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UChicago Swimming & Diving Tops Lewis and Olivet Nazarene in Competitive Return

CHICAGO – The University of Chicago swimming and diving teams returned to the pool after a two-month competition break with a home tri-meet against Lewis University and Olivet Nazarene University on Friday night. Both Maroon squads came away with two team wins.

On the women's half, UChicago defeated Lewis 203-91 and Olivet Nazarene 224-73.

All told, the women won 10 events on the evening, with four multi-event winners. Senior Daria Wick was first to touch the wall in both the 100-yard and 200-yard freestyles, while junior Audrey Mason was victorious in the longer freestyle races (500 and 1,000). Sophomore Hadley Ackerman was the winner in both the 200-yard butterfly and 200-yard IM. Sophomore Elizabeth Shen swam the anchor leg for both the 400-yard medley relay and 400-yard freestyle relay.

The Maroon women took the top spot in both the one-meter and three-meter drives with Elizabeth Cron and Alice Saparov, respectively. Saparov achieved NCAA provisional qualifying scores on both boards (259.27 and 280.65). Senior Anna Girlich (three-meter, 272.85) and Cron (one-meter, 287.55) each recorded NCAA provisional scores as well.

The Maroon men were similarly triumphant, 160-116 over Lewis and 194-78 against Olivet Nazarene.

UChicago earned victories in six total events. Junior Byrne Litschgi and senior Alexander Farrell both swam legs on the first-place 400-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard medley relay. Sophomore Joseph Zhao posted winning dives on both the one-meter and three-meter boards.

UChicago Top Finishers (Women)
100 Free – Daria Wick (1st, 54.09)
200 Free – Daria Wick (1st, 1:57.19)
500 Free – Audrey Mason (1st, 5:10.48)
1,000 Free – Audrey Mason (1st, 10:37.20)
200 Butterfly – Hadley Ackerman (1st, 2:08.57)
200 IM – Hadley Ackerman (1st, 2:13.50)
One-meter dive – Elizabeth Cron (1st, 278.55)
Three-meter dive – Alice Saparov (1st, 280.65)
400 Free Relay – 1st, 3:37.84 (Hannah Subramaniam, Nicole Lin, Chloe Fong, Elizabeth Shen)
400 Medley Relay – 1st, 4:00.83 (Gillian Gagnard, Nadia Redza, Nicole Garcia, Elizabeth Shen)

UChicago Top Finishers (Men)
One-meter dive – Joseph Zhao (1st, 210.60)
Three-meter dive – Joseph Zhao (1st, 200.25)
200 Back – Martin Baffico (1st, 1:56.74)
200 IM – Taye Baldinazzo (1st, 1:55.64)
400 Free Relay – 1st, 3:08.68 (Keenan Novis, Alexander Farrell, Winston Wang, Byrne Litschgi)
400 Medley Relay – 1st, 3:27.15 (Byrne Litschgi, Reona Yamaguchi, Michael Todd, Alexander Farrell)

NEXT MEET:

  • Saturday, Jan. 26 @ 1:00 PM – Calvin College and DePauw University at UChicago
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Players Mentioned

Joseph Zhao

Joseph Zhao

Diving
Freshman
Taye Baldinazzo

Taye Baldinazzo

Free
Junior
Alexander Farrell

Alexander Farrell

Free, Fly
Senior
Byrne Litschgi

Byrne Litschgi

Free, Back
Junior
Keenan Novis

Keenan Novis

Free, IM
Senior
Michael Todd

Michael Todd

Back, Fly
Senior
Winston Wang

Winston Wang

Free, Back
Senior
Reona Yamaguchi

Reona Yamaguchi

Breast, IM
Junior
Martin Baffico

Martin Baffico

Free, Back, Fly
Senior

Players Mentioned

Joseph Zhao

Joseph Zhao

Freshman
Diving
Taye Baldinazzo

Taye Baldinazzo

Junior
Free
Alexander Farrell

Alexander Farrell

Senior
Free, Fly
Byrne Litschgi

Byrne Litschgi

Junior
Free, Back
Keenan Novis

Keenan Novis

Senior
Free, IM
Michael Todd

Michael Todd

Senior
Back, Fly
Winston Wang

Winston Wang

Senior
Free, Back
Reona Yamaguchi

Reona Yamaguchi

Junior
Breast, IM
Martin Baffico

Martin Baffico

Senior
Free, Back, Fly