Swimming Heads To Last Chance Meet At ECAC Championships

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ECAC Last Chance Meet

Grace Hagemaster preparing for her heat against Villanova at the Rutgers Aquatics Center

Photo by: Ariel Fox

Swimming Heads To Last Chance Meet At ECAC Championships

Feb 28 | Women's Swimming & Diving

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers women's swimming team is looking to push for NCAA cuts one last time as several members of the squad head to the ECAC Championships hosted by the US Naval Academy at Lejeune Hall in Annapolis. The meet runs Friday through Sunday. Live results will be available via the meet mobile app.

SCHEDULE

Friday, March 1 – 10 a.m. prelims / 6 p.m. finals

200 free relay
500 free
200 IM
400 medley relay

Saturday, March 2 – 10 a.m. prelims / 6 p.m. finals

200 medley relay
400 IM
100 fly
200 free
100 breast
100 back
800 free relay

Sunday, March 3 - 9 a.m. prelims / 4 p.m. finals

200 back
100 free
200 breast
200 fly
400 free relay
1650 free

B1G RECAP

The Scarlet Knights came away with eight NCAA B cuts, 18 top 24 finishes, 13 program top 10 times and 28 personal bests at last week's Big Ten Championships.
Tina Celik captured a podium finish with a sixth-place finish in the 100 breast setting a new Rutgers record while the 400 medley relay squad consisting of Valeria Egorova, Celik, Martyna Piesko and Jade Smits had the highest-ever finish for a Scarlet Knight relay squad at the championships with a fifth-place finish.

A Finals
400 Medley Relay	Valeria Egorova, Tina Celik, Martyna Piesko, Jade Smits	5th
100 Breast	Tina Celik	6th

B Finals
100 Back	Valeria Egorova	11th
200 Back	Valeria Egorova	11th
100 Breast	Elysha Pribadi	11th
200 Back	Shannon Meadway	12th
200 Breast	Elysha Pribadi	12th
200 Fly	Blanca Berecz	12th
1M	Holly Prasanto	16th
3M	Holly Prasanto	16th

C Finals
100 Breast	Molly Urkiel	18th
200 Breast	Molly Urkiel	18th
200 Breast	Tina Celik	19th
1650 Free	Orian Gablan	21st
400 IM	Molly Urkiel	22nd
1650 Free	Megan Fox	23rd
200 Back	Martyna Piesko	23rd
100 Back	Martyna Piesko	24th

RUTGERS TOP 10

Rutgers has posted 19 top 10 times/scores in 13 events this season including:

1000 Free
8^th – Orian Gablan – 10:05.26
9^th – Megan Fox – 10:06.97

1650 Free
9^th – Orian Gablan – 16:50.00

100 Back
8^th – Martyna Piesko – 54.07

200 Back
7^th – Shannon Meadway - 1:56.45

100 Breast
1^st – Tina Celik – 1:00.41
6^th – Elysha Pribadi – 1:01.40
8^th – Molly Urkiel – 1:01.72

200 Breast
3^rd – Molly Urkiel – 2:13.44
4^th – Elysha Pribadi – 2:13.48
5^th – Tina Celik – 2:13.50

100 Fly
3^rd – Martyna Piesko – 53.11

200 Fly
5^th - Blanka Berecz – 1:59.26

200 IM
5^th – Elysha Pribadi – 2:01.37

400 IM
3^rd – Molly Urkiel – 4:16.73

1M Dive
7^th – Holly Prasanto – 297.60

3M Dive
5^th – Amelia Scott – 331.95

Platform
6^th – Sephora Ford – 269.78
9^th – Amelia Scott – 233.50

NCAA TIMES/SCORES

B CUT TIMES

Event	Participant	Time	Meet
100 Back	Valeria Egorova	53.35	B1G Championships
200 Back	Valeria Egorova	1:56.22	B1G Championships
200 Back	Shannon Meadway	1:56.45	B1G Championships
100 Breast	Tina Celik	1:00.41	B1G Championships
100 Breast	Elysha Pribadi	1:01.40	B1G Championships
200 Breast	Molly Urkiel	2:13.44	B1G Championships
200 Breast	Elysha Pribadi	2:13.48	B1G Championships
200 Breast	Tina Celik	2:13.50	Nebraska
100 Fly	Martyna Piesko	53.11	Hawkeye Invitational & Nebraska
400 IM	Molly Urkiel	4:16.73	B1G Championships


NCAA Zone Scores

Event	Participant	Rank - Time/Score	Meet
1M	Holly Prasanto	297.60	Villanova
1M	Giulia Vittorioso	291.83	Princeton
1M	Amelia Scott	275.33	Villanova
3M	Amelia Scott	331.95	Nebraska
3M	Holly Prasanto	315.15	Villanova
3M	Sephora Ford	301.35	Villanova
3M	Giulia Vittorioso	289.35	Rutgers Preseason Tuneup
Platform	Sephora Ford	269.78	RU Dive Invitational
Platform	Giulia Vittorioso	245.40	RU Dive Invitational
Platform	Amelia Scott	226.65	RU Dive Invitational

