Swimming & Diving Welcomes Nebraska For Final Home Meet Friday & Saturday

Friday, January 31

Piscataway, NJ

5 PM

Rutgers University

Nebraska

Photo by: (Ben Solomon/Rutgers Athletics)

Swimming & Diving Welcomes Nebraska For Final Home Meet Friday & Saturday

Jan 29 | Women's Swimming & Diving

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Scarlet Knight Seniors To Be Celebrated at 4:30 p.m. Prior to Start of Friday's Meet

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Rutgers women's swimming and diving team has its final tuneup before looking towards Big Ten Championships as they host Nebraska on Friday, January 31 at 5 p.m. and Saturday, February 1 at 10 a.m.

SENIOR KNIGHT

Thirty minutes before Friday's first dive into the pool, Rutgers will honor its eight seniors – Francesca Bertotto, Alexis Brewer, Sarah Davis, Alexandra Fabugais-Inaba, Clare Lawlor, Meghan Moses, Nadia Nabhan and Katherine Scott.

EVENTS

Friday - Session 1:
3M Diving
200 medley relay
500 Free
200 IM
200 Breast
200 Back
100 Free
200 Fly
200 Free Relay

Session 2:
1M Diving
400 Medley Relay
1650 Free
50 Free
100 Back
100 Breast
100 Fly
200 Free
400 IM
400 Free Relay

ABOUT NEBRASKA

The Cornhusker women are 5-1 on the season, which have included wins over Illinois, Omaha, Iowa State, Northern Iowa and South Dakota State
Nebraska also finished fourth at the Mizzou Invitational in the 13-team field behind Missouri, Arkansas and San Diego State.
Madison Coughlen currently holds the sixth fastest time in the 200 fly in the Big Ten (1:57.39).

LAST TIME OUT

Rutgers was edged out by a point by defending Big East Champion, Villanova, with the meet coming down to the final event of the night, the 400 free relay.
The Wildcats won the relay by a margin of .88 seconds to pull out the win.
The Scarlet Knights earned six individual event wins, including going 1-2-3 in the 100 and 200 back, as well as the 100 breast.
Sophomore Terka Grusova won both back events, while freshman Aleksandra Ignatova swam to victory in the 100 breast, classmate Elinah Phillip claimed the 50 free and sophomore Kasja Dymek claimed first in the 100 fly.
All four of those Scarlet Knights also led Rutgers to victory in the 200 medley relay.

B1G TOP MARKS

Freshman Sofia Chichaikina is currently listed among the top 10 in the Big Ten in a pair of events. Her 100 IM time of 59.07 captured at the Rutgers Preseason Tuneup is eighth among the conference competition while her NCAA B cut time of 49.46 in the 100 free from the Rutgers Invitational is currently 10^th in the conference.
Four divers are also listed among the top scores in the Big Ten.
Sophomore Marina Wilkins' platform score of 202.05 from the Rutgers Invitational is third in the Big Ten, while her NCAA Zone qualifying mark of 302.80 on the 3-meter against Iowa State puts her third in the league.
Also on the 3-meter, freshman Sam Blanc ranks second in the conference with her NCAA Zone qualifying score of 308.85.
Sophomore Jenna Douglass is featured in fourth on the platform after her 201.60 at the Rutgers Invitational.
Fellow second-year Scarlet Knight Megan Demeo checks at eighth on the 1-meter after posting a NCAA Zone score of 272.75 at the Rutgers Preseason Tuneup.

B1G HONORS

Rutgers has been honored with a trio of weekly awards from the Big Ten this season.
Sofia Chichaikina - Freshman of the Week (Nov. 13) - Finished first, second or third in seven events against Iowa and Iowa State.
Sofia Chichaikina - Freshman of the Week (Nov. 20) - Repeated weekly award after capturing victories in the 100 free and 200 fly and helping the 400 medley and 200 free relays to wins, including setting a pool record with the 200 free relay squad.
Terka Grusova - Swimmer of the Week (Nov. 20) - Won a trio of events – the 100 and 200 back along with the opening leg of the 400 medley relay.

RUTGERS AQUATICS CENTER RECORDS

Rutgers has reset four Rutgers Aquatics Center records in 2019-20, including all three free relays events.
The first record reset was the 200 free relay team of Elinah Phillip, Giulia Ghidini, Sofia Chichaikina and Clare Lawlor against Princeton on Nov. 15 as the quartet swam to a time of 1:31.75.
The 400 free relay squad of Chichaikina, Phillip, Ghidini and Eleonora Trentin combined for a new record of 3:21.68 at the Rutgers Invitational on Dec. 7.
The 800 free relay consisting of Chichaikina, Ghidini, Francesca Bertotto and Alexandra Fabugais-Inaba finished in a record time of 7:15.38 on day one of the Rutgers Invitational on Dec. 4.
Chichaikina also reset the Rutgers Aquatics standard in the 100 free with her NCAA B cut time of 49.46 on the final day of the Rutgers Invite on Dec. 7.

TRAINING FOR TOKYO

Several Scarlet Knights are pursuing Olympic dreams while "On The Banks".
Rutgers hosted Long Course Trials in early December to capture times in a metered pool and measure results for potential Olympic invites.
Senior Clare Lawlor qualified for Ireland's trials in three of four events she swam including the 50 back, 50 fly and 50 free.
Sophomore Simone Lusby of New Zealand registered times to be eligible for her country's trials in the 50 back and 100 back.
Freshman Sofia Chichaikina logged Russian national cuts in both the 50 and 100 free.
Clare Lawlor is gunning for the Irish National Championships (April 1-4), while Francesca Bertotto, Federica Greco and Giulia Ghidini look to book a spot at the Italian National Championships (April 1-4).
Rutgers has also booked the USA Swimming TYR Pro Swim Series and the United States Olympic Trials on its schedule.

INTERNATIONAL WATERS

Sophomore Terka Grusova made her mark in international waters in December swimming at the 2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships.
Representing her home country of the Czech Republic, Grusova swam in three backstroke events.
Grusova kicked off her appearance placing 21^st overall in the field of 36 in the 100 back touching the wall in 59.52.
The Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic product later finished 20^th in the 200 back with a time of 2:11.08.
She wrapped up competition taking 22^nd among the 35 competitors in the 50 back clocking in at 27.91.