Women's Swimming & Diving Sets Three Total Records; in Second After Day Two at Bucknell Invitational

Saturday, November 22

Lewisburg, Pa.

10 AM / 6 PM

University of Delaware

Bucknell Invitational

Photo by: Noah Barraclough

Women's Swimming & Diving Sets Three Total Records; in Second After Day Two at Bucknell Invitational

11/22/2025 9:31:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving

LEWISBURG, Pa. – University of Delaware women's swimming & diving is in second place after the second day at the Bucknell Invitational with 991 points and one day of competition remaining.

Victoria Novinskiy continued on her torrid pace throughout the first two days by breaking her own program record in the 100-fly at 52:10 in her first preliminary race of the day. She broke the record again in the finals at 51.94.

To start the day off for UD in the 400-IM preliminary race, Elisa Spera set the freshman record at 4:22.32. She followed that up with a 4:20.66 time in the finals, securing the record and the fourth-fastest time in program history.

RESULTS
In the first finals race of the night, the 200-medley relay of Elishka Hajek, Simoni Antaki, Novinskiy, and Angelica Ragazzoni took the win at 1:40.36.

Judy Liu and Olivia Willemsen placed fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 200-free finals at 1:49.97 and 1:50.44.

In the 100-breast, a pair of freshmen grabbed top-10 finishes, with Antaki placing sixth at 1:03.90 and Piper Price finishing at 1:04.21.

Delaware had three top-five finishers in the 100-back preliminary in Ragazzoni (54.41), Hajek (54.99), and Aleksandra Dimitrova (55.21).

In the finals of the 100-back, all three placed in the top five again, with Ragazzoni taking the win at 53.79 and Dimitrova breaking the freshman record at 54.87.

Alex Pastris registered a fourth-place finish in the 1-meter dive at 261.50.

In the final race of the night, Ragazzoni, Liu, Bella Granetzke, and Willemsen placed second in the 800-free relay at 7:22.42.

UP NEXT
The third and final day of the event, starts at 10 a.m. tomorrow, with the finals starting at 5 p.m.

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