Swimming & Diving Falls To Boston College In Season Opener

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts swimming and diving staff fell to Boston College on Saturday on the Joseph R. Rogers, Jr. Pool. The Minutewomen dropped their twin meet towards the Eagles, 186-111, whereas the Minutemen faltered, 197-99.

Both the Minutewomen and Minutemen mixed for 5 gold medals on the day. Freshmen Flora Klimesch and Hudson Bawduniak earned first place finishes of their collegiate debut, whereas junior Beren Cakiroglu, sophomore Maria Grishaeva and senior Sammy Quigg picked up the gold on the day of their respective occasions.

Women’s Swimming & Diving
The Minutewomen totaled 13 top-three finishes on the day to go alongside, whereas accumulating three gold medals.

Klimesch started the person occasions with a first-place end within the 1,000 freestyle in her collegiate debut, recording a time of 10:28.91. Cakiroglu earned the silver within the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:54.24.

In the 100 backstroke, Grishaeva sat atop the rostrum, ending with a time of 57.57. Junior Lindsay Burbage picked up the bronze medal after swimming a time of 1:05.01 within the 100 breaststroke.

The 200 butterfly noticed sophomore Hannah Schoenauer place third with a time of two:08.98, whereas fellow classmate Courtney Tedesco claimed second within the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.37.

Cakiroglu and Grishaeva grabbed their second medals of the day, with Cakiroglu claiming the gold within the 100 freestyle with a time of 52.59 and Grishaeva incomes silver within the 200 backstroke with a time of two:06.09.

Burbage additionally garnered her second medal, taking house the silver within the 200 breaststroke with a time of two:23.17, whereas Klimesch secured herself the bronze within the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:10.78, marking her second medal of the afternoon.

Sophomore Karinne Everly registered a time of 58.06 within the 100 butterfly to put second within the occasion.

In the relays, the 200 medley relay staff of Cakiroglu, freshman Kate Baranova, Schoenauer and freshman Anna McCarthy took second with a mixed time of 1:49.25. The 400 freestyle relay staff of Cakiroglu, Schoenauer, Everly and Tedesco completed second with a time of three:34.30

Men’s Swimming & Diving
The Minutemen tallied 9 top-three finishes, including two gold medals on the day.

Sophomore Zach Szabo swam into third within the 100 backstroke with a time of 51.31. Bawduniak and Eli Panachyda took first and third, respectively, within the 100 breaststroke, as Bawduniak recorded a time of 56.74 and Panachyda had a time of 58.10.

Quigg completed the 50 freestyle in second with a time of 20.91, earlier than claiming the gold medal within the 100 freestyle with a time of 44.98.

Sophomore Chase Keeler completed third within the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:53.27. Bawduniak and Panachyda positioned second and third, respectively, within the 200 breaststroke. Bawduniak recorded a time of two:06.23, whereas Panachyda swam a time of two:06.50.

The 500 freestyle noticed junior Jude Boukarroum take third with a time of 4:46.99, as Keeler closed out the person occasions with a second-place end within the 200 particular person medley with a time of 1:56.14.

During the relay occasions, the staff of Szabo, Hudson Bawduniak, junior Aydin Erkan and Quigg swam a mixed time of 1:32.62 to put second within the 200 medley relay. The 400 freestyle relay staff consisting of freshman Sota Kawahata, Szabo, freshman Macek Vandermolen and Quigg earned third with a mixed time of three:07.05

On The Boards
In the one-meter dive, sophomore Danielle Guerin and senior Shreeya Sinha took second and third, respectively. Guerin totaled a 235.58 to seize the silver, whereas Sinha scored a six-dive complete of 234.60 to earn the bronze.

For the Minutemen, sophomore Alex Kreidler secured second with a six-dive complete of 284.10.

Up Next
Both the boys’s and girls’s swim staff will return to the pool for the Justin Jennings Invitational, hosted by Colgate, in Hamilton, New York, on Friday, October 10, by Saturday, October 11. Friday’s occasions start at 4 p.m., with Saturday kicking off at 10 a.m.