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Swimming Totals Seven Wins in Dual Meet at SMU
Jan 23, 2021 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Meet Results
DALLAS, Texas — Tulane swimming (1-4) totaled seven first-place finishes on Saturday in the team's dual meet against American Athletic Conference opponent SMU (2-4) before ultimately falling to the Mustangs, 147-111.
"We had a small group competing today that packed a big punch," head coach Leah Stancil said. "I was very proud of how the team competed. We were disappointed with our first relays being disqualified but we learn from our mistakes. We pivot and keep on striving to be better. We have a little more than three weeks until the AAC Championships so we will continue to fine tune and prepare to be successful."
Junior Noa Heron started the meet off strong for the Green Wave, winning the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:10.74. Heron also recorded a third-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (5:00.19).
Continuing to shine in her first year in Olive and Blue was freshman Danielle Titus. The Green Wave newcomer won both the 100-yard backstroke (56.33) and 200-yard backstroke (2:01.92) events against the Mustangs.
Senior Kate McDonald continued with her winning behavior in her final season Uptown, winning the 200-yard breaststroke (2:17.45) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.34) events.
Sophomore Lilly Byrne also earned a first-place finish on Saturday, winning the 500-yard freestyle (4:58.83) while finishing second in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:13.41).
Scoring points for Tulane in three events was sophomore Mya Drost-Parra, who finished second in the 400-yard IM (4:28.34), third in the 100-yard backstroke (57.96) and third in the 200-yard backstroke (2:04.80). Drost-Parra's time in the 100 back is a new personal best.
Freshman Winter Craig earned silver status in the 200-yard butterfly, finishing with a career-best time of 2:03.75. Craig also finished fourth in the 100-yard butterfly, earning another personal-best time of 58.34.
Finishing in third in the 100-yard butterfly was sophomore Hailey Roberti, who recorded a personal-best time of 57.50. Also scoring three points for the Green Wave was sophomore Kate Amar, who finished third in the 400-yard IM (4:34.47).
Tulane's 200-yard freestyle relay team, made up of Titus, junior Iza Pelka, sophomore Olivia Davison and senior Courtney Barker, earned the win over SMU in the final event of the day, recording a time of 1:37.89.
The Green Wave are back in action on Saturday, Jan. 30 as they welcome West Florida to New Orleans for their first home meet of the season.
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