WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Rutgers women's swimming & diving squad closed out the dual meet portion of its schedule on Saturday against No. 12 Indiana, No. 14 Ohio State and host Purdue at Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center.

Highlighting the day's action was a new career-best from junior diver Jenna Douglass on platform.
 

SWIMMING

• A trio of Scarlet Knights were in action in eight events.
• Junior Kasja Dymek competed in a trio events with finishes in the 50 free (24.86), 100 free (54.78) and 100 fly (59.31).
• Classmate Katie Dougherty dove into the water for the 200 free (1:58.69) and 200 IM (2:11.17).
• Fellow junior Yael Weber raced in the 200 free (2:00.79), 500 free (5:22.46) and 100 fly (1:02.40).

 

DIVING

• Douglass scored 186.95 on platform for a new personal record. She topped her previous best of 186.52 set at the Frank Elm Invitational back in 2018.
• The score marks Douglass' second PR of the 2021 season. In the Scarlet Knights' last meet at Michigan, the junior set a personal best on the 1m.

 

QUOTE

"Jenna took advantage of the opportunity to compete a platform event and turned in a solid performance. We look forward to returning to Purdue for the Big Ten championships in just a couple of weeks." - head coach Frederick Woodruff
 

UP NEXT

• The Rutgers women's swimming & diving team will compete in the Big Ten championships. Minnesota will host the swimming championships Feb. 23-27 and diving will take place Feb. 24-27 at Purdue.  

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