WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Rutgers women's swimming & diving collected nine total victories and two top 10 entries into the school's top 10 lists as the Scarlet Knights split its meet with host Purdue and Oakland at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center.
RU dominated 10-time Horizon League champion Oakland, 269-84, while the host Boilermakers edged out the Scarlet Knights 200-153.
- On the second day of competition, freshman Elysha Pribadi posted the sixth fastest time in school history in the 200 breast while other event victories came from Valeria Egorova in the 200 back and the 400 medley relay team.
- On Friday night, Rutgers opened the meet with six victories including the 200 medley relay, Elysha Pribadi in the 400 IM and 100 breast with the seventh fastest time in school history, Jade Smits in the 50 free, Valeria Egorova in the 100 back and Martyna Piesko in the 100 fly.
- Pribadi landed another top 10 program time with her winning time of 2:14.97 in the 200 breast with a 2.15-second margin of victory. It marked the sixth fastest time in the event "On The Banks". Pribadi in her first season at Rutgers also holds top 10 times in the 100 breast and 200 IM.
- Pribadi also won 200 IM in 2:04.25 and turned in a runner-up performance in the 200 IM logging a time of 2:04.25.
Valeria Egorova captured her second back title of the event edging out teammate Martyna Piesko in the 200 back. Egorova clocked in with the top time of 2:00.03 with Piesko following in second in 2:00.19.
- Piesko also placed third in the 100 free finishing in 51.96.
- Ellie Schinsky took third in the 200 fly only .08 seconds behind first place. Schinsky hit the wall in 2:04.30 a mere .06 seconds behind second-place Madeline Greaves of Purdue and .08 seconds behind winner Brinly Hardy of Purdue, who raced in the C final at last year's Big Ten Championships.
- On the boards, Holly Prasanto claimed third on 1M with a season-high 288.05 behind a pair of 2023 Big Ten consolation finalists from Purdue.
1M Dive
3.
Holly Prasanto – 288.05
100 Free
3.
Martyna Piesko - 51.96
200 Back
1.
Valeria Egorova - 2:00.03
2.
Martyna Piesko - 2:00.19
200 Breast
1.
Elysha Pribadi - 2:14.97
200 Fly
3.
Ellie Schinsky – 2:04.30
200 IM
2. Elyshia Pribadi - 2:04.25
200 Free Relay
2.
Alena Rozova,
Jade Smits,
Brooke Thompson,
Valeria Egorova - 1:36.05
400 Medley Relay
1. Rutgers A (
Valeria Egorova,
Tina Celik,
Martyna Piesko,
Elysha Pribadi) - 3:44.73
3. Rutgers B (
Jade Smits,
Sofia Bartoloni,
Ellie Schinsky,
Alena Rozova) - 3:49.79
- The annual Battle For The Cannon Trophy is back. Rutgers will travel to Princeton on Saturday, Nov. 11 looking to bring the cannon trophy back home "To The Banks".
- The trophy is named in honor of the Rutgers-Princeton Cannon War. The origin of the Rutgers-Princeton Cannon War dates to 1777 when two cannons from the British army were left on the campus of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) after the battle of Princeton during the Revolutionary War. The cannons remained near the campus until the larger of the two was put to use during the War of 1812 and moved to New Brunswick to protect the city A dispute over cannon ownership ensued at some point, and the cannon eventually wound up back in Princeton, where it was placed, in the ground, on Princeton's campus on the site that is now called "Cannon Green." On the night of April 25, 1875, ten members of the Rutgers Class of 1877 set out to steal back "Big Cannon" from Princeton However, they were unable to move it, so instead they returned to New Brunswick with "Little Cannon". Eventually, a joint committee settled the matter, and "Little Cannon" was returned to Princeton, however, Rutgers students have been known to travel the 17 miles to the Princeton campus to paint the cannon red.
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