Blue Devils Win All Nine Events To Win Two-Day Dual

The Blue Devils defeated SHU 262-91 by winning 18 of 19 events competed during the weekend.

Shannon Welcome swimming in Sudyam Natatorium pool for CCSU Swimmiing and Diving — Shannon Welcome won the 100 freestyle, and was second in the 500 free, on Saturday, January 20th for the Blue Devils in dual meet action versus Sacred Heart. (Photo: Steve McLaughlin)

January 20, 2024

The Central Connecticut State swimming and diving team won all nine events competed on Saturday on the second day of a two-day dual meet versus Northeast Conference foe Sacred Heart. The Blue Devils won 18 of 19 events in the meet and earned a 262-91 victory.

The Blue Devils, now 5-1 in dual meets, are back in the pool on January 27^th for a dual meet at Rhode Island.

RELAYS

Katrine O'Leary, Cassidy Stotler, Megan Dunnigan and Gabby Spaciano started the second day with a win in the 200-medley relay, touching at 1:49.88
Nathalie Pena, Grace Young, Jillena Plowucha and Lauryn Cowing finished third in the medley relay, with a swim of 1:54.13
O'Leary, Milhomens, Gabby Spaciano and Welcome combined to win the 400-freestyle relay, with a swim of 3:37.73, nearly six seconds in front of the second place finisher
Kretkowski, Cowing, Rutledge and Keane teamed up for a 3:47.40 effort, good for third place in the final relay

STROKES

Gabi Wroblewski led a 1-2-3 sweep of the 400 IM for the Blue Devils, eking out a .05-second victory over teammate Sophie Milhomens, finishing at 4:37.52
Morgan O'Hara finished third in the IM with a 4:42.42 effort
Milhomens snagged the top spot in the 200-backstroke, with a time of 2:06.40
Dunnigan (2:09.48) and Pena (2:12.06) placed third and fourth respectively in the backstroke
Cassidy Stotler captured the top spot in the 100-butterfly, with her winning time of 58.61, 2.37 seconds in front of the runner-up
Dunnigan finished fourth at 1:01.25 and Hannah Kretkowski was fifth with a 1:01.59
Cassidy Stotler earned her second individual win of the day in the 200 breaststroke, swimming 2:23.77, to lead the Blue Devils to the top five times in the event
Young finished second at 2:28.86 and Morgan O'Hara was third at 2:31.17

FREESTYLES

Shannon Welcome and Spaciano went 1-2 in the 100 free, swimming 54.05 and 54.50 respectively, while Cowing finished fourth at 55.18
Abbey Keane earned another win in the 500-freestyle, holding off Welcome to win at 5:12.39, to Welcomes 5:13.12
Maggie Rutledge was the third-place finisher for the Blue Devils, swimming 5:14.49 and Taylor Demarest was the fifth-fastest time in the meet at 5:23.71

DIVING

Jewelle Maziarz won the 1-meter diving, scoring 252.53 points to earn the top spot
Zoe Baker finished fifth on the low board with a tally of 217.28 points