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10/17/2026 10:51:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – The Lehigh women's swimming and diving team picked up its first win of the season Saturday, beating Rider 198-86. It was Lehigh's 15th consecutive win over the Broncs. Â
The Mountain Hawks won 13 of the 16 events and swept the top three spots in three of them. The first came in the 200-yard backstroke, won by sophomore Eliza Johnson in 2:04.92. Fellow sophomores Bonita Zuo (2:07.74) and Sophie Perry (2:11.05) followed. Johnson also won the 50-yard freestyle in 24.28, with sophomore Giselle Michaels second (24.64).Â
Lehigh swept the 100-yard butterfly, led by junior Clara Moschella, who swam 56.71. Johnson and junior Annie Gao finished second and third in 59.05 and 1:00.63, respectively. Moschella then won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:11.28, followed by first-year Grace Curtis (2:14.59) and junior Giulia Beverini (2:16.21).Â
Moschella and Johnson were two of four Mountain Hawks with two individual wins. Sophomore Emma Gyorkos won the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:40.53) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:23.61). Sophomore Genevieve Cody also won twice, taking the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.64) and 100-yard freestyle (52.21).Â
Lehigh's A teams won both relays. The quartet of Johnson, junior Zoe Davies, Moschella and Cody swam 1:45.38 in the 200-yard medley relay to open the meet. Cody, Michaels, first-year Mary Hecmanczuk and junior Claire Coughlin closed the meet with a win in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:36.2).Â
Three other Mountain Hawks also won events. Perry took the 100-yard backstroke in 58.72, Hecmanczuk won the 200-yard butterfly (2:06.66), and senior Darrah Shuff won the 500-yard freestyle (5:12.8).Â
Senior Kate Whitaker finished second in both the 1-meter (228.23) and 3-meter (230.70) dives. Junior Ashlyn Bardack took third in both (200.70 and 217.73).Â
Lehigh will return to action Friday, Oct. 23, when it travels to West Chester, Pa., to face West Chester.Â
