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Maroon Swimming & Diving Rolls Past Lewis and Olivet Nazarene

CHICAGO – The University of Chicago swimming & diving teams returned to action for the first time since November, handily defeating Lewis University and Olivet Nazarene University in a home tri-meet on Friday evening.

The UChicago women defeated Lewis 228-64 and Olivet Nazarene 238-61, while the Maroon men beat Lewis 189-98 and Olivet Nazarene 218-65.

Over the course of 32 total events, UChicago picked up 14 women's wins and 11 men's victories.

On the women's side, first-year Chanell Kann finished first in three different races. She took the 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.56), 200-yard IM (2:08.87) and as part of the 200-yard medley relay (1:48.48). Senior Agnes Lo swept the one-meter and three-meter boards with scores of 273.98 and 288.23, respectively. First-year Ayisha Afrik swam anchor leg on the winning 200-yard medley relay and 200-yard freestyle relay. First-year Grace Schwieters was part of the 200 free relay while also triumphing in the 100-yard butterfly (59.74).

On the men's side, junior Keda Song was a double winner in both the 100-yard butterfly (50.38) and 100-yard backstroke (50.47). The one-meter (295.50) and three-meter (332.63) dives were topped by first-year Andrew Chen. Senior Byrne Litschgi and junior Jonathan Mendley both swam legs on the victorious 200-yard medley relay (1:33.15) and 200-yard freestyle relay (1:23.71). Mendley also captured the 50-yard freestyle in 21.17. First-year Arthur Kiselnikov was the anchor leg on the 200 free relay while also winning the 200-yard freestyle (1:41.20).

UChicago Top Finishers (Women)
100 Breast – Chanell Kann (1st, 1:07.56)
200 IM – Chanell Kann (1st, 2:08.87)
100 Free – Chloe Fong (1st, 53.88)
200 Free – Audrey Mason (1st, 1:58.33)
1,000 Free – Morgan Simon (1st, 10:34.42)
100 Butterfly – Grace Schwieters (1st, 59.74)
200 Butterfly – Alice Ye (1st, 2:09.78)
200 Breast – Nadia Redza (1st, 2:27.76)
100 Back – Gillian Gagnard (1st, 58.74)
200 Back – Lisa Dong (1st, 2:07.72)
One-Meter Diving – Agnes Lo (1st, 273.98)
Three-Meter Diving – Agnes Lo (1st, 288.23)
200 Medley Relay – 1st, 1:48.48 (Tyler Mandrell, Chanell Kann, Hadley Ackerman, Ayisha Afrik)
200 Free Relay – 1st, 1:38.53 (Filippa Kolokotsa, Tyler Mandrell, Grace Schwieters, Ayisha Afrik)

UChicago Top Finishers (Men)
100 Butterfly – Keda Song (1st, 50.38)
100 Back – Keda Song (1st, 50.47)
50 Free – Jonathan Mendley (1st, 21.17)
200 Free – Arthur Kiselnikov (1st, 1:41.20)
200 Breast – Sam Nickson (1st, 2:09.82)
200 Back – Alexander Sun (1st, 1:53.25)
200 IM – Reona Yamaguchi (1st, 1:53.58)
One-Meter Diving – Andrew Chen (1st, 295.50)
Three-Meter Diving – Andrew Chen (1st, 332.63)
200 Medley Relay – 1st, 1:33.15 (Martin Baffico, Reona Yamaguchi, Byrne Litschgi, Jonathan Mendley)
200 Free Relay – 1st, 1:23.71 (Jonathan Mendley, Byrne Litschgi, Aidan Meara, Arthur Kiselnikov)

NEXT MEET:

  • Saturday, Jan. 18 @ 1:00 PM – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at UChicago
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Players Mentioned

Byrne Litschgi

Byrne Litschgi

Free, Back
Senior
Aidan Meara

Aidan Meara

Free
Senior
Jonathan Mendley

Jonathan Mendley

Free
Junior
Sam Nickson

Sam Nickson

Breast
Sophomore
Keda Song

Keda Song

Free, Back, IM
Junior
Reona Yamaguchi

Reona Yamaguchi

Breast, IM
Senior
Martin Baffico

Martin Baffico

Free, Back, Fly
Senior
Andrew Chen

Andrew Chen

Diving
Junior
Arthur Kiselnikov

Arthur Kiselnikov

Free, Fly
Junior
Alexander Sun

Alexander Sun

Back, Breast, IM
Junior

Players Mentioned

Byrne Litschgi

Byrne Litschgi

Senior
Free, Back
Aidan Meara

Aidan Meara

Senior
Free
Jonathan Mendley

Jonathan Mendley

Junior
Free
Sam Nickson

Sam Nickson

Sophomore
Breast
Keda Song

Keda Song

Junior
Free, Back, IM
Reona Yamaguchi

Reona Yamaguchi

Senior
Breast, IM
Martin Baffico

Martin Baffico

Senior
Free, Back, Fly
Andrew Chen

Andrew Chen

Junior
Diving
Arthur Kiselnikov

Arthur Kiselnikov

Junior
Free, Fly
Alexander Sun

Alexander Sun

Junior
Back, Breast, IM