in the 100 yard backstroke, finishing behind WKU’s Seth Musser who was less than a second off the pool record.
The 100 free saw another strong UC performance, as Michael Palleros won in 47.02, followed by D.J. Waite in 47.27.
Kearns had another solid performance in the 200 back, placing third. Nik Balmer did the same in the 200 breaststroke.
DIVING
Chloe Merriss was the top UC performer on the one-meter board, scoring 221.25. She was also the top Bearcat on the three-meter, scoring 197.47.
Michael Arnold placed second on the one-meter, with a score of 224.25. Bill Magill was third with a total of 222.22. Jimmy McMahon was second on the three-meter at 203.47.
NEXT MEET
The Bearcats will travel to the Pittsburgh Invitational, where they’ll take on the host Panthers, Fairmont State and West Virginia Wesleyan, as well as the California (Pa.) women, St. Bonaventure men and the Clemson divers.
Press release courtesy of the University of Cincinnati.
