Swimming & Diving In Action For Mid-Winter Competition

The Central Connecticut State swim team was in action at two meets on Friday. The swimmers completed the first day of competition at the Gompei Invitational. The meet is hosted by WPI and the team accumulated 801 points on the day.

SWIM RESULTS | DIVE RESULTS

The divers were in action on Long Island, competing at the ECAC Winter Classic.

Both squads are in action again on Saturday, with the swimmers wrapping up their weekend of competition on Sunday.

RELAYS

• The Blue Devils swam to a fourth-place finish in the 200-medley relay, going 1:48.59, with Addison Kenney, Grace Young, Lauryn Cowing and Katrine O'Leary on the relay
• The B relay of Sophie Milhomens, Katie Suchowiecki, Megan Dunnigan and Grace M. Young, finished seventh at 1:50.31
• Dunnigan, Gabby Spaciano, Milhomens and Maggie Rutledge captured silver in the 800-freestyle relay, going 7:49.56, just .04 from the top spot
• The B Relay was seventh at 8:07.46, with Francesca Fusco, Lauren Lord, Hannah Kretkowski and Grace M. Young on the relay

200 IM

• Kenney took seventh in the event, going 2:11.81, while Megan Dunnigan was 2:12.46 to finish in ninth place
• Grace Young was more than two seconds faster than her preliminary swim, finishing 17^th with a time of 2:17.43, while Gabi Wroblewski was 19^th at 2:20.01
• Loretta Santora touched in 27^th place with a swim of 2:21.40 and Kyla Behrle was 28^th at 2:21.58

50 FREESTYLE

• O'Leary tied for silver, going 24.36 Friday evening, just in front of Grace M. Young at 24.62 who was fourth
• Cowing touched seventh with a swim of 25.11 and Gabby Spaciano touched 22^nd in a time of 25.74

500 FREESTYLE

• Maggie Rutledge was the team's top finisher, dropping 5.5 seconds from her prelim swim to capture third place with a time of 5:08.23 and Milhomens was 10^th in a time of 5:19.43
• Spaciano captured the B-Final, touching at 5:17.20 to place 11^th, with Lauren Lord 17^th at 5:25.61 and Hannah Kretkowski was 19^th at 5:27.95
• Izzy Bega was nine seconds faster than her morning swim to move up to 22^nd place with a time of 5:23.23 and Sophia Pincince placed 29^th at 5:36.57

200 BREASTSTROKE

• Grace Young was the fifth finisher in the event, clocking a time of 2:27.60, after posting a 2:26.63 morning effort
• Veronica Okurowski was 12^th, dropping time from her prelim effort and touching at 2:31.82 and Gabi Wroblewski was 20^th at 2:44.21
• Vega was nearly three seconds faster Friday night, touching at 2:34.78

100 BUTTERFLY

• Megan Dunnigan (59.89) and Kretkowksi (1:00.18) placed 12^th and 13^th and were both faster than their morning swims
• Cowing placed 17^th in a time of 1:00.72 and Kenney was 19^th going 1:04.53
• Francesca Fusco placed atop the C Final, with a swim of 1:01.17 with Jillena Plowucha 23^rd at 1:02.03 and Behrle finished 28^th in a time of 1:02.53

DIVING

• Jewelle Maziarz placed fourth on the 1-meter board, scoring 248.80 points Friday
• Kaitlyn Carroll was sixth in finals, scoring 235.30 points
• Rachel Giroux scored 168.35 points in prelims, and was 11th