Hoyas Defeat Howard on the Battle on the Burr

WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University males’s and ladies’s swimming & diving groups captured their first twin meet wins of the season in opposition to Howard on the Battle on the Burr on Saturday afternoon. The males’s group gained 139-78 whereas the ladies gained 118-106. 

ON THE RECORD

“We had a great day today facing Howard at the Battle at the Burr. First off I want to thank Coach Nic, the Howard swim & dive team and the Howard community for putting on an amazing event. The energy and passion at this meet is amazing and our team loves to be a part of this environment. I was happy with how our team responded in each and every event. Before the meet, we talked about finishing just as strong as we started and I think we did just that. We are looking forward to future battles against Howard and using these results to help us continue to move forward.” – Head Coach John Carroll on as we speak’s meet. 

MEN’S HIGHLIGHTS

• In the 200 medley relay, Isaac Holtham, Nick Pezzella, Owen Watkins and Henry Haupt captured first with a time of 1:31.81.
• Ronan Krauss completed in first place within the 1000 free with a time of 10:04.08. 
• In the 50 free, Watkin captured first with a time of 20.60. 
• Holtham and Pezzella completed first and second within the 200 IM with occasions of 1:53.64 and 1:56.52, respectively.
• Watkins completed first within the 100 free with a time of 46.10. 
• Holtham positioned first within the 100 again with a time of fifty.86. 
• In the five hundred free, Gabe Gonda (4:46.96) and Ben Tunila (4:56.56) completed in first and second, respectively. 
• In the 100 breaststroke, Bailey De Luise completed first with a time of 58.00.
• In the 200 free relay, Daren Chen, Troy Keen, Watkins and De Luise completed in first with a time of 1:23.56.

WOMEN’S HIGHLIGHTS

• In the 1000 free, Camille Weiss captured first with a time of 10:25.53.
• Angelica Reali captured first within the 200 IM  with a time of two:09.06. 
• In the 100 fly, Bella Dimaculangan completed first with a time of 57.94. 
• In the 100 free with a time of 51.80, Madeline Malone positioned first.
• Weiss captured first with a time of 5:08.61 within the 500 free.