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Swimming & Diving Rolls Past West Florida in Senior Day Meet
Jan 30, 2021 | Women's Swimming and Diving
NEW ORLEANS — The Tulane swimming and diving team (2-4) rolled past West Florida (8-1) in the team's final regular season meet on Saturday, winning with a 195.5-104.5 score at home.
"I'm really proud of the team, we saw a lot of great racing today," head coach Leah Stancil said. "It's evident that we need to really start to rest to get ready for conference championships. Everyone raced well, we had a few people who swam their off events and competed really well and stepped up to the challenge. I'm really looking forward to seeing what we have in store for the rest of the season."
The Green Wave earned wins in 13 of the 16 events in the meet, handing the Argonauts their first loss of the season.
In the diving portion of the meet, sophomore Gabby Hebert led the way for the Olive and Blue in the three-meter, finishing first with a career-best 252.53. Hebert also recorded a collegiate-best mark in the one-meter event, finishing third (242.25).Â
Freshman Paige McKenzie was successful from the platform, winning the one-meter event with a career-best 272.55 while finishing second in the three-meter (245.85).Â
The Green Wave started off strong in the first swimming event of the day, as freshman Danielle Titus, senior Kate McDonald, sophomore Hailey Roberti and senior Courtney Barker earned a first-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:46.60.
Helping to lead the way for the Green Wave on Saturday was McDonald, who won two individual events in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.05) and the 200-yard IM (2:05.50).
Barker demonstrated a strong showing in the Senior Day meet, winning both the 100-yard backstroke (57.81) and the 100-yard freestyle (53.52) events.
Sophomore Mya Drost-Parra also earned two wins for the Wave, finishing first in the 200-yard butterfly (2:06.55) and 100-yard butterfly events (58.36).
Freshman Christiana Williams scored points in two events for the Olive and Blue, winning the 200-yard breaststroke (2:20.63) while finishing second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.78).Â
Freshman Gianna Spremullo showed success against West Florida, recording top-three finishes in three events. Spremullo was second in the 100-yard butterfly (58.63) and third in both the 200-yard IM (2:07.35) and 200-yard freestyle (1:54.91) events.Â
Junior Iza Pelka shined in the home meet, winning the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:11.89 while finishing second in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 54.69.Â
Earning two second-place finishes on Saturday was sophomore Kate Amar in the 200-yard butterfly (2:07.74) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:11.35) events. Amar's time in the 200 fly was a career-best.
Notching a first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle was sophomore Lilly Byrne with a time of 1:53.24. Junior Noa Heron was right behind Byrne, finishing second with a time of 1:54.15.
Freshman Autumn Keats-O'Connor finished second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:27.43), followed by sophomore Olivia Davison in third (2:27.44).
Freshman Jennifer Gougelmann earned some points for the Olive and Blue in the 1000-yard freestyle, finishing third with a time of 10:51.80. Sophomore Drew Petereit tied for second in the 50-yard freestyle, recording a time of 25.39, while Roberti finished third in the 500-yard freestyle (5:16.58).Â
The Green Wave ended the meet just as they started it, as Titus, McDonald, senior Jeni Griffin and Barker swam to victory in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:39.34.
Tulane wrapped up regular season action on Saturday and will now prepare for the American Athletic Conference Championship, which will be held in Dallas, Texas from Feb. 18-20.
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