Swimming & Diving Topped By Iowa

Friday, November 8

Iowa City, IA

3:00 PM (ET)

Rutgers University

100

199

Iowa

Photo by: Ben Solomon

Nov 08 | Women's Swimming & Diving

Results

Sophomore Jenna Douglass Captures NCAA Zone Qualifying Mark on 1-Meter

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Rutgers women's swimming and diving team kicked off its trip to the Midwest this weekend visiting Iowa, where the host Hawkeyes defeated the Scarlet Knights 199-100 at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center.

The meet marked RU's first visit of the season to the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center and will return in mid-February for the 2020 Big Ten Championships.

FROM THE POOL DECK

The Scarlet Knights took home first place in the 200 medley relay, 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke.
Freshman Sofia Chichaikina led the Scarlet Knights with a first, second or third place finish in four events, while on the boards sophomore Jenna Douglass put together a NCAA Zone qualifying performance on the 1-meter.

SPRINTS

In the freestyle, Sofia Chichaikina touched the wall in first in the 50 free (23.64) and third in the 100 free (51.94).
Terka Grusova went 1-2 in her backstroke events taking first in the 100 back (55.72) and second in the 200 back (2:00.97), a mere .15 seconds behind Iowa's Emilia Sansome.
Aleksandra Ignatova was the runner-up in both her breaststroke appearances. In the 100 breast (1:04.10) she was out-touched by Hawkeye's Aleksandra Olesiak by .31 seconds, while collecting a time of 2:21.93 in the 200 breast.
RU also got three other runner-up placements from senior Clare Lawlor in the 50 free (23.87), Kasja Dymek in the 200 butterfly (2:06.07) and Simone Lusby in the 200 individual medley (2:10.51)
Dymek would also take third the 100 butterfly (2:10.51) as did Alexandra Fabugais-Inaba in the 200 individual medley (2:12.68).

DISTANCE

Francesca Bertotto registered second in 1000 freestyle (4:53.91) and took third in the 500 freestyle (4:53.91).

RELAYS

Rutgers got one of its victories from the 200 medley relay squad of Terka Grusova, Aleksandra Ignatova.Clare Lawlor and Sofia Chichaikina (1:42.85).
The Scarlet Knights took second and third in the 400 freestyle relay team. Runner-ups Sofia Chichaikina, Terka Grusova, Giulia Ghidini and Meghan Moses combined for a time of 3:27.24, while Lizzie Zeller, Francesca Bertotto, Kasja Dymek and Eleonora Trentin followed in 3:36.68.

DIVES

Jenna Douglass was the top RU performer on the 1-meter scoring a NCAA Zone qualifying mark of 271.00 to take fourth.
Sam Blanc had the top Scarlet Knight finish scoring 264.20 on the 3-meter.

MEET QUOTES

"I was pretty happy with today's meet. Obviously disappointed with the scoring, but I thought we swam really well and had a bunch of races that if it was a half a second the other way, all of a sudden the meet is tied, if not in our favor. The 100 breast was a great swim for Aleksandra (Ignatova), just a tiny bit short. The 200 free, a great swim for Giulia (Ghidini), but again just a tiny bit short. The 200 back with Terka (Grusova), just a little bit short. I don't think the score nearly reflected how close the meet was. If you added up all the times in those close races, we had 50 points on a total time of less than three seconds. Everyone was a little faster than they were at the preseason tuneup and individually quite stellar. The depth of Iowa led to us losing the meet." – Head swim coach Jon Maccoll
"They handled the situation extremely well. They stayed very positive and didn't duck away from their difficult dives and went at it. I was very impressed with them. The outstanding part was Jenna Douglass making the qualifying score on the 1-meter for NCAA Zones." - Head diving coach Frederick Woodruff

UP NEXT

The Rutgers women's swimming and diving team has the quick turnaround as the squad makes its way over to Ames to take on Iowa State on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. (ET).

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