Six Earn CSCAA National Open Water Qualifying Standard

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 10^th in the women's race, 17^th 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 29^th overall, with a time of 1:07:45
• Marley Milne and Nathalie Pena crossed 33^rd and 34^th 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 17^th for CCSU, at 17:41