Swimming and Diving Totals Four Wins in Dual Meet at LSU

Saturday, December 4

Baton Rouge, LA

10 AM

Tulane University

203

Louisiana State University

Swimming and Diving Totals Four Wins in Dual Meet at LSU

Dec 4, 2021 | Women's Swimming and Diving

Results
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – The Tulane swimming and diving team competed in a dual meet against the LSU Tigers this morning in their final meet of the fall. While they saw four first place finishes, the Green Wave fell 97-203.

"My goal for the team is to continuously move up the ladder, to use the feedback they receive at practice in their races and to race with pride" head coach Leah Stancil said. "Our team continues to grow and show improvement. We still have some technical aspects to improve but we continue to show growth on having a champion attitude to our approach to competition. We had some first place finishes from Lilly Byrne and Danielle Titus, season bests from Gabby and Avery divers, a lifetime best from our birthday diver Katie Lipsey. All in all, it has been a great day."

Lilly Byrne had herself a day taking first with a season best time of 10:13.30 in the 1000-yard free. The junior also came in first in the 500-yard free with a time of 4:57.78.

Teammate Noa Heron also found herself on the podium in the 1000-yard free, coming in second with a time of 10:13.50. The Tulane senior also took third in the 500-yard free with a time of 5:01.75.

Danielle Titus had another strong showing in the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke, taking first in both. In the 100-yard back she hit the wall with a time of 56.22 and in the 200-yard back a time of 2:02.62. Mya Drost-Parra wasn't far behind Titus in the 200-yard back, coming in second with a time of 2:05.49.

Freshman Sam Krew took third in the 100-yard free with a time of 52.67. Riley Hendrix came in fifth (52.95) and Iza Pelka took sixth with a time of 52.98.

Christiana Williams found herself in the middle of a pack of Tigers in both the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke. She hit the wall in second place with a time of 1:04.43 in the 100-yard breast and hit again in second place in the 200-yard breast at 2:19.92.

In 1-meter diving, Paige McKenzie (253.88), Katie Lipsey (248.10), Gabby Hebert (246.23) and Avery Francis (212.78) occupied places three through six.

Mckenzie also found herself on the podium in 3-meter diving scoring 251.03 to take the third-place spot.

"The divers had a good performance overall against a very strong LSU squad" diving coach John Sirmon. "We had a couple of season-best performances and Katie Lipsey had a personal best on three meters, things are continuing to move in the right direction. We've been showing improvements week in and week out over the semester and I expect that trend to continue as we have some solid training time before our next competition."

Rounding out the day was the 400-yard free relay. The Tulane-B relay made up of Eleanor McMeen, Jennifer Gougelmann, Titus and Riley Hendrix came in third with a time of 3:36.44.

The Olive and Blue will resume action in January when they host the SMU Mustangs on the 15^th.

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