Mountain Hawks Defeat Marist in Ultimate House Meet

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh girls’s swimming & diving hosted the ultimate meet at Jacobs Pool of the season on Saturday afternoon. The Mountain Hawks defeated Marist 215-84.

Senior Mairin Ludwig took dwelling three of Lehigh’s fourteen occasion wins. She first received the 200-yard freestyle, touching in 1:54.47. She handily championed the 200-yard particular person medley with a 2:06.66 swim. She additionally swam 5:05.43 to win the 500-yard freestyle. Lehigh additionally positioned in that occasion, as Darrah Shuff took second (5:16.11).

Caitlin Deitch additionally received three particular person occasions, and Lehigh took the highest two spots in all of them. The senior first took the win within the 200-yard butterfly, swimming 2:06.25. She was trailed by sophomore Clara Moschella, who swam 2:10.58. Deitch led the sector within the 100-yard freestyle, the place she received in 53.04. First-year Genevieve Cody was not far behind, ending second (53.63). Her last win got here within the 200-yard backstroke, the place the Mountain Hawks swept the rostrum. Deitch swam 57.17 to win, she was adopted as soon as once more by Moschella (58.06), and sophomore Annie Gao got here third (59.14). 

Sophomore Claire Coughlin took dwelling a trio of high two finishes towards the Red Foxes. She first secured the win within the 1000-yard freestyle, swimming 10:52.98 and gapping the sector by virtually 12 seconds. The subsequent finisher behind her was her teammate Caitlin Hofmann, who swam 11:04.43. Coughlin additionally received the 200-yard backstroke occasion, the place Lehigh swept the highest three spots. Coughlin’s 2:08.48 simply beat out first-years Eliza Johnson and Bonita Zuo, who swam 2:08.61 and a couple of:09.46, respectively. The battle between Coughlin and Johnson was a continuation from earlier within the meet, the place Johnson (59.46) beat Coughlin (59.75) to champion the 100-yard backstroke.

Lehigh’s remaining win got here within the 50-yard freestyle. Cody touched in 24.41, narrowly beating teammate and fellow first-year Giselle Michaels (24.91) for first. 

The Mountain Hawks had been victorious in each relay occasions. They first received the 200-yard medley relay, the place the group of Johnson, sophomore Zoe Davies, Moschella, and Cody swam 1:46.56. Lehigh closed the meet with a win within the 400-yard freestyle relay. Deitch, Ludwig, Cody, and Michaels had been the group that swam 3:31.79 to win.

Kate Whitaker dominated the diving occasions, profitable each heights. At one-meter, her rating of 226.13 was eight hundredths greater than second, narrowly giving her the victory. The junior additionally received at three-meters, scoring 255.90. First-year Jayden Yochai additionally made the rostrum in that occasion, inserting third with a rating of 223.05.

Lehigh subsequent competes in two weeks on Saturday, January 24. The Mountain Hawks will journey to Bucknell to compete of their last twin meet of the season.