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Tartans Compete at Denison

Tartans Compete at Denison
Posted: Jan 21, 2017

From Carnegie Mellon University Athletics

The Carnegie Mellon University women's swimming and diving team traveled to Granville, Ohio to face Denison University on Saturday, January 21. The Tartans fell 174-115 and touched second in three events.

Freshman Taylor Brown (San Antonio, Texas/Johnson) finished the 1,000-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle in third place with times of 10:47.99 and 5:18.58.  Junior Emma Shi (Penfield, N.Y./Penfield) touched third in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:58.73 and third in the 200-yard IM in 2:12.86.

Sophomore Cassidy Smith (Carlisle, Mass./Concord-Carlisle Regional) was the first Tartan to finish the 100-yard breaststroke when she was third in a time of 1:07.85.

Freshman Emma Nicklas-Morris (Winston-Salem, N.C./RJ Reynolds) picked up a second-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly when she finished the race in 2:08.40.

Freshman Victoria Feng (Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton) swam the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 24.87, taking third place, before classmate Teagan Goforth (Portland, Ore./Tualatin) touched second in the 200-yard backstroke in a time of 2:07.67.

Another third-place finish for the Tartans came from junior Kim Hochstedler (Mishawaka, Ind./Penn) in the 200-yard breaststroke. Hochstedler finished the race in 2:27.02.

Senior Shieri Suzuka (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown) placed second in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:00.21 while fellow senior Gillian Crews (Fairfax, Va./Oakton) was third in 1:00.76.

In diving, freshman Megan Roche (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) recorded a season-best score of 336.75 points on the 3-meter board. Seniors Tammy Luk (Little Neck, N.Y./Townsend Harris) and Mallory Evanoff (Albuquerque, N.M./Albuquerque Academy) also recorded season-best scores with point totals of 310.65 and 293.63, respectively. All three also improved on their previous season performances on the 1-meter board with Luk leading the pack with a score of 361.35.

The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Feng, senior Allison Kirkby (West Chester, Pa./Conestoga), Suzuka, and Smith finished the meet with a first-place showing in a time of 1:40.60.