No. 14 Women’s Swimming and Diving Faces Off Against DI Rival IU Indy in Tough Matchup

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The No. 14 Washington University in St. Louis women’s swimming and diving team was narrowly defeated by Division I IU Indianapolis on Saturday afternoon, 196.00-101.00.
 
Before the competition, the Bears acknowledged their graduating class – Isabella Barrientos, Caroline DeLuca, Rin Iimi, Alice Mao, Noa Miller, Riya Sahota and Roslyn Tischke along with graduate student Abbey Mink.
 
Leading Finishers

• 400 Medley Relay
  
• 1,000 Freestyle
  
• 200 Freestyle
  
• 100 Backstroke
  • Chen secured third place with a time of 1:00.48
  • Freshman Elizabeth Oyler achieved fourth with a time of 1:01.69
  • First-year Rachel Kravstov finished fifth in 1:01.90
    
    

• 100 Breaststroke
  • Lee took fourth place with a time of 1:08.05
  • Senior Riya Sahota came in fifth with a time of 1:09.19
    
    

• 200 Butterfly
  
• 50 Freestyle
  • Leng earned third place with a time of 24.91
  • Senior Caroline DeLuca secured fourth in 25.60
  • Qi came in fifth in 25.69
    
    

• 1-Meter Diving
  • Sophomore Shanze Karimi took third place with a score of 243.55
  • First-year Kate Li completed fourth with 224.60 points
  • Sophomore Madi Okon took fifth with a score of 221.90
  • Senior Noa Miller placed seventh with 180.40 points
    
    

• 100 Freestyle
  • Iimi secured third with a time of 54.32
  • Qi came in fourth at 54.58
  • Basler placed fifth in 55.19
    
    

• 200 Backstroke
  • Barrientos won her second race of the day with a time of 2:05.88
  • Roche came in fourth with 2:11.23
  • Johnson finished fifth in 2:14.89
    
    

• 200 Breaststroke
  • Mao finished fourth with a time of 2:30.09
  • Sophomore Lili Sandor placed fifth in 2:30.80
    
    

• 500 Freestyle
  • Bello finished fourth with a time of 5:25.20
  • Sophomore Holly Gmelich secured fifth in 5:26.47
    
    

• 100 Butterfly
  • Watson emerged victorious with a time of 59.96
  • Chen placed fifth in 1:03.83
    
    

• 3-Meter Diving
  • Karimi came in second with a score of 244.50
  • Okon finished fourth with 228.15 points
  • Li placed fifth with a score of 212.70
    
    

• 200 IM
  • Iimi took second with a time of 2:13.29
  • Sandor finished fifth in 2:15.71
    
    

• 200 Freestyle Relay
  • The quartet of Leng, sophomore Izzie Gattone, Qi and freshman Maddie Sammut achieved second place in 1:39.45
  • Basler, Bello, Sahota, and Iimi completed fourth in 1:42.16

 
The Bears will return to competition on February 1 with a home meet against DePauw at 2 p.m.