Swimming and Diving Tops Bryant in Home Dual Saturday

Swimming and Diving Tops Bryant in Home Dual Saturday
February 20, 2021

The Central Connecticut swimming and diving team outscored Bryant, 194-99, in its first home dual of the season on Saturday. The Blue Devils won 13 of 16 events in the dual.

COMPLETE RESULTS

Highlights

  • CCSU opened the meet with a win in the 200 yard medley relay. Junior Hallie Perrin, junior Mariana Espino, freshman Ashley Calderon and junior Jeannette King won with a time of 1:47.62.
  • Freshman Abbey Keane won the 1,000 free in a time of 10:37.22.
  • Central went 1-2-3 in the 200 free. Junior Katie Czulewicz won in 1:54.46, while freshman Morgan O'Hara (1:58.36) and junior Simona Visinski (1:58.78) were just behind.
  • Freshman Nathalie Pena won the 100 backstroke in 0:59.63. Pena would also win the 200 backstroke in 2:07.39, while O'Hara took second in 2:10.24.
  • Junior Alex Lindgren won the 100 breaststroke in 1:07.30, just ahead of Espino at 1:07.92. Lindgren led a 1-2-3 finish in the 200 breastroke. Lindgren (2:23.36) outswam Espino (2:28.11) and sophomore Abby Bacon (2:32.32).
  • Calderon won the 200 yard butterfly in 2:09.10. She also took the 100 fly in 58.94.
  • King touched the wall in 52.90 to win the 100 free.
  • Lindgren won the 200 yard IM with a time of 1:12.44, while O'Hara placed second in 2:14.02. O'Hara would win the 200 IM with a time of 2:10.06.
  • Czulewicz won the 500 free in 5;06.31, while Keane (5:14.61) and sophomore Shannon Welcome (5:20.80) were just behind.
  • The team of juniors Katie Czulewicz, Hallie Perrin, Jeannette King and Simona Visinski won the final event of the day, the 400 free relay, in 3:36.18. The team of freshman Ashley Calderon, sophomore Shannon Welcome, junior Destiny Johnson and freshman Abbey Keane turned in a time of 3:46.30 to place second.
  • Senior Rachel Pinsky placed second in both the one-meter and three-meter diving events. She scored 177.27 in the one-meter, just .40 behind Gabby Ritzer of Bryant. Pinsky scored 160.65 in the three-meter event.
  • King (24.31) and Johnson (25.51) finished 2-3 in the 50 yard freestyle.

Up Next

  • The Blue Devils host LIU on Saturday, February 27. The action starts at 5:00 p.m. at the Jack Suydam Natatorium.

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