Georgetown Hoyas Earn Dominant Sweep of American on Friday

Georgetown vs American

• Friday, October 14, 2022
• Washington, D.C.
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results
• Team Scores
  • Women: Georgetown 174.5, American 122.5
  • Men: Georgetown 210, American 87

Courtesy: Georgetown Athletics

WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University swimming & diving teams put forth a dominant effort against American at McCarthy Pool on Friday afternoon. The men’s team downed the Eagles 210-87 while the women secured a 174.5-122.5 victory.

“Really pleased with the effort and the energy brought by the team tonight. Our group has trained really hard thus far and stepped up in every race today. We’re very happy with where we are in early October and excited to get back in the pool for the next few meets.” – Head Coach Jack Leavitt on today’s meet with American

WOMEN’S HIGHLIGHTS

• Alex Breuer took first place in both 100-yard (1:05.44) and 200-yard breast (2:19.06) events.
• Erin Hood (2:09.30) picked up the win in the 100-yard back while joining Breuer and Samantha Kim (2:26.99) on the podium with a second-place mark (2:20.76) in the 200-yard breast.
• Emilie Ginovker, Lizzy Durgin and Wynter Bramao swept the 3m dive with respective scores of 249.08, 247.28 and 247.13. Ginovker and Durgin also went 1-3 in the 1m dives with scores of 249.75 and 236.48.
• Sophia Ribeiro (1:54.77), Ryan Evangelista (1:57.50) and Corey Moon (1:58.54) went 1-2-3 in the 200-yard free. The trio also swept the podium in the 500-yard free with Ribeiro in first (5:05.34), Moon in second (5:08.83) and Evangelista in third (5:14.03).
• Reali and Haley took the top two spots in the 200-yard back as did Hood (2:09.30) and Samantha Hagberg (2:10.00) in the 200-yard fly.
• Allie Sanchez (58.44) and Maddie Haley (58.92) earned first- and third-place finishes in the 100-yard back while Ashley Vensel (10:39.65) and Carly Rutledge (11:04.95) did the same in the 1,000-yard free.
• Genevieve Youngman (58.67) and Angelica Reali (59.40) went 2-3 in the 100-yard fly while Ines Lovato (53.85) and Tia Thomas (54.36) followed suit in the 100-yard free as did a pair of 400-yard medley relay teams. Lovato added a second-place mark (24.43) in the 50-yard free.

MEN’S HIGHLIGHTS

• Georgetown won 13-of-14 events while sweeping eight podiums.
• Hoya divers held all six podium spots as Charlie Reichle, Hridah Parekh and Kyle Maziarz secured top-three scores in the 3m dives with 299.03, 288.08 and 284.55, respectively. Maziarz, Tristan Gess and Reichle went 1-2-3 in the 1m dives with marks of 294.45, 281.55 and 279.15.
• The 400-yard medley team of John McEachern, Bailey De Luise, Michael Baldini and Josiah Lauver took the top spot (3:25.91), followed by teammates Liam Ryan, Nicholas Pezzella, Nate Lamers and Sean Percin in second (3:31.73).
• McEachern (52.41), Ryan (54.07) and Lauver (54.15) posted top-three marks in the 100-yard back while Conor Jellig (1:54.32), McEachern (1:55.99) and Ryan (1:56.00) swept the 200-yard back.
• Pezzella won the 100-yard (57.89) and 200-yard (2:08.23) breast events. De Luise (57.96) and Ansen Meyer (59.22) preceded the Hoya freshman in the 100 while Jack Brearton (2:10.54) and Stephen Kim (2:10.65) followed in the 200.
• In the 500-yard free, Jack Januario (4:40.43), Andrew Babyak (4:47.05) and Will Barao (4:52.27) controlled the podium.
• Januario and Jellig went 1-2 in the 1,000-yard free, posting times of 9:39.94 and 9:48.43.
• Connor Brennan and Michael Baldini went 1-3 in the 50-yard free, finishing 0.1 seconds apart at 21.54 and 21.64.
• Baldini (50.60) and Nate Lamers (52.10) also finished first and third, respectively, in the 100-yard fly while Matt Gibson (1:57.56) and Jordan Gross (1:59.57) did the same in the 200-yard fly.
• Lauver (47.26), Percin (47.82) and Will Connolly (48.25) took the top three spots in the 100-yard free.
• Barao (1:44.04) and Brearton (1:44.06) finished .02 seconds apart to take second and third in the 200-yard free.

UP NEXT
The Hoyas welcome NJIT (men’s) and UConn (women’s) to McCarthy Pool on Saturday, October 22 for a noon meet.

Courtesy: American Athletics

WASHINGTON – Three pool records, nine wins and 10 individual runner-up finishes highlighted a great meet for American University men’s and women’s swimming and diving in dual meet action at Georgetown. Junior Mimi Watts set two individual pool records and a relay pool record in recording three of the Eagles’ nine wins.

WOMEN’S NOTABLE RESULTS

• Watts, who has won all of her individual events so far in two meets, picked up a pair of solo victories in this one. She came in well ahead of the rest of the field in both the 50 free (23.54) and the 100 fly (54.91) to set McCarthy Pool records in both events.
• Watts was also part of the winning 400 medley relay team along with freshman Sophia Hemingway, junior Maddie Mara and sophomore Marissa Kleckner. The foursome’s time of 3:51.64 set a pool record at Georgetown and ranks ninth-best all-time in program history.
• Kleckner earned a big individual win in the 100 free, beating out seven others with her time of 53.79.
• Freshman Sophia Hemingway placed second in the 100 back in 58.52, and tied for second in the 200 back in 2:07.34.
• Sophomore Mallory Meister was second in the 1,000 free with a time of 11:00.88.
• Freshman diver Peyton Thurman moved up AU’s Top 16 list yet again, taking second on the 1-meter with a score of 243.15 which ranks as the seventh-highest PR in program history.
• Thurman’s 3-meter score of 234.53 earned her fourth place and moves her up to eighth place all-time at American.
• Senior Kenzie Cresci and junior Maddie Mara came in third and fourth, respectively, in the 100 breaststroke, clocking times of 1:07.07 and 1:07.14.
• Sophomore Marissa Kleckner was third in the 50 free in 24.44, freshman Veronica Lester was third in the 200 fly in 2:11.99, and sophomore Tyler DiMarco was third in the 200 fly in 2:12.27.
• Freshmen Katie Yoo and Gabby Kaczorowski went 1-2 in the 200 IM in the final individual event of the meet.
• As a team, the women fell to the Hoyas by a score of 174.5 to 122.5.

MEN’S NOTABLE RESULTS

• In the 200 free, junior Caleb Farris edged the Hoyas’ second-place finisher by 0.23 seconds for a win in 1:43.81.
• Farris took second place in the 100 fly with a time of 51.37.
• In the men’s 50 free, junior Nick Buckley took second in 21.59, and freshman Madan Morris took second in the 200 fly in 1:59.32.
• Freshman Rhys Davies took fourth on the 3-meter with a score of 260.25 which moves him into seventh place on the Top 16 personal bests list. Sophomore Griffin Batt’s 3-meter score of 230.40 was also a personal best, improving on his own 11th-best PR in program history.
• In the men’s 1000 free, sophomore Seamus Brown took third in 10:07.08.
• Juniors Griffin Young and Will Timme went 1-2 in the 200 IM in the final individual event.
• The final team totals had Georgetown with 210 points and American with 87 points.

FULL RESULTS (PDF)

NEXT UP

• The Eagles will have two weeks to prepare for their next meet which has them hosting Howard at 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28.