No. 11 WashU Girls’s Swimming and Diving Posts Win Over Quincy on Senior Day

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The No. 11 Washington University in St. Louis girls’s swimming and diving crew defeated Division II Quincy 219.00-59.00 on Saturday afternoon in entrance a packed crowd at Millstone Pool.
 
Prior to the meet, the Bears honored their seniors – Nicole Caruso, Avery Dixon, Anna Fonda, Sophia Gossum, Yasmeen Ibrahim, Natalie Klaas, Andrea Leng and Ali Roche.
 
Top Finishers
Swimming

• 200 Medley Relay
  
• 1,000 Freestyle
  
• 200 Freestyle

  • Gmelich claimed the highest spot with a time of 1:56.86
  • Junior Rachel Bello completed second in 1:57.63
  • Basler completed third in 1:58.18
  • First-year Ayaan Olasewere took fourth in 1:59.29
    
     

• 100 Backstroke

  • Roche finishes second with a time of 59.95
  • Pintescu took third in 1:02.82
  • Yu completed fifth in 1:04.81
    
     

• 100 Breaststroke

  • Senior Avery Dixon received with a time of 1:09.27
  • Pintescu took third in 1:16.48
    
     

• 200 Butterfly

  • Johnson received the sector with a time of two:08.85
  • Sophomore Annabel Hermacinski completed second in 2:11.45
  • Senior Natalia Klaas took third in 2:11.53
  • Watson completed fourth in 2:14.12
  • Sophomore Lindsay Alisbah took fifth in 2:15.74
    
     

• 50 Freestyle

  • Olasewere snagged first in 24.62
  • Gmelich took second in 24.92
  • Leng completed third in 25.21
  • Qi took fourth in 25.24
  • Junior Hannah Lee completed fifth in 25.28
    
     

• 100 Freestyle

  • Watson took the highest spot with a time of 54.34
  • First-year Abby Wright completed second in 55.42
  • Gossum claimed third in 55.45
  • Hermacinski took fourth in 55.54
  • Rao completed fifth in 55.57
    
     

• 200 Backstroke

  • Johnson received the sector with a time of two:07.63
  • Roche took second in 2:07.74
  • Sophomore Rachel Kravtsov completed fourth in 2:11.44
  • First-year Sarah Cohen completed fifth in 2:11.87
    
     

• 200 Breaststroke

  • Lee received the race with a time of two:28.90
  • Hackel completed second in 2:32.54
  • Caruso took third in 2:33.84
  • Sammut completed fourth in 2:34.10
  • Klaas claimed fifth in 2:34.19
    
     

• 500 Freestyle

  • Gmelich claimed the highest spot with a time of 5:18.03
  • Fonda completed second in 5:18.89
  • Qi took third in 5:24.30
  • Basler completed fourth in 5:25.11
    
     

• 100 Butterfly

  • Watson completed second with a time of 58.94
  • Johnson took third in 1:00.13
  • Alisbah completed fourth in 1:00.95
  • Hermacinski took fifth in 1:01.00
    
     

• 400 IM (Exhibitions – factors not counted in complete)

  • Klaas posted the highest Bears’ time of 4:40.25
  • Roche completed in 4:47.39
  • Bello swam a time of 4:49.08
  • Caruso completed in 4:52.19
    
     

• 200 Free Relay (Exhibitions – factors not counted in complete)

  • The crew of Olasewere, Qi, Lee and Leng posted a time of 1:38.67
  • Basler, Cohen, Frey and Bello swam a time of 1:41.18
  • First-year Eliana King, Sammut, Wright and Alisbah completed in 1:42.64
  • Ibrahim, Fond, Kravtsov and Klaas swam a time of 1:44.01
    
     

Diving

• 1-Meter
  
• 3-Meter

  • Karimi received with a rating of 268.05
  • Li took second with a 249.75
  • Isgar posted a 225.52 for third
  • Vahedian completed fourth with 202.12
    
     

The Bears have one closing tune-up earlier than the UAA Championships after they head to DePauw on Saturday, January 31 for a 1 p.m. meet.

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