Swimming and Diving Celebrates Senior Day with Win over La Salle

Friday, January 23

Piscataway, N.J.

5:00 PM

Rutgers University

225

La Salle University

Photo by: Dakota Moyer

Swimming and Diving Celebrates Senior Day with Win over La Salle

Jan 23 | Women's Swimming & Diving

RU-La Salle Results Photo Gallery

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers swimming and diving celebrated Senior Day on Friday, honoring eight seniors pre-meet. Afterwards, the Scarlet Knights went out and dominated La Salle in the pool for a 225-71 win.

Prior to the meet, Rutgers' celebrated a senior class that included seven swimmers and one diver. The Scarlet Knights honored Angelica Bath, Megan Fox, Grace Hagemaster, Jillian Ruffner, Ellie Schinsky, Katherine Lang, Cameron Kuriger and Sephora Ford.

On the swimming side, Rutgers had the event winner in every race, placed someone 1-2 in every race but three, and had the top three finishers in two events. In diving, Rutgers had the top four finishers on both 3-meter and on platform.

For RU, Megan Fox, Chiara Alberti and Sofia Bartoloni each won two events. Overall, nine different Scarlet Knights had an individual first place finish, as Goksu Dogan, Blanka Berecz, Emillianna Gonzalez, Angelica Bath, Anna Vlachou and Ana Hazlehurst all won one race apiece. Additionally, Rutgers had two first place finishes in relays.

Amelia Scott's mark of 238.80 on platform diving was her Rutgers' best mark and comes in 10^th on RU's top-10 list. Four current RU divers now hold spots on the program's top-10 in platform diving, with Sephora Ford (2^nd), Bailee Sturgill (3^rd) and Katerina Hoffman (8^th) all holding spots on that top-10 already from previous meets.

Final Results (Top 3 Finishes Only)

200 Medley Relay
1^st: Rutgers A (Grace Hagemaster, Sofia Bartoloni, Emilliana Gonzalez, Anna Vlachou): 1:43.89
2^nd: Rutgers B (Goksu Dogan, Holland Spangler, Cam Kuriger, Chiara Alberti): 1:45.67

1000 Freestyle
1^st: Megan Fox: 10:18.10
2^nd:Isabella Valle: 10:40.02
3^rd: Elayna Ling: 10:50.85

200 Freestyle
1^st: Chiara Albert: 1:52.45
2^nd: Casey Zentz: 1:53.77

100 Back
1^st: Goksu Dogan: 56.72
2^nd: Angelica Bath: 57.02

100 Breast
1^st: Sofia Bartoloni: 1:03.45
3^rd: Holland Spangler: 1:05.72

200 Butterfly
1^st: Blanka Berecz: 2:00.46
2^nd: Cameron Kuriger: 2:02.82
3^rd: Ana Hazlehurst: 2:03.33

50 Free
1^st: Emillianna Gonzalez: 23.12
2^nd: Anna Vlachou: 23.15

100 Free
1^st: Chiara Alberti: 52.12
2^nd: Casey Zentz: 52.22

200 Backstroke
1^st: Angelica Bath: 2:02.72
2^nd: Ana Hazlehurst: 2:08.85

200 Breaststroke
1^st: Sofia Bartoloni: 2:17.53
2^nd: Holland Spangler: 2:20.00

500 Freestyle
1^st: Megan Fox: 5:06.48
2^nd: Isabella Valle: 5:12.57

100 Fly
1^st: Anna Vlachou: 54.39
2^nd: Cameron Kuriger: 56.26

200 IM
1^st: Ana Hazlehurst: 2:05.21

200 Free Relay
1^st: RU A (Emilianna Gonzalez, Chiara Alberti, Brooke Thompson, Anna Vlachou): 1:34.65

3-Meter Diving
1^st: Bailee Sturgill: 330.38
2^nd: Sephora Ford: 325.20
3^rd: Katerina Hoffman: 315.23

Platform Diving
1^st: Bailee Sturgill: 298.65
2^nd: Sephora Ford: 284.10
3^rd: Katerina Hoffman: 267.60

Gallery: (1-23-2026) Swim and Dive Senior Ceremony