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Swimming & Diving Opens Season With Meets at Northwestern and Wheaton

CHICAGO – The University of Chicago swimming and diving teams kept busy on the first competition day of the season with split-squad meets at Northwestern University and Wheaton College on Saturday.

Up in Evanston, the Maroons took on a trio of NCAA Division I opponents in a quad meet – host Northwestern, University of Illinois-Chicago and Rutgers University.

Reona Yamaguchi was the day's top performer on the men's half. The sophomore won the 100-yard breaststroke in 57.51, beating out the runner-up by 0.6 seconds. He also took second in the 200-yard breaststroke by a mere 0.03 seconds, and was also runner-up in the 200-yard IM (1:56.84).

The Maroons captured the top two spots in the men's 200-yard butterfly with junior Michael Todd winning in 1:54.80 and sophomore Taye Baldinazzo placing second in 1:55.63.

The women were led by first-year Margaret Wolfson, who finished second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:23.31) and the 400-yard freestyle relay.

UChicago Top Finishers at Northwestern (Men)
200-yard Butterfly – Michael Todd (1st, 1:54.80); Taye Baldinazzo (2nd, 1:55.63)
100-yard Breaststroke – Reona Yamaguchi (1st, 57.51)
200-yard Breaststroke – Reona Yamaguchi (2nd, 2:07.40)
200-yard IM – Reona Yamaguchi (2nd, 1:56.84)
50-yard Freestyle – Alexander Farrell (2nd, 21.44)
400-yard Freestyle Relay – 2nd, 3:08.34 (Byrne Litschgi, Keda Song, Keenan Novis, Alexander Farrell)

UChicago Top Finishers at Northwestern (Women)
200-yard Breaststroke – Margaret Wolfson (2nd, 2:23.31)
400-yard Freestyle Relay – 2nd, 3:38.61 (Margaret Wolfson, Nicole Lin, Gillian Gagnard, Hannah Eastman)

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Simultaneously, UChicago was also in action at Wheaton for a dual meet. The women won 115-90 while the men lost 139-66.

The Maroons combined for seven victories. Junior Simone Stover was a multiple winner in the 200-yard freestyle (1:59.43) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:25.97). First-year Tiffany Wu won the 200-yard butterfly (2:13.84) and was part of the first-place 400-yard medley relay. First-year Jonathan Mendley was first in the 50-yard freestyle in 21.45.

UChicago Top Finishers at Wheaton (Women)
200-yard Freestyle – Simone Stover (1st, 1:59.43)
500-yard Freestyle – Simone Stover  (1st, 5:25.97)
200-yard Breaststroke – Drew Landrowski (1st, 2:32.12)
200-yard Butterfly – Tiffany Wu (1st, 2:13.84)
200-yard IM – Jean Dai (1st, 2:19.05)
400-yard Medley Relay – 1st, 4:08.17 (Elizabeth Shen, Emma Madden, Tiffany Wu, Cecile Kurman-Browning)

UChicago Top Finishers at Wheaton (Men)
50-yard Freestyle – Jonathan Mendley (1st, 21.45)

NEXT MEET:

  • Saturday, Nov. 4 @ 1:00 PM – Washington University-St. Louis at UChicago
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Players Mentioned

Taye Baldinazzo

Taye Baldinazzo

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Sophomore
Alexander Farrell

Alexander Farrell

Free, Fly
Junior
Byrne Litschgi

Byrne Litschgi

Free, Back
Sophomore
Jonathan Mendley

Jonathan Mendley

Free, Back
Freshman
Keenan Novis

Keenan Novis

Free, IM
Junior
Keda Song

Keda Song

Free, Back, Fly
Freshman
Michael Todd

Michael Todd

Back, Fly
Junior
Reona Yamaguchi

Reona Yamaguchi

Breast, IM
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Taye Baldinazzo

Taye Baldinazzo

Sophomore
Free
Alexander Farrell

Alexander Farrell

Junior
Free, Fly
Byrne Litschgi

Byrne Litschgi

Sophomore
Free, Back
Jonathan Mendley

Jonathan Mendley

Freshman
Free, Back
Keenan Novis

Keenan Novis

Junior
Free, IM
Keda Song

Keda Song

Freshman
Free, Back, Fly
Michael Todd

Michael Todd

Junior
Back, Fly
Reona Yamaguchi

Reona Yamaguchi

Sophomore
Breast, IM