Girls’s Swimming & Diving: Scots Put together for Convention Championships at First Chance Meet

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Macalester College girls’s swimming & diving crew participated within the University of Minnesota’s First Chance Meet, held Friday and Saturday on the Jean Okay. Freeman Aquatic Center. The meet served because the crew’s last preparation earlier than subsequent week’s MIAC Championships, which will likely be held on the identical pool Feb. 11-14.

Also, the divers competed on the Dodd Road Diving Invitational on Saturday at Carleton.

In Friday’s occasions, first yr Jay Young (Arlington, Va.) completed fourth within the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:27.82, with senior Isabella Marcotullio (New York, N.Y./Dominican Academy) taking twelfth (5:49.50). Senior Izzy Uhlhorn-Thornton (Mill Valley, Calif./Tamalpais) positioned fourth within the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:05.82, which is the second-fastest time within the MIAC this season. Junior Danielle Koelbel (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury) took eighth within the 200-yard butterfly in 2:28.80. Senior Emma Henry (Chesapeake, Va./Oscar Smith) tied for twelfth within the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.62, and first yr Ella Franklin (Tucson, Ariz./University) positioned sixth within the 200-yard particular person medley in 2:20.90. The Scots’ 400-yard medley relay crew of Marcotullio, sophomore Anna Wurtz (Pennington, N.J./Hopewell Valley Central), and sophomores Abigail Martinson (Naperville, Ill./Naperville North) and Zahra Wooden (Shoreline, Wash./Holy Names Academy) completed fourth with a time of 4:25.34.

On Saturday, three Scots swam nicely within the 100-yard butterfly. Henry completed fifth with a time of 58.70, which ranks second within the MIAC thus far this season. Senior Hannah Zurn (Hudson, Wis./Hudson) was sixth in 59.10, and Uhlhorn-Thornton was eighth in 1:00.01. Sophomore Julia Goh (Williamstown, Mass./Northfield Mount Herman School) positioned seventh within the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:38.95. Sophomore Maya Téllez (Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury) took eighth within the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 54.56.

At the Dodd Road Diving Invitational on Saturday, sophomore Maya Thomas (Canton, N.Y./Hugh C. Williams) received the 1-meter diving occasion with a rating of 168.70.

The MIAC Championships start on Wednesday, Feb. 11 on the University of Minnesota’s Jean Okay. Freeman Aquatic Center.

Click right here for Friday’s outcomes.

Click right here for Saturday morning’s outcomes.

Click right here for Dodd Road Diving Invitational outcomes.