Tulane Swimming and Diving Drops 133-71 Decision to Denver

Saturday, October 19

Miami, Fla.

9 AM

Tulane University

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University of Denver

Tulane Swimming and Diving Drops 133-71 Decision to Denver

Oct 19, 2019 | Women's Swimming and Diving

COMPLETE RESULTS

MIAMI – The Tulane University swimming and diving team began day two competition at the fifth annual Dual-A-Pool-Ooza event with a 133-71 setback against Denver Saturday morning. The two-day event is being held on the campus of Florida International University at the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Center.

Saturday morning's dual was highlighted by four winning performances, which included a victory in the 1-meter dive.

"I think we had a lot of solid performances this morning, especially from our freshmen," head coach Leah Stancil said. "We're a young team and we just need to keep working."

Sophomore Noa Heron opened the meet on a high note for the Green Wave, as she won the first individual race of the morning session. Heron claimed the 500-yard freestyle in a personal best time of 5:00.58.

Senior Olivia Johnson posted a winning performance, as she captured the 400-yard IM, clocking a time of 4:19.99. Johnson finished nearly eight seconds ahead of runner-up Charlotte Simon from Denver.

Freshman Lilly Byrne also continued her strong start to her rookie campaign by winning the 200-yard freestyle with a performance of 1:52.79.

Tulane also got some large contributions from its divers Anne Marie Kenny and Gabby Hebert finished first and third, respectively. The Green Wave's 1-3 finish in the 1-meter dive gave Tulane 12 points.

"We have some really mentally tough kids, who are able to move past mistakes and it was great to see that happen this morning," Tulane diving coach John Sirmon said. "Both Anne Marie and Gabby put in two new dives today and they both hit those new dives well. We are trending well. Each of our divers have posted one personal best in every meet this season, which is building momentum leading into our conference meet."

LAGNIAPPE
Tulane's divers have now posted personal best in each of their four competitions this year…Green Wave swimmers had three runner-up finishes…Freshman Mya Drost-Parra scored three points for the Green Wave, as she posted top 5 finishes in the 200-yard backstroke and 400-yard IM…Junior Kate McDonald just missed winning her eight race of the season, as she finished less then half a second behind Denver's Brandi Vu in the 100-yard breaststroke.

UP NEXT
Tulane returns to action later this afternoon as it takes on Rice for the final dual of the event. Tulane's matchup with Rice begins at 2 p.m.

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