Blue Devils Split Tri-Meet At Vermont
Central Swim and Dive split a tri-meet by defeating Merrimack 247-28, but lost to Vermont 163-130.
The Central Connecticut women's swimming and diving team split its first tri-meet of the season on Saturday afternoon at the University of Vermont. Merrimack was the other school joining the Blue Devils and Catamounts. The Blue Devils defeated Merrimack by a score of 247-28, but lost to Vermont 163-130. CCSU moves its record to 3-2 on the season with the split.
The Blue Devils recorded seven gold medals on the afternoon in 16 events. Central was led by junior Selene Chilton and freshman Maddy Garber, who both recorded two victories at the meet.
Chilton got the Blue Devils their first gold medal of the meet in the 1000 yard freestyle. She touched the wall first in the event with a time of 10:41.49, almost nine seconds faster than the second place swimmer. Chilton recorded her other first place finish in the 500 yard freestyle, finishing with a time of 5:13.74.
Garber swam to a first place finish in both the 200 yard breaststroke and the 200 yard IM. In the 200 breaststroke Garber touched the wall first with a time of 2:22.33. In the 200 IM she finished with a time of 2:11.97. Garber also had a runner-up performance in the 100 yard breaststroke. She swam the race in 1:05.31, just three tenths of a second behind the gold medalist.
Sophomore Christine Rasile and senior Helene Neuhaus also picked up individual swimming victories at the meet. Rasile won the 200 yard freestyle event with a time of 1:56.39 and Neuhaus recorded a gold medal by touching the wall in 59.40 in the 100 yard backstroke.
Rasile and Neuhaus also recorded a first place finish as members of the 400 yard freestyle relay team. Freshmen Lauren Czulewicz and Lauren Rasile accompanied the two on the gold medal team and they finished with a time of 3:41.74.
Senior Kaitlyn Dwyer and junior Kaitlyn Beaver led the Blue Devils from the diving board at the meet. Dwyer led CCSU from the 1-meter board finishing with a score of 219.66 to record a second place finish. She also finished fourth from the 3-meter board with a score of 205.19.
Beaver scored 221.54 points from the 3-meter board to record a second place finish for the Blue Devils. She also had a fourth place finish from the 1-meter board with a score of 216.74.
CCSU Swim and Dive will return to action all next weekend for the Frank Elm Invitational, hosted by Rutgers, on Nov. 21-23.
