From Brandeis University Athletics

The Brandeis University swimming and diving teams both finished in eighth place at the 2017 University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships this weekend.

TOP PERFORMANCES – DAY TWO

• Two women earned scoring finishes – sophomore Kylie Herman (Weston, Fla. / Cypress Bay) placed 23^rd in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1:57.34 after posting a mark of 1:57.56 in the prelims.
• Rookie Natalya Wozab (Plantation, Fla. / Saint Thomas Aquinas) finished 24^th in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:10.85.

RELAY RECORDS – DAY TWO

• The women also had an eighth-place finish in the 800 free relay, where rookies Hwanee Park (Cumberland, Maine / Greely) and Phillipa Zheku (Woburn, Mass. / Woburn Memorial), junior Abby Damsky (New York, N.Y. / The Brearley School) and Herman posted a time of 8:13.00.
• The women opened the day with a school record for the second day in a row, posting a 1:52.00 even in the 200 medley relay prelims. Junior Amy Sheinhait (Framingham, Mass./Framingham), Wozab, Park and rookie Yvette Smith (Gainesville, Fla. / Gainesville) shaved a quarter of a second off the previous record that had stood since 2009. The quartet were unfortunately DQ'ed in the finals.
• Though the men's 200 medley relay also suffered from a DQ, Tamir Zitelny also broke another record, in the 50 backstroke with a time of 23.97 seconds.

TOP PERFORMANCES – DAY THREE

• Herman just missed out on setting a new school record in the 200-yard butterfly by six-hundredths of a second. She reached the finals in an event for the third straight day with a time of 2:12.53, 17^th fastest in prelims but nudged into the B finals after scratches. Thanks to the extra push, Herman recorded a time of 2:10.95 in the finals, good for 15^th place and just off the record set in 2008.
• Junior Genna Karp (Springfield, N.J. / Golda Och Academy) took 20^th place in the 1-meter diving event for the women with a score of 203.55.