Women's Swimming and Diving Earn Win Against West Chester on Senior Day

Saturday, January 22

Newark, DE

11 a.m.

University of Delaware

193

106

West Chester

Women's Swimming and Diving Earn Win Against West Chester on Senior Day

1/22/2022 4:41:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving

NEWARK, Del. - The Delaware women's swim and dive team defeated West Chester, 193 to 106, Saturday afternoon to remain undefeated at home this season. The Blue Hens took first place in 10 events against the Golden Rams.

"An emotional day saying goodbye to a great group of seniors, but an outstanding racing day for our team," said head coach Pablo Marmolejo. "Getting back to racing mode after almost two months and training camp is tough but they swam and dove very well under those circumstances. We are continuing to grow as a team and we sent off our seniors in a great way with two wins."

Seniors Kayla Borrero, Taylor Draganosky, Kelsie Drennen and Allison Gozdan were honored before the meet.

The Blue Hens started off the day placing first in the 200 Medley Relay (1:48.18) with the team of Crissy Earley, Andromachi Tasakou, Aislinn Mitchell and Nicole Chiappa. The relay team of Borrero, Marietta Gately, Drennen and Kaitlyn Sullivan placed third with a time of 1:48.74.

Mira Selling smoked her competition in the 1000 Free, placing first in 10:26.60, 10 seconds ahead of the next swimmer. Charlise Oberholzer took third place in 10:48.02.

In the 200 Free, Natalie Dobrzykowski placed second (1:53.67), with Anthi Lyra coming in close behind in third (1:55.93). In the 100 Back, Earley touched the wall first with a time of 58.96 and Borrero placed third in 1:01.11.

Erin Lillis (1:07.09) and Tasakou (1:07.10) placed second and third respectively in the 100 Breast. In the 200 Fly, Mitchell (2:07.75) and Drennen (2:09.20) also placed second and third respectively.

Sullivan took silver in the 50 Free with a time of 24.52 and Chiappa earned bronze with a time of 24.55. In the 100 Free, Selling earned gold with a time of 50.84 and Lyra took bronze with a time of 53.59.

In 3-Meter diving, the Blue Hens swept first through fifth place. Julia Servas placed first with a score of 271.58. Rowan O'Sullivan placed second with a mark of 254.18 and Ella Drazek placed third with a mark of 238.35.

In 1-Meter diving, Delaware swept the first five spots once again. Servas qualified for the NCAA's with her score of 275.48 in 1-Meter competition. Drazek (241.13) and O'Sullivan (236.93) placed second and third respectively.

In the 200 Back, Earley (2:06.55), Dobrzykowski (2:06.86) and Borrero (2:12.79) swept the first three places. Lillis (2:26.14) and Draganosky (2:27.53) placed second and third in the 200 Breast.

Selling burned her opponents once again, earning gold in the 500 Free with a time of 5:01.80, 15 seconds faster than the next competitor. Oberholzer placed third with a time of 5:17.11.

In the 100 Fly, Mitchell (57.42) took second and Drennen (58.97) placed third. Mitchell then took gold in the 200 IM with a time of 2:08.42. Lillis followed close behind, taking second with a time of 2:12.80.

The Blue Hens closed out the day with a first-place finish in the 400 Free Relay. The team of Dobrzykowski, Lyra, Sullivan and Selling completed the race in 3:29.71.

The Delaware swimming and diving teams travel to Towson, Md., for a dual meet at CAA rival Towson University, Saturday, Jan. 29.

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