Marshall Claims Senior Day Meet Over Georgia Southern

Marshall vs Georgia Southern (Women)

• February 1, 2025
• Huntington, W. Va.
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results

Courtesy: Marshall Athletics

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Swimming and Diving team (6-2) won on Senior Day, 208-91, over the Georgia Southern Eagles to close out the regular season at the Fitch on Saturday.

The Herd honored Kate Bolgarskaya, Jenna Bopp, Gabrielle Ivey, Grace Kelsheimer and Federica Savoia on Senior Day before the meet.

“Really pleased with how we competed today. To send our seniors off with a win made the day that much more special,” Herd Swimming and Diving Head Coach Ian Wash said. “So many people put together great performances. Our 400 Medley Relay was exceptional, obliterating the pool record by almost three seconds. Lauren McNamara had a great showing, besting our school in the 200 Fly and went on to complete a tough double of 100 Fly and 400 IM, swimming a lifetime best in the 400 IM.”

MU started the meet with a pair of record-braking performances in the 400 Medley Relay. The team of Kseniia Luniushina, Paige Banton, Madeline Hart and Audrey West combined to break the pool record with Luniushina’s leadoff leg in the 100 Backstroke setting a pool and program record she previously set earlier in the year at the House of Champions.

Lauren McNamara followed with a pool and school record in the 200 Butterfly as Kelsheimer took the 3m and 1m Dives setting a pool record in the 1m in the process.

“Kseniia had two strong individual performances, while setting the tone of her day with a school record in the 100 Backstroke leading off the 400 Medley. Molly rounding out our Pool Records with her final individual swim in the 400 IM, beating the pool record by over two seconds.”

Luniushina then set a pool record in the 200 Backstroke with Molly Warner closing out the individual events with a pool record in the 400 Individual Medley.

“Overall, we had 18 season bests, six pool records, and two team records. I couldn’t be prouder of this group and how intentional they’ve been with their training and racing. We are in a great spot, and we’ll continue to sharpen up some things for conference in three weeks.”

Marshall also picked up wins in the 1650 Freestyle by Eszter Laban, 100 and 200 Breaststroke by Banton, Parker Lynch in the 100 Backstroke, Luniushina in the 50 Freestyle, Savoia in the 500 Freestyle, Hart in the 100 Butterfly and a win in the 200 Freestyler Relay.

RESULTS
400 Medley Relay
1st – Kseniia Luniushina, Paige Banton, Madeline Hart, Audrey West (3:41.94)
2nd – Lauren Ramsey, Maddy Akin, Katie Fisher, Nina Nugent (3:49.79)

1650 Freestyle
1st – Eszter Laban (17:04.72)
4th – Preslava Tosheva (17:57.12)

200 Freestyle
2nd – Federica Savoia (1:53.90)
3rd – Allison Dodd (1:54.47)
4th – Charlotte Thompson (1:55.54)

100 Backstroke
1st – Parker Lynch (57.20)
2nd – Kate Bolgarskaya (57.36)

100 Breaststroke
1st – Paige Banton (1:03.35)
2nd – Audrey West (1:03.45)
3rd – Maddy Akin (1:04.62)
6th – Jenna Bopp (1:05.74)

200 Butterfly
1st – Lauren McNamara (2:00.15)
2nd – Molly Warner (2:02.84)
6th – Tatum Robinson (2:10.14)

50 Freestyle
1st – Kseniia Luniushina (23.25)
3rd – Madeline Hart (23.70)
4th – Loraine Cleveland Lungu (24.15)
5th – Mia McBride (24.22)

3m Diving
1st – Grace Kelsheimer (295.65)
3rd – Ally Humbert (227.93)
5th – MJ Leviaguirre (211.58)

100 Freestyle
2nd – Nina Nugent (51.88)
3rd – Audrey West (52.03)
5th – Parker Lynch (53.54)
7th – Loraine Cleveland Lungu (55.01)

200 Backstroke
1st – Kseniia Luniushina (1:58.61)
2nd – Mia McBride (2:02.26)
3rd – Kate Bolgarskaya (2:04.76)
5th – Lauren Ramsey (2:06.59)

200 Breaststroke
1st – Paige Banton (2:14.83)
4th – Katie Fisher (2:24.46)

500 Freestyle
1st – Federica Savoia (5:03.74)
3rd – Charlotte Thompson (5:08.63)
5th – Preslava Tosheva (5:13.35)

100 Butterfly
1st – Madeline Hart (55.24)
2nd – Lauren McNamara (55.89)
6th – Tatum Robinson (58.50)

1m Diving
1st – Grace Kelsheimer (310.50)
3rd – Ally Humbert (242.48)
4th – MJ Leviaguirre (234.60)

400 Individual Medley
1st – Molly Warner (4:22.17)
2nd – Eszter Laban (4:24.49)
3rd – Lauren McNamara (4:29.47)
5th – Allison Dodd (4:36.29)

200 Freestyle Relay
1st – Marshall (1:34.47)
3rd – Marshall (1:37.11)

UP NEXT
Marshall is back in the pool at the Sun Belt Conference Championships in Orlando, Florida, beginning February 19.

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Courtesy: Georgia Southern Athletics

Huntington, W.V. — The Georgia Southern Swim & Dive team fell 208-91 at Marshall this past Saturday afternoon (February 1) in the final regular season meet of the year.

Even with the loss, some Eagles showed great performances, such as that of Chiara Alberti. The sophomore from Italy was in the top-two in both individual events she swam in. Her lone win of the day came in the 100 free, where she set a career best time of 51.84. She also secured the silver in the 50 free, swimming a 23.66, which is just .03 seconds off from her career best. She also was a part of the second-place 200 free relay squad, swimming a 22.95, her best 50 free time of her career.

Jamison Tiller also had a career day as she secured her fastest 200 free time of her career at a 1:52.83, which won her the event as well. She also came runner-up in the 500 free with her time of 5:05.14, demolishing her best time of the season by over nine seconds and just two seconds off her career best. On the diving board, Karlee Wells secured second place in both events with her three and one-meter scores of 268.50 and 277.28, respectively. Senior Maddie Banks secured her career-best time of 59.97 in the 100 back and also a season-best time in the 200 back at 2.09.48.

Next up for the team is the Sun Belt Championship meet, which takes place from February 19th through the 22nd.The Sun Belt meet for Georgia Southern before moving to the A-SUN next season will take place at the Rosen Aquatic Center in Orlando, Fla.