CHICAGO – The University of Chicago swimming & diving teams returned from a seven-week break with dominant dual meet victories over Lewis University on Friday night.
The Maroon men won 15 of 16 events to prevail by a score of 233-61. The UChicago women won 14 of 16 events to notch a 223-70 final score line.
UChicago's divers provided big highlights as three women and three men attained a combined 11 NCAA provisional qualifying scores.
Veronica Fong was the top performer on the day as she scored a massive 332.70 points to win the women's one-meter dive. That mark smashed the Myers-McLoraine Pool record (314.18) set by a former NCAA Division 1 Champion, as well as the school record held by last year's NCAA Division III champion Elizabeth Cron (308.17). Fong also triumphed in the three-meter dive with a score of 297.23.
The additional women's provisional qualifying scores came from Cynthia Tang in the one-meter (283.13) and three-meter (268.88), and Lauren Miller in the one-meter (264.38). The men's provisional qualifying marks were provided by double-winner Andrew Chen in the one-meter (310.88) and three-meter (297.45), Spencer Dearman in the one-meter (310.35) and three-meter (297.08), and Tim Sun in the one-meter (308.10) and three-meter (290.70).
On the swimming side of the pool, two men picked up multiple individual victories. Garrett Clasen finished first in the 100-yard breaststroke (57.12) and 200-yard IM (1:52.82). Junichiro Asano was the winner in the 200-yard butterfly (1:53.94) and 500-yard freestyle (4:41.33).
The Maroon women compiled four multi-event winners on the evening. Annabel Olivo swept the backstrokes with a 59.05 in the 100 and 2:09.22 in the 200. Karen Zhao won the shortest race of the night with a time of 24.35 in the 50-yard freestyle, then followed up with a 500-yard freestyle victory in 5:11.19. Filippa Kolokotsa claimed the 100-yard freestyle (53.81) and 200-yard freestyle (1:56.72). Alicia Soosai was victorious in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:22.19) and the 200-yard IM (2:11.75).
UChicago Men's Winners
100-yard Breaststroke – 1. Garrett Clasen (57.12)
200-yard IM – 1. Garrett Clasen (1:52.82)
200-yard Butterfly – 1. Junichiro Asano (1:53.94)
500-yard Freestyle – 1. Junichiro Asano (4:41.33)
50-yard Freestyle – 1. Jonathan Tang (21.18)
100-yard Freestyle – 1. Arthur Kiselnikov (46.48)
200-yard Freestyle – 1. Robert Quan (1:43.28)
1,000-yard Freestyle – 1. Marcell Milo-Sidlo (9:46.07)
100-yard Backstroke – 1. John Paul Phillips (51.24)
200-yard Backstroke – 1. Alexander Sun (1:52.79)
100-yard Butterfly – 1. Armand Pierre Chan (50.02)
One-meter Dive – 1. Andrew Chen (310.88)
Three-meter Dive – 1. Andrew Chen (297.45)
200-yard Freestyle Relay – 1. Jonathan Tang, Jason Starbuck, Jared Zhang, Arthur Kiselnikov (1:22.82)
400-yard Medley Relay – 1. John Paul Phillips, Garrett Clasen, Jesse Ssengonzi, Arthur Kiselnikov (3:24.17)
UChicago Women's Winners
100-yard Backstroke – 1. Annabel Olivo (59.05)
200-yard Backstroke – 1. Annabel Olivo (2:09.22)
50-yard Freestyle – 1. Karen Zhao (24.35)
500-yard Freestyle – 1. Karen Zhao (5:11.19)
100-yard Freestyle – 1. Filippa Kolokotsa (53.81)
200-yard Freestyle – 1. Filippa Kolokotsa (1:56.72)
200-yard Breaststroke – 1. Alicia Soosai (2:22.19)
200-yard IM – 1. Alicia Soosai (2:11.75)
100-yard Butterfly – 1. Emily Xu (58.52)
200-yard Butterfly – 1. Ioanna Georgopoulou (2:11.35)
One-meter Dive – 1. Veronica Fong (332.70)
Three-meter Dive – 1. Veronica Fong (297.23)
200-yard Freestyle Relay – 1. Annabel Olivo, Emily Xu, Karen Zhao, Grace Schwieters (1:38.29)
400-yard Medley Relay – 1. Ioanna Georgopoulou, Alicia Soosai, Alesha Kelly, Karen Zhao (3:54.83)
NEXT MEET:
- Saturday, Jan. 14 @ 1:00 PM – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at UChicago
