Women's Swimming And Diving Opens 2023 With Win Over Drexel

Saturday, January 7

Philadelphia, PA

10:30 a.m.

University of Delaware

151.5

88.5

Drexel University

Photo by: Isaiah Bell

Women's Swimming And Diving Opens 2023 With Win Over Drexel

1/7/2023 3:47:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving

Final Results

PHILADELPHIA, Penn. - Delaware's women's swimming and diving team defeated Drexel, 151.5-88.5, to open 2023. It's the Blue Hens' seventh straight win this season, while still continuing their stretch to begin the season without a loss, and their second against a CAA team this season (William & Mary, Nov. 5).

"We are very happy with how the team performed today," head coach Pablo Marmolejo said. "It was a great way to cap off our winter training block. The team rallied after a difficult start, and the hard training we have been doing the last two weeks really paid off here. We are looking forward to the last few weeks of competition leading towards CAA's."

Julia Servas highlighted the Blue Hens a first-place finish in the 1-meter dive with a score of 270.45, good for an NCAA Zone Cut. Servas also finished in first place in the three-meter dive with a score of 297.45

Erin Shema took first place in the 200 IM (2:08.97), while Erin Lillis placed second (2:10.99) and Cristin Earley finished fourth (2:24.57).

Julia Cichowska (2:08:09) and Aislinn Mitchell (2:08.99) both took the top two spots in the 200 fly

Mania Tasakou highlighted the Blue Hens in the 200 breast with a time of 2:22.47 to take first place, while Erin Lillis took third (2:26.57) and Jenna Leonard took fifth (2:30.75).

In the 50 free, Nicole Chiappa finished in second place (24.43) and Kaitlyn Sullivan finished in third place (24.83).

Mira Selling finished in first place in the 100 free (51.78) and 200 free (1:52.18), both for the fifth time this season. Also in the 100 free, Chiappa took third place (52.83), while Natalie Dobrzykowski finished in second place (1:55.90) and Bella Granetzke placed fourth (1:56.59) in the 200 free.

Anthi Lyra won the 500 free for the fourth time this season with a time of 5:07.94, while Granetzke (5:27.02) and Charlise Oberholzer (5:22.67) finished third and fourth. In the 1000 yard free, Lyra (10:34.97) and Oberholzer (10:59.89) finished in second and third place.

The quartet of Shema, Lyra, Dobrzykowski, and Selling finished in first place in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:30.30. The 200 medley relay team of Shema, Tasakou, Mitchell, and Chiappa finished in second place with a time of 1:46.20.

Also in the 1-meter dive, Rowan O'Sullivan finished in second place with a score of 252.38, while Jordan Campbell finished in fourth place (204.68). O'Sullivan also finished in second place in the 3-meter dive (248.48) and Ella Drazek finished in third place (246.75).

Delaware will return home to compete against Seton Hall on Jan. 21.