B1G AWARDS

FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK - Elysha Pribadi - Jan. 24

Pribadi became the third Scarlet Knight in history to earn a trio of Big Ten Weekly honors in a season in winning three of RU's 13 events in a 199-99 victory over Villanova, which included a pair of top-10 program performances. Pribadi is the fifth Scarlet Knight to earn Big Ten Freshman of the Week and the fourth to earn multiple Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors in a season since Rutgers joined the league in 2014-15. It marks the most weekly awards for a Scarlet Knights since diver Addison Walkowiak earned four Big Ten Freshman of the Week accolades during the 2014-15 season. The Scarlet Knight freshman swept the breast events. In the 200 breast, Pribadi posted the fifth-fastest time in the Rutgers record books and won with a 5.25-second margin of victory hitting the wall in 2:14.12. The 100 breast saw her take the top time in 1:02.12 posting her fourth win in the event this season. Pribadi also logged the seventh-fastest time on record in the 200 IM with a 5.64-second margin of victory clocking in at 2:01.88.

FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK - Elysha Pribadi - Nov. 15

Pribadi earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the second time this season after the Scarlet Knight freshman captured a new PR in winning the 200 breast and logged third-place times in the 1000 free and 200 IM in Rutgers' meet at Princeton last week. For the second-straight weekend, Pribadi logged a Rutgers top 10 time in the 200 breast. She knocked off .05 seconds off her previous best against Purdue to clock in at 2:14.92 for the sixth fastest time in the Scarlet Knight record book in the victory against the Tigers. Pribadi also made her debut in competing in the 1000 free taking third in 10:17.01 and finished third in the 200 IM with a time of 2:03.45

FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK - Elysha Pribadi - Oct. 11

Pribadi made her Rutgers debut at the Rutgers Preseason Tune-Up winning the 200 IM along with a runner-up finish in the 200 breast at the Rutgers Pre-Season Tune-Up. The Jakarta, Indonesia native won the 200 IM in 2:04.80 finishing ahead of Army's senior duo of Melinda Zhang and Aurelie Migault. Zhang finished sixth in the 200 IM at last year's Patriot League Championships while Migault was the Patriot League champion in the 100 breast and runner-up in the 200 breast. The Scarlet Knight freshman was also the runner-up in the 200 breast clocking in at 2:18.37 behind Migault, the Patriot League Championship runner-up. Pribadi had top-eight finishes in the 100 fly and 100 breast. She logged a time of 56.89 as RU's top finisher in the 100 fly taking fourth. She also claimed fifth in the 100 breast in 1:04.98. She also swam with the 200 and 400 free and 400 medley "C" relay squads and appeared with the 200 medley relay "D" team.

Rutgers' Big Ten Freshmen of the Week
2014-15
Addison Walkowiak (Nov. 1)
Addison Walkowiak (Nov. 25)
Addison Walkowiak (Jan. 13)
Addison Walkowiak (Jan. 20)

2019-20
Sofia Chichaikina (Nov. 13)
Sofia Chichaikina (Nov. 20)

2021-22
Sofia Lobova (Nov. 17)
Sofia Lobova (Dec. 8)

2022-23
Martyna Piesko (Nov. 2)

2023-24
Elysha Pribadi (Oct. 11)
Elysha Pribadi (Nov. 15)
Elysha Pribadi (Jan. 24)

OH CANADA

In long course trials following the Big Ten Championships, Shannon Meadway qualified for Canadian Olympic Trials with a time of 2:16.38 in the 200 back.

SUMMER WITH THE SCARLET KNIGHTS

Rutgers had a busy summer competing for their respective countries overseas with junior Holly Prasanto diving to a second-place finish on 1M at British Nationals and qualifying for the European Games, junior Giulia Vittorioso at the Italian Diving National Championships, sophomore Marytna Piesko at the Polish Senior National Championships, senior Tina Celik representing Slovenia at the U23 European Championships, freshman Orian Gablan swimming for her native Israel at the 2023 World Aquatics Championship.
Head coach Jon Maccoll helmed Team USA at the 2023 World Deaf Swimming Championships with the squad earning 25 medals with eight collected by incoming Scarlet Knight Brooke Thompson. Thompson earned two championship titles, winning gold in the 100 back and as a member of the 4x100 mixed free relay. She also picked up three silvers in the 50 free and 200 back and with the 4x100 mixed medley relay squad as well as a trio of bronze medals in the 100 fly, 400 free and 50 back.

RSMART

The Scarlet Knights earned the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) team award with a 3.34 fall GPA marking the 20th-consecutive semester RU has been honored with one of the nation's top grade-point averages. The Scarlet Knights were one of 461 institutions to hold a team GPA over a 3.0 for the 2023 fall semester.
Last spring, eight Scarlet Knights were honored as CSCAA Second Team Scholar Americans for achieving a 3.5 grade point average or higher while collecting NCAA B cuts or advancing to NCAA Zone diving competition including sophomore Martyna Piesko.
Also last season, Rutgers women's swimming and diving posted 12 Big Ten All-Academic honorees and six Big Ten Distinguished Scholars.

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