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Women's Swimming & Diving vs. Berg 10-3-26
Al Fuchs

Women's Swimming & Diving Beats Berg to Begin Season

| By: JCUSID

The Blue Streaks' rookies shined in the first meet

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS – In the first meet of the season, John Carroll Women's Swimming & Diving showed no signs of rust. 

The Blue Streaks dominated in a season-opening victory of Heidelberg University at Johnson Natatorium on Saturday morning.  

John Carroll cruised to a 156-70 win over the Student Princes to start the year, with plenty of promising showings from veterans and first years. 

Results

The Blue Streaks opened with a great 1-2-3 sweep in the 400 Medley Relay. Audrey Sevald, Clare Hafner, Macy Koerner, and Bree Shirkey scored the easy win with a time of 4:04.60. 

A first year trio starred in the 200 Free with excellent debuts. Maggie Hull led the pack with a winning time of 2:02.03, followed by Lauren Mittleider and Sophia Vales with a 1-2-3 sweep. JCU's rookie bonanza kept going in the 50 Back, as Grace Micelli got the victory with a mark of 28.98. Gianna Minota and Taylor Hudson rounded out the sweep. 

Macy Koerner continued the first year party in the 100 Fly, as the Pittsburgh native conquered the event with a mark of 1:01.03. Julia Ybarra also impressed in her collegiate debut with a second-place finish. Grace Roberts won the 50 Fly later, with Ybarra following closely behind. 

Kyan Snider-Mills and Kami Contakis finished within a tenth of a second in the 50 Breaststroke to go 1-2 with times of 32.81 and 32.91. Marina Sneyd rounded out the trio. Hafner won the 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:09.10, followed by Contakis and Sneyd. Hafner's day stood out, no doubt. 

Shirkey shined in the 50 Free and 100 Free races, clocking respective winning times of 25.81 and 58.17. Claire Murray also impressed in the 100 Free with a time of 59.22. 

Ella Muzychak and Vales excelled in the longest race of the day, the 500 free, clocking in times of 5:34.51 and 5:35.45. 

In the final individual event of the day, Hafner scored a victory with a time of 2:14.34, with Maya Goldstein also impressing. 

To conclude the day, Galley, Hulla, Sevald, and Shirkey combined for a time of 3:49.64, which was marked as an exhibition though would have been enough for first place. 

Next Up
The Blue Streaks will host the annual Alumni Meet on the morning of Homecoming on Saturday, October 17.
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