American vs Colgate
- Saturday, January 14, 2023
- Hamilton, N.Y.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Team Scores
- Women: American 186, Colgate 113
- Men: American 194, Colgate 84
Courtesy: American Athletics
HAMILTON, N.Y. – In a double-dual victory for American University men’s and women’s swimming & diving at Colgate, the Eagles posted an outstanding 25 wins out of 36 total events. AU won all four relays, all four diving events and 17 other individual races. Leading the way was 2022 All-PL First Team honoree Mimi Watts who was a part of two relay wins and also won two individual events.
Notable
- The women’s team won by an overall score of 186-113, while the men’s team won 194-84. The combined total win was 380-197.
- The last win of the day was arguably the most captivating, as Nick Buckley had an inspired anchor leg swim in the men’s 400 freestyle relay. Coming back from a full body length behind and still appearing to trail in the final second, Buckley out-reached his opponent in the next lane to give AU’s foursome a win in 3:11.72 which was just three one-hundredths of a second ahead.
- Joining Buckley for that victory were Caleb Farris, Colin Clough and Will Deitch.
- As well as the men’s swimmers finished the day, the women’s swimmers got it started. The foursome of Sasha Uspenskaya, Maddie Mara, Watts and Marissa Kleckner took a win in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:47.34 that ranks 16th in program history.
- The men’s team kept the success going with a 200 medley relay win of their own thanks to a 1:34.65 from Nate Coleman, Deitch, Farris and Buckley.
- Seamus Brown earned a win in the 1000 freestyle in 10:06.38, and in the 500 freestyle in 4:54.48. Tyler DiMarco and Kayla Winters placed second and third in the women’s 1000 freestyle.
- The Eagles got two more wins in the 200 freestyle. Katie Yoo won for the women in a PR of 1:58.33, while Farris earned the win for the men in 1:44.50.
- Sophia Hemingway and Uspenskaya placed first and second in both the 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke.
- Both teams got wins in the 100 breaststroke, first from Kenzie Cresci in 1:06.94 and then from Deitch in 59.14 as he beat Colgate’s Ryan Jee by three one-hundredths of a second. Cresci won again in the 200 breaststroke in 2:27.42.
- Watts won the 50 free in 23.78, followed by teammate Marissa Kleckner in second with a time of 24.49.
- Buckley got an individual win in the 50 free in 21.09, with Aidan Delehanty in second in 22.53.
- Soon after the runner-up finish in the 50 free, Kleckner came in first in the 100 free with a time of 53.84
- Buckley nearly got another individual win in the 100 free, but was the runner-up by three-hundredths of a second.
- Coleman won the 200 back for the men in 1:57.01, and Will Timme won the 200 breaststroke in 2:13.86 despite losing both cap and goggles by the end of the race.
- Two more wins for AU came in the 100 fly, with Watts winning for the women in 55.19 and Farris taking it for the men in 50.83.
- Jack Reilly was the final individual winner in the swim events for AU, taking first in the 200 IM in 2:01.33.
- To finish the meet, the Eagles swept the 400 free relays. Before Buckley’s heroics at the end, the women’s foursome of Kleckner, Avery Barber, Uspenskaya and Watts took first in 3:37.50.
- Earlier in the day in the diving events, Peyton Thurman won 1-meter with a score of 234.00 and the 3-meter with a score of 234.60. Griffin Batt won both events for the men with scores of 226.13 (1-meter) and 209.48 (3-meter).
Next Up
- The Eagles return home to host Old Dominion for Senior Day at noon on Saturday, Jan. 21.
Stay Connected
- For more information on AU swim and dive, follow the team on Twitter (@AU_SwimDive), Facebook (@AU.SwimDive) and Instagram (@au_swim_dive).
Courtesy: Colgate Athletics
HAMILTON – Colgate swimming and diving falls to the American Eagles in their last home meet of the 2022-23 season.
Seven Raiders won individual events to highlight Colgate’s performance in the dual meet.
The Raiders opened the meet with the men placing second in the 200-yard medley relay and the women placing third. Matt Freund, Ryan Jee, Jack Lira, and Peyton Wray made up the second-place squad with a time of 1:36.44, while Mackenzie Ferguson, Regan Hau, Jordan Hurt, and Elizabeth Rainey nearly grabbed second with 1:49.12.
Sophomore Nora Bergstrom returned to the pool with a win in the 1,000-yard free. Bergstrom placed first after finishing the event with a final time of 10:47.26. Wray found himself in second place for the men at 10:18.13
Freshmen Zoe Stoke and Lira placed second and third in the 200-yard free with final times of 1:59.22 and 1:45.50. Danielle McNerney also found herself in the top three, following Stokes at 1:45.55.
Matthew Szypula won the next event for Colgate, stealing first in the 100-yard back with 53.97 seconds. For the women, Brooke Garretson and Ferguson placed second and third at 59.80 seconds and 1:00.03.
Audrey Collins and Freund won the 200-yard fly coming in at 2:05.92 and 1:59.50. Morgan Cecil and Senior Katie Hand placed second and fourth in the event with final times of 1:59.50 and 2:14.04.
Cooper Luedde and Hurt continued the top three finishes, as both finished in third place during the 50-yard at 22.78 and 24.98 seconds.
Lira grabbed a first-place finish in the 100-yard free, coming in at 47.82 seconds. Rainey and Luedde placed second and third for Colgate with final times of 55.77 and 48.85 seconds.
Szypula then placed second in the 200-yard back at 1:59.30. Garretson and junior Neil Nejame both took third place at 2;12.01 and 2:02.42.
Bergstrom grabbed her second win in the 500-yard free at 5:18.75, coming almost four seconds faster than the nearest swimmer. Freund found himself in second place for the men at 4:57.06.
Jee and Hurt went on to place second and third in the 100-yard fly with final times of 51.13 and 69.67 seconds.
Collins won her second and Colgate’s final event in the 200-yard IM. The freshman grabbed a seven-second win over her nearest opponent at 2:08.98.
Colgate closed the meet with both teams placing second in the 400-yard free relay. For the men, Freund, Jee, Lira, and Luedde came in at 3:11.75, and Garretson, McNerney, Rainey, and Stokes finished at 3:39.87 for the women.
The Raider diving squad had themselves a day, as freshmen Ella Olafsson and Kate Hoover placed second and third with final scores of 222.15 and 186.15 in the one-meter. The two then switched places in the three-meter, with Hoover receiving a final score of 193.05 and Olafsson 189.68.
FROM THE SOURCE
Mark S. Randall Head Swimming and Diving Coach Ed Pretre
“Our team fought very hard today. It was pretty apparent that we had tired legs today. We weren’t able to finish our races like we usually do. Still, their race strategies were good with how they were feeling in the water.
“With Our women’s team, even though we had four to five key student-athletes out of the meet because of sickness and injury, they were able to step up and still do some great racing today.”
UP NEXT
Colgate travels to Holy Cross on Saturday, Jan. 20, for a morning dual meet with the Crusaders. The first event is scheduled for 11 a.m. inside the Hart Center Pool.