WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The Old Dominion University women's swimming team defeated East Carolina Saturday afternoon 146.5-113.5 in a tri-meet at William &Mary. The women's swimming squad fell to W&M 179-80, while the men had a 166.5-93.5 setback to the Tribe.
"It was a challenging but exciting day of racing to kick off the semester after winter training. The team has worked hard these past few weeks in preparation for the remainder of the season," head coach Jess Livsey said. "Today's meet gave us an opportunity to evaluate our progression. I am very proud of where we are as a team and I am looking forward to continued success over the next few weeks."
In the opening event of the meet, ODU placed second in the 200 medley relay, as Tara Enneking, Gabby Tosi, Martina Ciriesi and Summer Miln came in with a time of 147.74.
The men's 200 medley relay team of Gustaf Hansson, AJ Profaca, Liam Redman and Ryan Lincicum came in third with a time of 1:36.75.
In the 1000 freestyle, Brynn Jewell finished fourth with a time of 11:02.67.
Carson Doll won the first of two events in the 1000 freestyle, winning by more than eight seconds with a time of 9:59.34. Will McDermott came in third with a time of 10:19.30. Doll added another win in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:50.42.
Miranda Byrne placed fourth in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:57.87. In the men's 200 freestyle, Ryan Lincicum placed second with a time of 1:46.74, while Thomas Ray came in third with a time of 1:47.56.
Tara Enneking got in the win column in the 100 backstroke with a time of 56.46, while Summer Sampson came in fourth with a time of 59.05.
Jacob Cobb earned a third-place finish in the men's 100 backstroke with a time of 52.57. The first three finishers were less than a second apart.
Marian Cheramy placed fifth in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:08.42, while Profaca came in fourth in the men's 100 breaststroke in 1:02.89
Elin Kata Sigurgeirsdottir placed fifth in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:12.19.
Anthony Capizzi took second in the men's 200 butterfly with a time of 1:58.50, while Zander Johnson took fourth with a time of 2:00.45.
Tara Enneking came in second in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.19 and was followed closely by Summer Miln, who finished in third with a time of 24.45.
Liam Redman took second in the men's 50 freestyle with a time of 21.41.
Summer Miln placed second in the 100 freestyle with a time of 53.45, while Redman and Lincicum placed second and third respectively, with times of 47.12 and 47.13.
Summer Sampson continued the top-three streak with a second-place finish in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:06.22.
Cobb and Hansson placed second and third with times of 1:55.56 and 1:57.60.
Enneking enjoyed another second-place spot with a time of 2:21.61 in the 200 breaststroke. Hugo Eriksson added a third in the men's 200 breaststroke in 2:116.53.
Martina Ciriesi came in second in the 400 IM with a time of 4:35.06, while Cobb was triumphant in the men's 400 IM with a time of 4:10.06.
The final event of the night was the 400 freestyle relay. Byrne, Laila Webb, Mary Dunworth and Miln took second for the women with a time of 3:37.99.
The men's 400 free relay team of Redman, Grant Meadows, Doll and Lincicum also came in second, finishing in 3:11.05.
ODU hosts American on Saturday, Jan. 22 at noon.
Women's Swimming Tops East Carolina, Falls to William & Mary
