Swim & Dive Off to Fast Start at Penta-Meet
Nov 03 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Stoppa and Walkowiak claim event wins on Day 1
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (Nov. 3, 2017) āĀ Rutgers swimming and diving claimed two events and bettered five season standards on the opening day of the Rutgers penta-meet against a quartet of former BIG EAST foes at the Rutgers Aquatic Center on Friday evening.
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The Scarlet Knights lead Georgetown (121.5-64.5) and Seton Hall (143-43), while trailing Villanova (113.5-72.5) and Pittsburgh (120-66) after 20 of 38 events were raced on Day 1.
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Junior Francesca Stoppa and sophomore Federica Greco finished in first and second, respectively, for the second straight time racing the 200-yard butterfly in side-by-side lanes. Stoppa's 2:00.89 is the new fastest time in the event this season while outpacing a pool of 19 at the penta-meet. It was Stoppa's fifth event win of the season.
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Meanwhile in the diving well, senior Addison Walkowiak was busy claiming her first 3-meter event of the season with a season-high score of 343.55 and topping the field of 16. Junior Rachel Byrne was close behind in third with 275.50 points.
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Rutgers raced off to a fast start on Friday by setting a quicker season time standard in the 200-yard freestyle relay, with sophomore Clare Lawlor, sophomore Meghan Moses, sophomore Alexandra Fabugais-Inaba and senior Karli Rymer dropping over a second from their previous best time this season with a mark of 1:35.55. Fabugais-Inaba made it 2-for-2 to start the meet with new fastest times with her 1:52.33 in the 200-yard freestyle, shaving three-hundredths off her previous best this season and taking sixth place out of the 20 participants.
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Junior Vera Koprivova took third of 19 in the 100-yard backstroke, bettering her fastest time of the season by touching in at 56.79.
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Other notable finishes included Lawlor placing third in the 50-yard freestyle in 23.87, and the 400-yard medley relay team of Koprivova (back), senior Larissa Neilan (breast), Greco (fly) and Lawlor (free) taking third in 3:50.77.
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Day 2 begins at 10 a.m. at the Rutgers Aquatic Center. See here for special parking instructions as the meet takes place on a Rutgers football game day.
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Follow Rutgers Athletics on Facebook (www.facebook.com/RutgersAthletics) and Twitter (@RUAthletics) for all of the latest news and updates. For specific updates regarding Rutgers swimming & diving, follow the program on Twitter (@RUSwimDive) and on Instagram (ruswimdive). The team is also on Facebook (facebook.com/RUSwimDive).
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The Scarlet Knights lead Georgetown (121.5-64.5) and Seton Hall (143-43), while trailing Villanova (113.5-72.5) and Pittsburgh (120-66) after 20 of 38 events were raced on Day 1.
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Junior Francesca Stoppa and sophomore Federica Greco finished in first and second, respectively, for the second straight time racing the 200-yard butterfly in side-by-side lanes. Stoppa's 2:00.89 is the new fastest time in the event this season while outpacing a pool of 19 at the penta-meet. It was Stoppa's fifth event win of the season.
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Meanwhile in the diving well, senior Addison Walkowiak was busy claiming her first 3-meter event of the season with a season-high score of 343.55 and topping the field of 16. Junior Rachel Byrne was close behind in third with 275.50 points.
Ā
Rutgers raced off to a fast start on Friday by setting a quicker season time standard in the 200-yard freestyle relay, with sophomore Clare Lawlor, sophomore Meghan Moses, sophomore Alexandra Fabugais-Inaba and senior Karli Rymer dropping over a second from their previous best time this season with a mark of 1:35.55. Fabugais-Inaba made it 2-for-2 to start the meet with new fastest times with her 1:52.33 in the 200-yard freestyle, shaving three-hundredths off her previous best this season and taking sixth place out of the 20 participants.
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Junior Vera Koprivova took third of 19 in the 100-yard backstroke, bettering her fastest time of the season by touching in at 56.79.
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Other notable finishes included Lawlor placing third in the 50-yard freestyle in 23.87, and the 400-yard medley relay team of Koprivova (back), senior Larissa Neilan (breast), Greco (fly) and Lawlor (free) taking third in 3:50.77.
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Day 2 begins at 10 a.m. at the Rutgers Aquatic Center. See here for special parking instructions as the meet takes place on a Rutgers football game day.
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Follow Rutgers Athletics on Facebook (www.facebook.com/RutgersAthletics) and Twitter (@RUAthletics) for all of the latest news and updates. For specific updates regarding Rutgers swimming & diving, follow the program on Twitter (@RUSwimDive) and on Instagram (ruswimdive). The team is also on Facebook (facebook.com/RUSwimDive).
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