Swimming & Diving Records Five First-Place Finishes on First Day of Competition

LITTLE ROCK – The Tulane swimming & diving team recorded five first-place finishes on Friday before finishing second against Arkansas-Little Rock inside the Donaghey Aquatic Center.

Each day of the two-day competition will be a separately scored.

"I am really proud with the way the team competed today head swim & dive coach Leah Stancil said. "Sam Krew had her first college career win as a freshman which was really exciting to watch. Noa Heron, Danielle Titus, and Paige McKenzie showed their experience by also posting some wins. Tomorrow is a clean slate, where we will start anew. Different swimmers will be competing in different events from today and our divers will be diving from 3m. Our team is small but packs a punch. Great things are happening."

Senior Noa Heron shined in her first competitions of the season, winning both the 1000-yard freestyle (10:11.47) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:02.14). Junior Lily Byrne finished second to Heron in the 100-yard free (10:22.04).

In her debut as a member of the Green Wave, freshman Sam Krew took first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.54). Krew was also the third leg of the teams 400-yard medley relay that placed second. Senior Iza Pelka placed second behind Krew with a time of 1:52.34.

Sophomore Danielle Titus hit the wall first in the 100-yard backstroke (56.86). Titus swam as the first leg of the 400-yard medley relay and recorded a split of 56.78.

Sophomore diver Paige McKenzie flipped her way to first in the 1-meter dive with a score of 246.95. Securing the best score of her collegiate career in the 1-meter.

The Green Wave are back in action in Little Rock tomorrow for the final day of the tri-meet.

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Swimming & Diving Records Five First-Place Finishes on First Day of Competition

Players Mentioned

Noa Heron

Sam Krew

Paige McKenzie

Iza Pelka

Danielle Titus

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