Blue Hens Conclude Dual Season

Saturday, March 13

Newark, Del.

11 a.m.

University of Delaware

129

132

Drexel University

Photo by: Ryan Griffith

3/13/2021 7:43:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Full Results

The University of Delaware swim teams hosted CAA foe Drexel for a senior day match-up Saturday morning with the women's team walking away with a 164-98 win while the men's team fell in a 132-129 decision.

"It was a great way to finish our competitions for this season," said head coach Pablo Marmolejo. "We were able to send off our seniors on a high note. Our team has fought very hard this year and they finish their season doing just that. We are looking forward to CAAs and seeing what we can do there."

Sophomore Mira Selling had a stellar meet, coming in first in all four of her events. Selling swam a time of 2:05.08 in the 200-yard butterfly, 5:04.67 in the 500 yard-freestyle, and 2:06.95 in the 200-yard individual medley. She was also a part of the first-place 400-yard freestyle relay team with teammates Senior Audrey Duvall, Sophomore Natalie Dobrzykowski, and Sophomore Marietta Gately with a time of 3:33.09.

Dobrzykowski was also an instrumental part of the Hens' win today, also with three wins to her name. She was first to the wall in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:56.06. Dobrzykowski, along with teammates Freshman Steph Dryden, Junior Taylor Draganosky, and Freshman Julia Cichowska had a 3:57.69 first-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay.

Draganoksy and Dryden both had one individual victory today. Draganosky was the first to finish the 200-yard breaststroke race in 2:24.44. Dryden was first to the wall in 1:00.56 for the 100-yard backstroke.

For the men's team, Senior Bryce Ciecko was first to finish in two individual events. Ciecko swam a time of 9:43.18 for the 1000-yard freestyle and a 4:41.22 for the 500-yard freestyle.

Senior Kevin Bargate also had two wins today, one in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:42.46 and another in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.51.

Senior Eric Veit had one victory in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 47.29. Veit along with teammates Sophomore Ryan Polino, Freshman Simeon Sabev, and Kevin Bargate came in with a second place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay.

The Hens will be back in the water for the CAA tournament happening March 29-April 2.