Women's Swimming & Diving Conquers Westminster to Open the Season

10/6/2023 10:16:00 PM | By: Joe Ginley '16, SID

Mairin Dalziel helped to guide the season-opening effort for JCU.

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – An early start to the season didn't lead to any rust on Friday evening for John Carroll Women's Swimming & Diving.

The Blue Streaks notched a season-opening victory on Friday evening, defeating Westminster College by a final score of 186-113.

John Carroll flexed its muscle across the board with nice results by veterans and youngsters alike.

FULL RESULTS

The visitors got the evening started off right with a win in the 200 Yard Medley Relay. Audrey Prisby, Regan Gunzy, Grace Roberts, and Anna Glass combined for a time of 1:57.56 to start the evening. JCU also took third, courtesy of Nicole Susie, Kaitlyn Hilty, Olivia Goodman, and Hannah Smith. Things kept rolling in the 1000 Free, as Olivia Goodman took the cake. The sophomore won the race by over 11 seconds with a winning time of 11:39.51.

John Carroll tallied two more wins in the 200 Yard Freestyle and 50 Backstroke. Hannah Smith earned the first individual win of her collegiate careers, showing zero jitters as a freshman. She clocked in at 2:08.80 for first place, followed by fellow freshman Grace Roberts at 2:11.28. Lauren Koppelmann then got a W in the 50 Back with a time of 29.16. Annamarie Habusta tabbed third in 31.21. Later in the 50 Breaststroke, Kyan Snider-Mills (34.27) and Regan Gunzy (34.27) earned second and third.

The Blue Streaks got a good ol' fashioned sweep in the 100 Butterfly. Mairin Dalziel beat out all swimmers with a nice early-season time of 1:01.10. Freshmen Marina Sneyd and Maria Armao aided the 1-2-3 royal flush with times of 1:07.57 and 1:08.05. Later on, the Blue Streaks repeated the feat in the 50 Free, as Dalziel again herded the pack in first 27.25. Glass and Allie Geletka followed in 29.73 and 29.95.

Dalziel kept up the good work in the 100 Free. The sophomore extraordinaire touched the wall at 54.60 for gold, followed by Abby Zablotny earning second-place in her first collegiate individual race with a time of 56.99. Sticking with the short events, JCU hit 2-for-3 in the 100 Back, as Prisby got a narrow second place (1:06.45) while Roberts finished third (1:08.14).

Kyan Snider-Mills locked up the first collegiate win of her career in the 100 Breaststroke. The first-year breezed to a time of 1:15.87 for first, while Hilty managed a time of 1:16.04 for second. Another freshman first followed, as Marina Sneyd fired up a top time of 5:48.83 in the 500 Free. Koppelmann got second at 5:56.44.

Goodman rose to the top again in the 100 IM. The reigning Ohio Athletic Conference Swimmer of the Year stood atop the competition with a time of 1:05.41.

In the diving portion, Annie Meunier got some nice points with second-place finishes of 201.90 and 157.88 points, collecting eight combined points. Emily Gelske and Sarah Roehrs also showed good promise.

The evening concluded with the 200 Free Relay. Zablotny, Dalziel, Sneyd, and Roberts all flew for the top time in a young relay composed of three freshmen and one sophomore. The youngsters notched a time of 1:44.34 for first.

The Blue Streaks will have a few weeks before competing again in the pool. John Carroll will head to Ohio Northern on October 28 to open OAC competition.

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