Swim & Dive Dominant in Season Opener

Friday, October 11

Piscataway, NJ

5 PM

Rutgers University

Rutgers Preseason Tune-Up

Photo by: Ben Solomon for the New York Times

Oct 11 | Women's Swimming & Diving

Day 1 Results

Rutgers wins all five events to kick off the Preseason Tune-Up in Piscataway

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (Oct. 11, 2018) – Rutgers swimming and diving opened the 2019-20 season with five event victories during the first session of the Rutgers Preseason Tune-Up at the Rutgers Aquatic Center on Friday evening against Seton Hall and Rider.

THE BOTTOM LINE

Rutgers sits in first place heading into the Saturday session with 467 points, ahead of Seton Hall's 205 and Rider's 136.

FIRST THINGS FIRST

Three Rutgers relays finished in the top three spots of the 200-yard freestyle relay. The young "A relay" of freshmen Sophia Chichaikina and Giulia Ghidini, sophomore Terka Grusova and senior Alexandra Fabugais-Inaba took first place in 1:35.32.
Senior Francesca Bertotto claimed the 500-yard freestyle five seconds clear of the runner-up from Seton Hall in 5:02.30.
The Scarlet Knights finished 1-2-3 in the 200-yard individual medley, led by the first-place performance of sophomore Terka Grusova in 2:08.86.
Freshman Elinah Phillip launched her collegiate career in style with a win in the 50-yard freestyle in 23.95 seconds.
Sophomore Megan Demeo claimed the first diving competition of the season with a score of 272.75 in 1-meter diving.

FAST FINISHES

Rutgers dominated the 50-yard freestyle to close out the Friday session. The Scarlet Knights finished in positions one through nine for a total of 127 invitational points, paced by an incredible race for first among teammates. Three Rutgers rookies finished four-hundredths of a second apart, with Ghidini's 23.96 and Chichaikina's 23.99 just behind Phillips' winning 23.95.
The 1-meter diving battle was another lopsided one with Rutgers taking spots one through five, with sophomore Jenna Douglass scoring the runner-up performance with 252.65 points.
Fabugais-Inaba was second in the 200 IM just 0.35 seconds off the pace of teammate Grusova.

KNIGHT NOTES

RU went 5-for-5 in event wins to kick off the two-day meet.
Freshmen Sofia Chichaikina, Giulia Ghidini, Elinah Phillip, Daniela Vega, Aleksandra Ignatova, Yael Weber, and sophomore Elonora Trentin made their collegiate debuts in the pool on Friday.

UP NEXT

Rutgers finishes the Preseason Tune-Up on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 9 a.m. with the 400 Individual Medley, 100 Butterfly, 200 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke, 100 Backstroke, 400 Freestyle Relay, 3-Meter Diving, 1650 Freestyle, 400 Individual Medley, 200 Backstroke, 100 Freestyle, 200 Breaststroke, 200 Butterfly and 200 Medley Relay.

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