Swimming & Diving Victorious At Northeastern

Saturday, November 5

Boston, Mass.

10:00 AM

Rutgers University

168

128

Northeastern

Giulia Vittorioso on 1m against Purdue at the Rutgers Aquatics Center

Photo by: Ariel Fox

Nov 05 | Women's Swimming & Diving

Complete Results

BOSTON, Mass. – The Rutgers women's swimming & diving team wrapped up the weekend with a 168-128 win over Northeastern at Barletta Natatorium on Saturday.

The Scarlet Knights were victorious in 11 of the day's 16 events with the Scarlet Knights going 1-2-3 on 1-meter and in the 200 free while taking the top two spots in 1000 free, 100 and 200 fly and 100 and 200 breast.

DIVING

Sophomore Giulia Vittorioso opened the meet winning 3-meter with a new PR of 309.08. She topped her previous best of 288.00 set against Purdue last weekend.
Freshman Sephora Ford also captured a best on 3-meter scoring 267.30.
The Scarlet Knights went 1-2-3 on 1-meter all with career bests. Sophomore Holly Prasanto won the event with a score of 289.13, the 10^th-best performance by a Scarlet Knight in history. It marks the second-straight weekend she has logged a top 10 score having captured the eighth-best score in RU history on 3-meter last weekend against Purdue.
Vittorioso, meanwhile, was the runner-up on 1-meter with a PR of 285.00. She topped her previous best of 283.75 set during finals at NCAA Zones where she finished ninth.
Graduate student Jenna Douglass posted a score of 284.10 on 1-meter for a zone qualifying mark and also a new career best. She surpassed her previous high of 274.80 captured against Michigan and Michigan State back on Jan. 23, 2021.

RELAYS

The 200 medley relay squad got the swimming portion of the meet underway taking first place. The quartet of Martyna Piesko, Rachel Kimmel, Sofia Maksimova and Sofia Chichaikina combined for a time of 1:44.56.

SPRINTS

It was another sweep for graduate student Rachel Kimmel in the breaststroke as junior Tina Celik was the runner-up in both events. Kimmel captured the top time of 1:04.12 in the 100 breast with Celik behind in 1:05.54. The graduate student took home the 200 breast in 2:18.00 with over a seven-second margin of victory over her teammate who clocked in at 2:25.06.
Kimmel also collected a runner-up performance with a time of 2:07.08 in the 200 IM.
The 200 free marked a 1-2-3 finish for the Scarlet Knights. Senior Sofia Chichaikina led the pack hitting the wall first in 1:51.00 with graduate student Madison Murtagh in second in 1:53.34 and followed by freshman Julia Bartoszewicz in third recording 1:55.18.
Chichaikina also won the 100 fly in 56.24 with a .02 margin of victory over teammate and Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week Martyna Piesko.
Freshman Viktoriia Kostromina made it back-to-back days winning the 200 fly. She logged a first-place time of 2:06.61 with classmate Ellie Schinsky taking second in 2:09.13.
Piesko picked up a victory in the 200 back clocking in with the winning time of 2:01.20.
Graduate student Alice Scarabelli was the runner-up in the 100 back, .13 seconds behind first place, posting a time of 55.72. Piesko, meanwhile, finished third registering 57.00.
Rutgers also had other two runner-up performances in the 50 free by Chichaikina in 24.01 and 100 free by Bartoszewicz in 52.66.

DISTANCE

Freshman Grace Weaver earned her first Scarlet Knight victory hitting the wall first in the 1000 free. Weaver posted a time of 10:40.15 with senior Yael Weber taking second in 10:55.38.
Murtagh wrapped her weekend with a victory in the 500 free coming with nearly a four-second victory in 4:58.16.

NORTHEASTERN RESULTS

50 Free
2. Sofia Chichaikina - 24.01

100 Free
2. Julia Bartoszewicz - 52.66

200 Free
1. Sofia Chichaikina - 1:51.00
2. Madison Murtagh - 1:53.34
3. Julia Bartoszewicz - 1:55.18

500 Free
1. Madison Murtagh - 4:58.16

1000 Free
1. Grace Weaver – 10:40.15
2. Yael Weber - 10:55.38

100 Back
2. Alice Scarabelli - 55.72
3. Martyna Piesko - 57.00

200 Back
1. Martyna Piesko - 2:01.20

100 Fly
1. Sofia Chichaikina - 56.24
2. Martyna Piesko - 56.26

200 Fly
1. Viktoriia Kostromina - 2:06.61
2. Ellie Schinsky - 2:09.13

100 Breast
1. Rachel Kimmel - 1:04.12
2. Tina Celik - 1:05.54

200 Breast
1. Rachel Kimmel - 2:18.00
2. Tina Celik - 2:25.06

200 IM
2. Rachel Kimmel - 2:07.08

200 Medley Relay
1. Rutgers A (Martyna Piesko, Rachel Kimmel, Sofia Maksimova, Sofia Chichaikina) - 1:44.56

1-Meter Diving
1. Holly Prasanto - 289.13
2. Giulia Vittorioso - 285.00
3. Jenna Douglass - 284.10

3-Meter
1. Giulia Vittorioso - 309.08
3. Sephora Ford - 267.30

UP NEXT

The Rutgers swimming & diving team is back in the water next weekend on Friday, Nov. 12 hosting the annual Battle For The Cannon Trophy against in-state rival Princeton at the Rutgers Aquatics Center. Admission is free.

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