Saturday, October 19
Lawrenceville, NJ
1:00 p.m.
Lehigh University
187
at
106
Rider
Women's Swimming and Diving completes tough weekend with win at Rider
10/19/2019 9:39:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – The Lehigh women's swimming and diving team continued its hot start on Saturday. 18 hours after defeating West Chester and Bloomsburg the Mountain Hawks swam right past rider, 187-106. With the win, Lehigh is now 4-0.
"I'm so glad the women pull out the win today," said head coach Rob Herb. "This was a tough weekend, but tough weekends make tough athletes. The women worked hard and it's nice to see positive results."
From top to bottom, Lehigh showed why they are to be taken serious in the Patriot League. Throughout the day, a plethora of swimmers shined bright for Lehigh. Hannah Lord won her first collegiate race in the 1000 free with a time of 10:58.91. Danielle Prekop also won her first collegiate race in the 500 free with a time of 5:16.09.
In the 100 breast, Sam Gallego (1:10.00) raced past her opponents and won easily, while Liz Olszewski topped the 200 breast with a time of 2:28.26.
Freshman Sarah Hardy continued her dominance in the butterfly. In the 100 fly, Hardy won another race with a time of 57.28. In the 100 free, Ann Foley showed power and won with a time of 51.76.
The relay teams of Lehigh were once again dominant in the water on Saturday. Both the 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams picked up wins on the day. In the 200, Anna Thomas, Anna Francisco, Payton Miles and Olivia Giampietro won with a time of 1:47.68, while in the 400, Foley, Giampietro, Miles and Evie Gieseman recorded a time of 1:47.68.
In diving, Megan Fennell took first in the 1 and 3-meter dives. In the 1-meter dive, Fennell notched a score of 270.53, while scoring a 267.98 in the 3-meter dive.
Also adding solid contributions throughout the day were Sophia Poeta in the 100 back. Poeta was second with a time of 28.95. Tori Connolly finished second in the 500 free with a time of 5:21.34, followed with a second-place finish from Nicole Shek in the 200 IM at 2:13.35.
Up next, the Mountain Hawks will host Loyola Maryland next Saturday inside Jacobs Pool. The scheduled start time is 1:00 p.m.
"I'm so glad the women pull out the win today," said head coach Rob Herb. "This was a tough weekend, but tough weekends make tough athletes. The women worked hard and it's nice to see positive results."
From top to bottom, Lehigh showed why they are to be taken serious in the Patriot League. Throughout the day, a plethora of swimmers shined bright for Lehigh. Hannah Lord won her first collegiate race in the 1000 free with a time of 10:58.91. Danielle Prekop also won her first collegiate race in the 500 free with a time of 5:16.09.
In the 100 breast, Sam Gallego (1:10.00) raced past her opponents and won easily, while Liz Olszewski topped the 200 breast with a time of 2:28.26.
Freshman Sarah Hardy continued her dominance in the butterfly. In the 100 fly, Hardy won another race with a time of 57.28. In the 100 free, Ann Foley showed power and won with a time of 51.76.
The relay teams of Lehigh were once again dominant in the water on Saturday. Both the 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams picked up wins on the day. In the 200, Anna Thomas, Anna Francisco, Payton Miles and Olivia Giampietro won with a time of 1:47.68, while in the 400, Foley, Giampietro, Miles and Evie Gieseman recorded a time of 1:47.68.
In diving, Megan Fennell took first in the 1 and 3-meter dives. In the 1-meter dive, Fennell notched a score of 270.53, while scoring a 267.98 in the 3-meter dive.
Also adding solid contributions throughout the day were Sophia Poeta in the 100 back. Poeta was second with a time of 28.95. Tori Connolly finished second in the 500 free with a time of 5:21.34, followed with a second-place finish from Nicole Shek in the 200 IM at 2:13.35.
Up next, the Mountain Hawks will host Loyola Maryland next Saturday inside Jacobs Pool. The scheduled start time is 1:00 p.m.
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