Women's Swimming 2/3/2024 4:51:00 PM

Women’s Swimming Completes Perfect Season with 11-0 Dual Meet Record

SWARTHMORE, Pa. - The No. 16 Swarthmore College women's swimming team continued its winning ways with a 204-55 victory over Franklin & Marshall College on Saturday.

The women finished with a perfect dual meet record for the third-straight season, while sweeping Centennial Conference play for the fourth-straight year. The program captured its 31st consecutive conference victory and its 29th straight dual meet win.

Prior to the start of today's meet, the program honored seniors Ashley Wong, Laura Strachan, Paige Poteet, Cara Lee, Vivian Guo, Anastasia Erley, Lexi Duffy, Sarah Conley and Kaja Arusha. Each individual has contributed to the program's historic success over the past three seasons. The Garnet hold a perfect 26-0 record since returning to competition after the cancellation of the 2020-21 season. These nine seniors will look to add to their legacy as they contend for the team's third-straight Centennial Conference Championship this month.

The Garnet women placed first in every event and swept the top-three positions in five total events. Quinn Weygandt, Duffy, Sophie Rotival, Lauren Rohde and Elle Anthony each won two events for the Garnet to highlight seven individual winners.

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Garnet opened the afternoon with a top finish in the 200 medley relay. The team of Arusha, Rotival, Wong and Anthony claimed the top finish with a time of 1:47.93.

- Kate Hallmark dominated the 1000 freestyle with a 10:45.42 effort. The sophomore was the only competitor to finish sub-11 minutes as she won the event by nearly 25 seconds.

- Swarthmore swept the top three spots in the 200 freestyle. Weygandt earned the top position with a time of 1:55.81. First-year standouts Genine Collins and Ava Craig followed with times of 1:57.64 and 1:59.15, respectively.

- Duffy and Erin Szuromi took the top two spots in the 100 backstroke. Duffy swam to a personal best with a 57.98 mark to move into third all-time in program history. Szuromi then followed in second with a 1:00.48 finish.

- Rotival posted a top finish in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:04.92. Paige Poteet also grabbed a top-three spot with a time of 1:09.00 to claim third.

- Rohde edged out Annaliese Chen by a tenth of a second in the 200 butterfly. Rohde touched the wall first at 2:08.35, while Chen followed at 2:08.45. The junior then picked up another victory in the 500 freestyle with a 5:18.46 mark, while Ava Craig followed at 5:22.08 in second place.

- Anthony impressed in the 50 freestyle with a 24.29 mark to place first overall. Fellow sophomore Ainsley Jane Tambling followed as the runner-up with a 25.07 mark. Following a 15-minute intermission, Anthony returned with another victory in the 100 freestyle with a time of 53.11. Cara Dominici also grabbed a top-three finish in third place at 55.52.

- Duffy led a top three sweep in the 200 backstroke for her second victory of the afternoon. Duffy touched the wall at 2:05.34, while Erin Szuromi and Sarah Conley followed with times of 2:11.84 and 2:14.53, respectively.

- The Garnet rallied for consecutive sweeps as they claimed the top-three spots in the 200 breaststroke. Rotival earned another top finish with a time of 2:22.75 to beat out the nearest competitor by six seconds. Weygandt followed in second at 2:28.35, while Chen placed third with a 2:31.39 mark.

- Swarthmore continued to overtake the scoreboard with a sweep in the 100 butterfly. Collins led the effort with a 58.84 finish, while Wong and Hallmark followed at 59.15 and 59.44, respectively.

- Weygandt led one last top-three sweep in the 200 IM as Swarthmore continued its dominance over the Diplomats. The sophomore standout paced the trio with a 2:10.04 mark, while Anna Liu (2:13.48) beat out Chen (2:14.34) in a tight race for runner-up.

- Swarthmore closed out the meet with a victory in the 200 freestyle relay. The team of Collins, Tambling, Dominci and Anthony showcased the team's young talent with a 1:37.27 finish to grab first place.

UP NEXT
The Garnet host their final home event of the season with the Swarthmore Invitational on Friday and Saturday. The team will then set its sights on the Centennial Conference Championships, which open on Thursday, February 22.

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