From Carnegie Mellon University Athletics
The Carnegie Mellon University women's swimming and diving team closed competition at the Kenyon College Total Performance Invitational on Saturday, December 5. The team finished third, surpassing Division I Davidson College on the final night.
Sophomores Mary St. John (Bethesda, Md./Sidwell Friends School) and Miranda Ford (Skillman, N.J./Montgomery) both swam season-best times in the 500-yard freestyle finishing 28th and 29th in the evening swim. Their best times of the day came in the preliminaries when they touched in 5:15.82 and 5:15.95, respectively.
Senior Kira Singhaus (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West) paced the Tartans in the 200-yard backstroke, placing 12th in a season-best time of 2:07.04. Senior Paige Sieffert (Ann Arbor, Mich./Saline) touched just behind her in 2:07.23.
Junior Gillian Crews (Fairfax, Va./Oakton) had her best swim of the season in the 100-yard butterfly, touching eighth in 56.76 to provisionally qualify for the NCAA Championships. Junior Shieri Suzuka (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown) knocked more than three seconds off her season-best time in the event and touched in 57.11 to finish 12th.
The Tartans were led by sophomore Kimberly Hochstedler (Mishawaka, Ind./Penn) in the 200-yard breaststroke when she finished 10th in 2:25.99. Junior Natalie Kronfli (Potomac, Md./Stone Ridge) swam a season-best in the same event, touching in 2:26.68 to place 15th.
Two Tartans swam in the A final of the 100-yard freestyle with junior Allison Kirkby (West Chester, Pa./Conestoga) touching seventh in 52.95 and freshman Jessie Li (Superior, Colo./Fairview) touching 10th in 53.82.
Freshman Hera Miao (Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard South) finished the 200-yard IM in 2:13.48 for a season-best time, touching 23rd while sophomore Sarah Winget (Shelburne, Vt./Champlain Valley Union) was 27th in a season-best time of 2:16.28.
Senior Winona Li (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton) led the Tartans in 3-meter diving, placing second with 451.10 points. Junior Machika Kaku (Irvine, Calif./University) finished third with 450.80 points while senior Andie Azofeifa (Castle Rock, Colo./Douglas County) placed fourth with 417.60 points. All three meet the qualifying standard for the regional diving meet, with Li solidfying her place with her second qualifying score.
The 400-yard freestyle relay closed the meet with Li, Crews, sophomore Tiana Marrese (Pittsburgh, Pa./South Fayette) and Kirkby completing the event in 3:34.28 to place seventh.