Loyola Maryland vs American
- Saturday, October 9, 2021
- Washington, D.C.
- Results
Courtesy: Loyola Athletics
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Loyola University Maryland men’s swimming and diving team set two pool records Saturday as it posted a win at American University to open the 2021-2022 season. The Greyhounds women also scored a victory in the dual meet against the Eagles.
Both men’s relay teams won their events with Reeves Aquatic Center record times as the men posted a 252-48 decision against American; the women’s side was dominant, too, winning 172-128.
Reid Hussey, Max Verheyen, Jimmy Hayburn and Caleb Kelly won the 200-yard medley relay in 1:32.08 to break a 14-years old record set in 2007 by an American team.
The quartet then closed the meet with a record-setting performance of 1:23.92 in the 200-yard freestyle relay to take down a mark set in 2014 by George Mason.
In between the relays, the Greyhounds won all 14 individual events.
For the women, Loyola’s depth played a key role as the Greyhounds and Eagles evenly split the 14 individual events and two relays.
Alex Plavoukos won both the 1,000- and 500-yard freestyle races for the men, taking the top spot in the longer race in 9:46.70, a win of almost 11 seconds. He later had a victory in the 500 in 4:43.90, edging teammate Harry Hearn by 16-hundredths of a second while Dylan Champagne and Zach Reid were third and fourth.
Patrick Hayburn, Jonathan Brooks, Casey Brown and Matt Voight went first through fourth in the 100-yard backstroke with Hayburn winning in 52.04.
Zach Reid won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:42.53, just beating teammate Henry Mueller.
Max Verheyen led a trio of Greyhounds who were first to the wall in the 100-yard breaststroke in 56.26. Michael Gozdan and Alexander Grahor came in second and third in the event.
Hearn led a one-two finish for the Greyhounds in the 200-yard butterfly, winning the race in 1:53.41 in front of Hussey’s second-place time of 1:56.65.
Kelly was a double winner in the sprint freestyles, taking the 50-yard freestyle in 20.79 and the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 46.13.
Mueller scored a win in the 200-yard backstroke, finishing in 1:51.20 while Patrick Hayburn, Matt Voight and Tie Manuel took the next three spots.
Verheyen had his second win of the afternoon in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:08.65, while Michael Gozdan and Zach Eisenmann were second and third, respectively.
Sung Lee led three Greyhounds in the top three spots of the 100-yard butterfly, winning in 50.57 while Hussey and Patrick Hayburn were second and third.
Loyola won all four diving events with Jack Still taking the top spot in both men’s events and Anna Donato and Mya Sharkey winning for the women. Still won the 1-meter with 262.8 points and the 3-meter with 269.93. Sharkey scored 219.37 in the women’s 3-meter after Donato tallied 205.93 in the 1-meter.
For the women, the Greyhounds opened the meet with a win in the 200-yard medley relay as Lily Mead, Avery Stimmel, Izzy Barnette and Charley Tulio were victorious in 1:48.08.
Alana Andrees and Molly Davis went one-two in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:10.09 and 2:11.61.
Mead easily outpaced the women’s 200-yard breaststroke field, winning in 2:22.95, just over six seconds in front of the second-place finisher.
She then cruised to a nearly four-second win in the 200-yard individual medley (2:09.40), while Laura Latham took second for the Greyhounds. Mead also took second in the 50-yard freestyle.
Stella Meyerhoeffer held off an American swimmer by less than three-tenths of a second to win the 200-yard backstroke in 2:12.07, an event in which Lauren Joyce took third.
Tulio, Bowser and Izzy Barnette finished second, third and fourth, respectively in the 100-yard freestyle. Barnette was later second in the 100-yard butterfly, while Latham and Andres were fourth and fifth.
Gianna Moscetti took second in the 1,000- and 500-yard freestyles for the Greyhounds. Claire Bowser and Amanda Cardock finished second and third in the 200-yard freestyle.
The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Tulio, Amanda Cradock, Stimmel and Bowser was second in 1:40.18.
Loyola will open its home slate with a meet next weekend as it hosts Lehigh on Saturday, October 16.
Courtesy: American Athletics
WASHINGTON – Sophomore Mimi Watts set a Reeves Aquatic Center pool record and won four events for American University men’s and women’s swimming and diving in a home dual meet against Loyola Maryland. In all, the Eagles won eight events including the women’s 200 free relay.
THOUGHTS FROM COACH GARLAND BARTLETT
- “It was great to see the team get up and race for the first official dual meet of the season, especially after a few weeks of hard training. That was the closest our team has been to Loyola in years and I’m very pleased with our performances!”
WOMEN’S TEAM NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
- The women placed second to the Greyhounds but kept within striking distance, falling 172-128.
- Freshman Marissa Kleckner, who won two events, got AU off to a great start with a win in the 1,000 freestyle. Her time of 10:48.59 ranks as the 16th-fastest personal best in program history.
- Kleckner later won the other distance free event as well, the 500 free, with a time of 5:17.99.
- AU also got a win in the next event on the women’s side, with sophomore Mallory Meister taking first in the 200 free in 1:58.42.
- The third winner of the day was sophomore Kenzie Cresci who beat out the rest of the field in the 100 breaststroke in a time of 1:07.56.
- From there, it was Watts who took over with a string of wins to fire up the team. Her winning time of 23.70 in the 50 freestyle was short of her school record but set a new pool record, besting Leah Breen’s time of 23.86 from 2011.
- Watts swam a personal-best in winning the 100 free, with her time of 52.57 ranking 13th among personal bests in program history.
- The final individual win for Watts came with a time of 55.86 in the 100 fly, another event in which she currently holds the school record. Eleanor Felton placed third in the 100 fly in 59.23.
- Junior Kayla Winters and Cresci took second and third, respectively, in the 200 breaststroke.
- Other top-three individual finishes on the women’s side came from freshman Lurilla Bereveskos (third, 1000 free), Winters (second, 100 breast; third, 200 IM), freshman Amaya Tomma (third, 200 fly; second, 200 back), Kleckner (third, 100 free), and freshman Tyler DiMarco (third, 500 free).
- The foursome of freshman Laura Laux, Cresci, freshman Jaehee Park and Felton took second in the 200 medley relay.
- The women’s team closed out the meet with a win in the 200 free relay in 1:37.16. The team of Kleckner, Meister, Felton and Watts now ranks 11th all-time in that event in program history.
MEN’S TEAM NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
- Freshman Seamus Brown took second in the 1,000 free in 9:57.44, and sophomore Nick Buckley was second in the 500 free in 21.64.
- Sophomore Caleb Farris was third in both the 100 and 200 free, junior Jonathan Quick was third in the 200 fly and sophomore Will Timme took third in the 200 IM.
- In the diving competition that was hosted at Loyola Maryland, freshman Griffin Batt placed third on the 3-meter with a score of 202.80 that ranks as the 13th-highest personal best in program history.
- Batt also placed third on the 1-meter with a score of 184.95.
- The men’s 200 free relay team of Buckley, Will Deitch, Quick and Farris placed second in 1:26.60.
- The Loyola Maryland men set pool records in winning both the 200 medley relay (1:32.08) and the 200 free relay (1:23.92).
NEXT UP
- The Eagles have one more home dual meet and it’s next up at 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 15. It also marks Senior Day, with AU honoring seniors Luke Bennett, Langston Carter, Suzie Davis, Eleanor Felton, Christian Hernandez, Adam Kawut and Sawyer Moseley.
STAY CONNECTED
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