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Men's Swimming & Diving Edged at Pitt
11/6/2021 3:16:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Buff & Blue swept by Panthers in two-day meet
PITTSBURGH - Jamie Doak's record-setting diving display provided a major highlight among many for GW swimming and diving during a two-day meet at Pitt on Friday and Saturday at Trees Pool.
Doak posted a 1-meter score of 279.23 to eclipse a program record that had been held by Lynne McCormick since 2001. The junior diver also landed a five-dive platform record score of 210.60 vs. the Panthers.
GW came up short on the team scoreboard on both sides but managed to claim a total of 13 event wins vs. the ACC squad. Durde Matic (100 fly, 100 free), Philip Moldovanu (500 free, 1,000 free) and Moriah Freitas (100 fly, 200 fly) both won two events apiece.
WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
- Doak posted season highs to lead the Buff and Blue on all three boards. She was third on 1-meter, third on 3-meter (274.95) and sixth on platform. She reached the NCAA Zones qualifying standard on 1-meter for the second time this season.
- A rookie from Orlando, Fla., Freitas posted season-best swims in her wins in the 100 fly (:56.55) and 200 fly (2:02.82) and landed in the program's all-time top 10 in both events in the process. She now ranks fifth in the 200 fly and 10th in the 100 fly.
- First-year Molly Smyers won the 1,000 free in 10:16.64 with Erin McCarthy (10:17.29) close behind in second. McCarthy later won the 500 free in 5:00.63.
- Another rookie, Julie Knox landed a narrow win in the 400 IM, touching in 4:25.75 to win by 23 hundredths of a second. The first-year's time knocked nearly three seconds off her season-best effort and moved her up to No. 6 in the event on the program's all-time top 10. She also paced the team in the 100 breast (1:06.33) and 200 breast (2:22.63).
- Marlee Rickert led the way for the Buff and Blue in both backstroke events with runner-up finishes in the 100 back (:56.97) and 200 back (2:05.68).
- Becca Brown was third in both the 50 free (:24.28) and 100 free (:53.51).
- Brown, McCarthy, Rickert and Smyers teamed up for a season-best time of 1:36.22 in the 200 free relay.
MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
- Matic (:21.00) went 1-2 with Tyler Kawakami (:21.05) in the 100 free. The junior from Belgrade, Serbia, also won the 100 fly in 48.06 seconds and teamed up with Karol Mlynarczyk, Marek Osina and Kawakami on a victory in the 200 medley relay in a sizzling time of 1:30.27.
- Moldovanu won the 1,000 free in 9:29.39 ahead of teammate Connor Rodgers in second. The first-year from Boynton Beach, Fla., also won the 500 free in a personal-best time of 4:38.79.
- Osina threw down a big swim in the 400 IM, winning in a time of 3:55.46 that ranks among the top 30 swims in the nation this season. The senior from Kromeriz, Czech Republic, also led the Buff and Blue in the 100 breast (:57.50) and 200 breast (2:03.14).
- Mlynarczyk won a tight race in the 100 back in a season-best time of 48.95 seconds before finishing runner-up in the 200 back in 1:50.11.
- Kawakami picked up a win in the 100 free with a time of 45.74 seconds.
- In a tremendous final race, GW's 200 free relay team of Mlynarczyk, Kawakami, Matic and Dylan Koo posted a season-best time of 1:22.67 but was out-touched at the wall by the Pitt team, which won by two hundredths of a second.
- Spencer Bystrom posted a career-best 1-meter diving score of 284.40 and also led the Buff and Blue on 3-meter (256.73) and platform (244.88).
UP NEXT: GW will ramp up preparations for the quality meets on its schedule next month. The Buff and Blue are set to send representatives to the Toyota U.S. Open (Dec. 1-4) and Speedo Junior Nationals (Dec. 8-11) and also compete in the Princeton Invitational from Dec. 3-5.
Doak posted a 1-meter score of 279.23 to eclipse a program record that had been held by Lynne McCormick since 2001. The junior diver also landed a five-dive platform record score of 210.60 vs. the Panthers.
GW came up short on the team scoreboard on both sides but managed to claim a total of 13 event wins vs. the ACC squad. Durde Matic (100 fly, 100 free), Philip Moldovanu (500 free, 1,000 free) and Moriah Freitas (100 fly, 200 fly) both won two events apiece.
WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
- Doak posted season highs to lead the Buff and Blue on all three boards. She was third on 1-meter, third on 3-meter (274.95) and sixth on platform. She reached the NCAA Zones qualifying standard on 1-meter for the second time this season.
- A rookie from Orlando, Fla., Freitas posted season-best swims in her wins in the 100 fly (:56.55) and 200 fly (2:02.82) and landed in the program's all-time top 10 in both events in the process. She now ranks fifth in the 200 fly and 10th in the 100 fly.
- First-year Molly Smyers won the 1,000 free in 10:16.64 with Erin McCarthy (10:17.29) close behind in second. McCarthy later won the 500 free in 5:00.63.
- Another rookie, Julie Knox landed a narrow win in the 400 IM, touching in 4:25.75 to win by 23 hundredths of a second. The first-year's time knocked nearly three seconds off her season-best effort and moved her up to No. 6 in the event on the program's all-time top 10. She also paced the team in the 100 breast (1:06.33) and 200 breast (2:22.63).
- Marlee Rickert led the way for the Buff and Blue in both backstroke events with runner-up finishes in the 100 back (:56.97) and 200 back (2:05.68).
- Becca Brown was third in both the 50 free (:24.28) and 100 free (:53.51).
- Brown, McCarthy, Rickert and Smyers teamed up for a season-best time of 1:36.22 in the 200 free relay.
MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
- Matic (:21.00) went 1-2 with Tyler Kawakami (:21.05) in the 100 free. The junior from Belgrade, Serbia, also won the 100 fly in 48.06 seconds and teamed up with Karol Mlynarczyk, Marek Osina and Kawakami on a victory in the 200 medley relay in a sizzling time of 1:30.27.
- Moldovanu won the 1,000 free in 9:29.39 ahead of teammate Connor Rodgers in second. The first-year from Boynton Beach, Fla., also won the 500 free in a personal-best time of 4:38.79.
- Osina threw down a big swim in the 400 IM, winning in a time of 3:55.46 that ranks among the top 30 swims in the nation this season. The senior from Kromeriz, Czech Republic, also led the Buff and Blue in the 100 breast (:57.50) and 200 breast (2:03.14).
- Mlynarczyk won a tight race in the 100 back in a season-best time of 48.95 seconds before finishing runner-up in the 200 back in 1:50.11.
- Kawakami picked up a win in the 100 free with a time of 45.74 seconds.
- In a tremendous final race, GW's 200 free relay team of Mlynarczyk, Kawakami, Matic and Dylan Koo posted a season-best time of 1:22.67 but was out-touched at the wall by the Pitt team, which won by two hundredths of a second.
- Spencer Bystrom posted a career-best 1-meter diving score of 284.40 and also led the Buff and Blue on 3-meter (256.73) and platform (244.88).
UP NEXT: GW will ramp up preparations for the quality meets on its schedule next month. The Buff and Blue are set to send representatives to the Toyota U.S. Open (Dec. 1-4) and Speedo Junior Nationals (Dec. 8-11) and also compete in the Princeton Invitational from Dec. 3-5.
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