Swimming & Diving Sets New 200 Medley Relay Record & Logs Four More Top 10 Times In Battle For Cannon Trophy Meet

Saturday, November 12

Piscataway, N.J.

12:00 PM

Rutgers University

140.50

159.50

Princeton

Photo by: Tom Gilbert

Swimming & Diving Sets New 200 Medley Relay Record & Logs Four More Top 10 Times In Battle For Cannon Trophy Meet

Nov 12 | Women's Swimming & Diving

Complete Results

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers set a new record in the 200 medley relay, logged four performances among the all-time top 10 and won nine of the day's 16 events, but it was Princeton retaining the Cannon Trophy on Saturday at the Rutgers Aquatics Center. The Tigers won the meet, 159.5-140.05.

FROM THE POOL DECK

The 200 medley relay team broke the Rutgers record set by last year's podium-placing team at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 1:39.32.
Graduate student Rachel Kimmel, who was a part of the 200 medley relay, also moved further up the all-time times with the third-best time in Rutgers history in the 200 breast and fifth-fastest time in the 100 breast.
Graduate student Madison Murtagh also moved up a spot to third all-time in the 1000 freestyle.
Freshman Viktoriia Kostromina entered the 200 fly list at seventh.
Both Kimmel's 100 and 200 breast times as well as Alice Scarabelli's 100 back time were NCAA B cuts.

RELAYS

The 200 medley relay team of Alice Scarabelli, Rachel Kimmel, Sofia Maksimova and Sofia Chichaikina set a new Rutgers record with a first-place finish of 1:39.32. They bested the previous record of 1:39.38 set by Scarabelli, Tina Celik, Maksimova and Giulia Ghidini in an eighth-place performance at the 2022 Big Ten Championships. The time is also currently the third fastest in the Big Ten.
The 400 free relay came in second with Scarabelli, Julia Bartoszewicz, Martyna Piesko and Sofia Chichaikina posting a time of 3:21.94

DISTANCE

Madison Murtagh moved up the all-time top 10 for the third time this season with her winning 1000 free time of 9:54.20. The graduate student bettered her previous mark by 4.80 seconds to place her named third all-time. Her time is also the third-fastest in the Big Ten.
Murtagh also came in first in the 500 free hitting the wall in 4:54.21 with a 3.88-second lead.

SPRINTS

Rachel Kimmel was the top performer in both the 100 breast and 200 breast. In the 100 breast, she took .49 seconds off her previous top time of the season to clock in at 1:01.60 and move up one spot on the top times list to fifth. Later in the meet, Kimmel clocked in at 2:13.62 in the 200 breast shaving 2.21 seconds off her time to move up five spots to third all-time "On The Banks". The graduate student also finished third in the 200 IM in 2:04.48.
Viktoriia Kostromina raced to a time of 2:00.73 in the 200 fly for the seventh fastest time in the Rutgers record book and over a two-second margin of victory. Her swim marked a 2.13-second improvement from her previous best time.
Sofia Chichaikina won the 200 free logging a season-best 1:48.41.
Alice Scarabelli was the top finisher in the 100 back posting 53.79, also a season-best and NCAA B cut.
The Scarlet Knights also had runner-up finishes by Sofia Maksimova in the 50 free (23.23), Scarabelli in the 100 free (50.10) and Tina Celik in the 100 breast (1:02.45). All were also season-bests.
Sofia Maksimova added a third-place finish in the 100 free in 50.40.

DIVING

Holly Prasanto won 3-meter for the Scarlet Knights posting a score of 302.40. Sephora Ford finished third totaling 266.85.
On 1-meter, Giulia Vittorioso was the runner-up scoring 280.65 while Ford scored a new season-best 261.53 for third.

PRINCETON RESULTS

50 Free
2. Sofia Maksimova – 23.23

100 Free
2. Alice Scarabelli – 50.10
3. Sofia Maksimova – 50.40

200 Free
1. Sofia Chichaikina – 1:48.41

500 Free
1. Madison Murtagh – 4:54.21

1000 Free
1. Madison Murtagh – 9:54.20

100 Back
1. Alice Scarabelli – 53.79

200 Fly
1. Viktoriia Kostromina – 2:00.73

100 Breast
1. Rachel Kimmel – 1:01.60
2. Tina Celik – 1:02.45

200 Breast
1. Rachel Kimmel – 2:13.62

200 IM
3. Rachel Kimmel – 2:04.48

200 Medley Relay
1. Rutgers (Alice Scarabelli, Rachel Kimmel, Sofia Maksimova, Sofia Chichaikina) – 1:39.32

400 Free Relay
2. Rutgers (Alice Scarabelli, Julia Bartoszewicz, Martyna Piesko, Sofia Chichaikina) – 3:21.94

1-Meter
2. Giulia Vittorioso – 280.65
3. Sephora Ford – 261.53

3-Meter
1. Holly Prasanto – 302.40
3. Sephora Ford – 266.85

UP NEXT

The Rutgers women's swimming & diving squad is back to action December 1-3 at the University of Iowa at the Hawkeye Invitational.

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