September 24, 2023
Six Earn CSCAA National Open Water Qualifying Standard
CCSU swimming opened the season at the Block Cancer Open Water Festival on Sunday
The Central Connecticut swim team opened the 2023-24 season at the Block Cancer Open Water Swim at Lake Terramuggus in Marlborough, CT.
5K Results | 2.5K Results | 1.25K Results
The event, with proceeds supporting Olympian Elizabeth Beisel's Block Cancer Fund, consisted of races of 1.25 KM, 2.5 KM and 5.0 KM. The 5K race served as a qualifier for the 2023 CSCAA Open Water National Championship, for which six Blue Devils earned qualifying times, swimming sub 1:09:00
5K RACE
- Abbey Keane was the Blue Devils top finisher, earning third place in the event, breaking the hour mark and crossing with a time of 59:51
- CCSU rookie Maggie Rutledge placed 10th in the women's race, 17th overall, with a swim of 1:03:34, in her Blue Devil debut
- Kyla Berhle was the third Blue Devil across the line, with a time of 1:06:16, with Shannon Welcome two places back in 29th overall, with a time of 1:07:45
- Marley Milne and Nathalie Pena crossed 33rd and 34th respectively overall, in time s of 1:08.33 and 1:08.41 to earn the CSCAA qualifying standard
- Gabi Wroblewski (1:09.12) and Taylor Demarest (1:09:23)
2.5K RACE
- Wynter Berube was the lone Blue Devil in the 2.5K, swimming to a third-place finish in the women's race, eighth overall, with a time of 32:40
1.25K RACE
- Rookie Sophia Pincince was the top women's finisher in the 1.25, placing third overall, with a swim of 15:44 in her Blue Devils debut
- Morgan O'Hara was eighth overall, third in the women's race, with a swim of 16:21
- Abby Bacon crossed 17th for CCSU, at 17:41
