Queens (NC) vs Catawba
- October 18, 2024
- Salisbury, N.C.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Queens Athletics
SALISBURY, N.C. — The Queens University of Charlotte men’s and women’s swimming teams earned dominant victories over Catawba at Johnson Pool in Salisbury on Friday, October 18. The men won 169-93, while the women secured a 185-77 victory.
“In our first away meet of the season, we swam against one of the quickest rising teams in the country in Catawba College,” Senior Associate Head Coach Jon Lau said. “Our team was ready to go from the start knowing the challenge of competing as a visiting program. We had many individuals that posted season bests showing how well our month into competition has been going.”
The meet began with wins in the 200-yard medley relays—Queens’ women finished in 1:42.23 (Patterson, Huber, Zboran, Heck), and the men clocked 1:29.56 (Marz, Beladi, Wang, M. Dusa).
In the 1000-yard freestyle, Katherine Bailey placed third with 10:26.87, while Jack VanValkenburg took third on the men’s side in 9:36.98. Maddie Foster claimed first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.19) and added another win in the 100-yard butterfly (55.34). Teammate Toya Andersson followed Foster in the 200 free with a second-place 1:53.46.
Ondrej Dusa, a recent Lindenwood transfer, secured second in the men’s 200-yard freestyle (1:40.44). The women swept the top four spots in the 100-yard backstroke, with Maren Patterson (56.48), Haley Ross (56.96), Kayla Schmelzer (57.54), and Daryna Maznytska (57.95). Andreas Marz won the men’s 100 back with 49.24, and Patterson took another win in the women’s 100-yard freestyle (51.74).
Annika Huber delivered victories in both the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.69) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:16.66), while Noah Beladi won the men’s 100 breast with 56.00. Abigail Zboran finished first in the 200-yard butterfly with 2:01.88.
In the 50-yard freestyle, Ryley Heck (23.31) and Matej Dusa (20.45) secured wins. On the men’s side, Dusa was followed by teammates Levy, Meszaros, Wang, and Henschel, taking second through fifth. Ross and Marz claimed wins in the 200-yard backstroke, posting 2:00.76 and 1:48.71, respectively.
Declan Gleason won the men’s 200-yard breaststroke with 2:01.49, while Przewalla and Beladi took second and third. Bailey secured first in the women’s 500-yard freestyle with a 5:02.91, finishing over two seconds ahead of the runner-up. Conner Wang won the men’s 100-yard butterfly (47.97), and Zboran and Beladi each claimed victories in the 200 IM events.
The Royals capped the meet with wins in the 400-yard freestyle relays. The women touched in 3:27.07 (Kupcova, Patterson, Heck, Zboran), and the men finished with 2:59.75 (Meszaros, Wang, Levy, M. Dusa).
UP NEXT
Next, the Royals head back on the road to Columbia to face South Carolina on Nov. 8 at 2 PM.
Courtesy: Catawba Athletics
Salisbury, N.C. —- The 21st-ranked Catawba College women’s swim team fell in its dual match with Division I Queens, but broke three school records and set five NCAA B-cuts at the Johnson Pool on Friday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
200 Yard Medley Relay
– The 200 Yard Medley Relay team of Ash Fortin, Sydney McKenzie, Sydney Peterson and Marit Reckmann started the afternoon off with a bang, breaking the school record with a time of 1:44.04
1000 Yard Freestyle
– Fiona Byrne took home the first individual event win of the night, finishing the 1000 Free in 10:18.93, good for a B-cut
– Ella Gutenwik finished right behind her ahead of all Queens swimmers with another B-cut time of 10:23.91
100 Yard Breaststroke
– McKenzie broke a school record in a second-place effort in the 100 Breaststroke, finishing with a B-cut time of 1:03.53
200 Yard Butterfly
– Rebecca Possenti followed up with another school record in the very next event, posting a program-best 2:06.63 in the 200 Fly
50 Yard Freestyle
– Reckmann impressed in the 50 Free, posting a B-cut time of 23.47
100 Yard Freestyle
– Reckmann backed it up with another second-place finish in the 100 Free with a time of 52.17
200 Yard Backstroke
– Lucie Cainaud finished a close second in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 2:04.54
200 Yard Breaststroke
– McKenzie had another close call in the 200 Breast, posting a 2:20.08
500 Yard Freestyle
– Gutenwik posted her second B-cut time of the afternoon with a 5:04.20 time in a second-place effort in the 500 Free
100 Yard Butterfly
– Freshman Sydney Peterson posted a 57.00 time in the 100 Fly for a close second-place finish
UP NEXT
– Catawba starts up South Atlantic Conference action on Friday, Nov. 1, traveling to Wingate for a 4 p.m. start
Salisbury, N.C. —- The 25th-ranked Catawba College men’s swim team fell in its dual versus perennial power Division I Queens, but took home five individual events in the process along with four NCAA B-cuts and a school record.
HOW IT HAPPENED
1000 Yard Freestyle
– Nazar Herashchenko punched his first of two B-cuts on the night with an individual win in the 1000 Free, posting a 9:24.33
– Fellow freshman Jurek Larys was right behind him with a time of 9:34.02, ahead of all Queens swimmers
200 Yard Freestyle
– Maks Minichowski followed up with an individual win in the 200 Free with a B-cut time of 1:39.16
100 Yard Backstroke
– Freshman Mati Kowalski impressed in the 100 Back, finished second with a time of 50.37
200 Yard Butterfly
– Freshman Lassi Niemi captured another individual win for Catawba in the 200 Fly with a time of 1:51.07
100 Yard Freestyle
– Minichowski scored another B-cut time in the 100 Free with a time of 45.23
200 Yard Backstroke
– Kowalksi doubled down on his impressive 100 Back time with a 1:50.26 time in the 200 Back, also good for second place in the event
500 Yard Freestyle
– Herashchenko put his mark in the Catawba record book early in his career, posting a school-record 4:30.30 in the 500 Free along with the individual win
100 Yard Butterfly
– Niemi nearly added another B-cut time in the 100 Fly, finishing in 48.89, under a second behind the top Queens competitor
200 Yard IM
– Balazs Meszaros finished in a close second in the 200 IM, posting a 1:53.30
400 Yard Freestyle Relay
– Catawba’s relay team of Niemi, Minichowski, Juan Diego Celis and Kowalski posted a 3:02.80 in the 400 Free Relay
UP NEXT
– Catawba’s men readies for South Atlantic Conference competition in a couple weeks, traveling to Wingate for a dual match on Friday, Nov. 1
