Lehigh Wins Every Occasion En Path to Win In opposition to West Chester

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The residence opener for Lehigh’s girls’s swimming & Diving crew befell on Friday evening towards West Chester. The Mountain Hawks dominated the Rams, profitable each occasion on the way in which to a 176-67 victory.

Mairin Ludwig had three of these wins by herself. The senior began off the evening with a dominant efficiency within the 1000-yard freestyle. Her profitable time of 10:26.54 gapped the complete discipline by 23.5 seconds. She adopted that up with a 200-yard particular person medley win, swimming 2:07.71. Ludwig completed her evening with the 500-yard freestyle, beating all swimmers by no less than 11 seconds with a time of 5:03.51. Right behind her was fellow Mountain Hawk Sophie Perry. This was the first-year’s first-ever look on this occasion, and her time of 5:14.96 was good for second.

In the freestyle dash occasions, it was a pair of first-years who led the sphere. Genevieve Cody took the win in each the 50 and 100-yard freestyles, whereas Giselle Michaels took second in each. Cody swam 24.18 over 50, and 52.32 over 100, whereas Michaels hit the wall at 24.81 within the 50 and 54.01 within the 100. 

There had been two occasions on the meet the place the Mountain Hawks secured the highest three spots. Senior Caitlin Deitch (1:56.59), Perry (1:57.24), and sophomore Claire Coughlin (1:58.91), secured the highest three podium spots within the order listed within the 200-yard freestyle. Clara Moschella gained the 100-yard butterfly in 1:56.59, and it was Deitch (57.35) and sophomore Annie Gao (59.50) inserting second and third. 

The remaining two swimming occasions had been each gained by Lehigh underclass swimmers. First-year Eliza Johnson secured a 100-yard backstroke win with a time of 57.21, and sophomore Zoe Davies gained the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:06.74. 

The outcomes had been no totally different on the diving board. Junior Katie Whitaker gained each the 3-meter and 1-meter diving occasions. Whitaker scored 252.98 within the larger dive, and 233.23 within the shorter dive.

The Mountain Hawks bookended the meet with a pair of relay victories. The relay crew consisting of Johnson, Davies, Moschella, and Michaels swam 1:46.66 to win the 200-yard medley relay. Lehigh gained the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:34.7 to finish the meet, and that crew featured Deitch, Cody, Moschella, and Perry. 

“This was going to be more about seeing where our women are right now, and they’re in a great spot,” head coach Rob Herb defined. “Every event was just a result of the continuous hard work that these women are putting in every day. It was a good result.”

The Mountain Hawks are again in Jacobs Pool tomorrow to face the Rider Broncs at 1 p.m.