Swimming and Diving Opens Big Ten Championships Wednesday

MINNEAPOLIS – The Rutgers swimming and diving workforce opened motion on the Big Ten Championships on Wednesday evening. The Scarlet Knights competed within the 200 Medley Relay, 800 Freestyle Relay and the exhibition workforce diving occasion.

200 Medley Relay – 1:39.36

The first occasion of the evening was the 200 medley relay, which RU swam in 1:39.36. Goksu Dogan, Sofia Bartoloni, Anna Vlachou and Emilianna Gonzalez took the pool for RU, who got here in 13^th.  The Scarlet Knights beat their seed time of 1:39.81, set of their final twin meet competitors of the yr towards Nebraska.

800 Freestyle Relay – 7:24.57

The session’s second and remaining relay was the 800 freestyle relay, which RU swam in 7:24.57. The Scarlet Knights beat their seed time of seven:26.78 within the occasion. Competing for RU had been Ana Hazlehurst, Chiara Alberti, Casey Zentz and Brooke Thompson. Hazelhurst swam the leadoff leg of 200 Free in 1:48.73, which might be the 10the quickest 200 free time in program historical past.

Exhibition Team Diving Event – 171.90

Rutgers utilized a trio of Amelia Scott, Madilyn Varnum and Gianna Lawrence to compete within the exhibition occasion. Scott’s first dive was the highest scoring dive of that spherical.

Rutgers gathered 54 workforce factors via the primary two occasions. The Scarlet Knights proceed Big Ten championship competitors on Thursday. The motion picks again up at 11 a.m. Eastern Time with prelims. RU competes within the 100 Butterfly, 400 IM, 200 Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke, in addition to the 1-Meter Diving, with trials for diving starting at 1 p.m.