Swimming in fourth place after the first day of the Denison Invitational

How it happened

After the morning preliminary round, Eastern started the finals with a strong second place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The team of Marlee Christie (Seminole, Florida/Seminole), Emma Littrell (Taylor Mill, Kentucky/St. Henry District), Lucy Noble (Flagler Beach, Florida/Flagler Palm Coast)And Kiersten Russell (Clinton, Michigan/Saline) beat the Eagles’ previous season best time (1:36.76) by nearly three seconds, finishing the race in 1:33.82 and earning 62 points for EMU.

Azra Umut (Istanbul, Türkiye/Fenerbahce) secured a personal swimming best in the 500-yard freestyle. After setting a PB in the prelims (5:00.95), the freshman shaved more than a second off that time in the final run, touching the wall in 4:58.49. The A final followed Nehir Oz (Istanbul, Türkiye/Cevre)who finished eighth in 5:02.74. Russell earned points in her second event with a 14th-place finish in 5:01.02. Morgan Hofmeister (Powell, Ohio/Liberty) also scored six points and finished 22nd in 5:05.58.

Three Eagles scored points in the 200-yard IM. Tristen Mina (Santa Clara, California/The King’s Academy) With a sixth place he achieved 27 points and finished in 2:06.26. Abby Szadorski (Oswego, Ill./Oswego East) finished 12th with 18 points in 2:07.21 Maren Romine (San Antonio, Texas/International School of the Americas) finished 26th in 2:11.88 and earned two points.

Russell scored points again, this time in the 50-yard freestyle. She finished in 11th place with a personal best of 23.64. Littrell followed close behind, finishing in 13th place and also swimming a personal best of 23.71. Sophie Gatrall (Windsor, Ontario/Tecumseh Vista Academy) joined them with a PR and a 19th place finish at 24:00. Three other Eagles scored in the event, giving the Green and White a total of 54.5 points in the event.

EMU finished the finals with a seventh-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay and 58 points. Russell, Szadorski, Mina and Littrell swam a season-best time of over two seconds, finishing 3:47.87.

After the first day, Eastern is in fourth place with 298.5 points.

Team ranking (after the first day)

1. Emory University – 534
2. Denison University – 490.5
3. University of Indianapolis – 417
4. Eastern Michigan – 298.5

5. Washington University-St. Ludwig – 213

EMU individual results

*Denotes the personal best

Q Indicates qualification for the final

Preliminary rounds for the first day

500 years of freestyle

5. Nehir Oz – 4:58.65 Q*
8. Azra Umut – 5:00.95 Q*
18. Kiersten Russell – 5:04.02 Q
22. Morgan Hofmeister – 5:07.77 Q
27. Ashley George – 5:10.95 Q
31. Emma Littrell – 5:13.32
37. Sydney Ulmer – 5:25.40
40. Hannah Ward – 5:38.97

200 years of IM

7. Tristen Mina – 2:06.80 Q
10. Abby Szadorski – 2:07.34 Q
22. Nehir Oz – 2:10.66 Q
27. Maren Romine – 2:12.01 Q
33. Riess Estep – 2:13.07
36. Madelyn Sursi – 2:13.57

50 years of freestyle

11. Kiersten Russell – 23.82Q*
18. Emma Littrell – 23.95 Q*
19. Marlee Christie – 23.95Q
23. Lucy Noble – 24.18 Q
24. Tristen Mina – 24.24 Q
25. Sophie Gatrall – 24.26Q
37. Nehir Guven – 24.60*
40. Siporah Sang – 24.79
48. Hannah Ward – 25.37
52. Katarina Pastar – 25.71
53. Madelyn Sursi – 25.73
57. Olivia Clarino – 26.27
58. Abby Szadorski – 29.68

Final of the first day

200-year freestyle relay

2. EMU A (Christie, Littrell, Noble, Russell) – 1:33.82
10. EMU B (Mina, Oz, Sang, Gatrall) – x1:37.29
13. EMU C (Guven, Ward, Clarino, Pastar) – x1:40.11

500 years of freestyle
A finale

5. Azra Umut – 4:58.49*
8. Nehir Oz – 5:02.74
B final

14. Kiersten Russell – 5:01.02
C final

22. Morgan Hofmeister – 5:05.58
26. Ashley George – 5:07.84

200 years of IM
A finale

6. Tristen Mina – 2:06.36
B final

12. Abby Szadorski – 2:07.21
C final

26. Maren Romine – 2:11.88

50 years of freestyle
B final

11. Kiersten Russell – 23.64*
13. Emma Littrell – 23.71*
C final

19. Sophie Gatrall – 24.00*
23. Marlee Christie – 24.13
25. Lucy Noble – 24.27
27. Tristen Mina – midnight

400-year medley relay

7. EMU A (Russell, Szadorski, Mina, Littrell) – 3:47.87
10. EMU B (Umut, Estep, Clarino, Gatrall) – x3:50.40
14. EMU C (Sang, Sursi, Pastar, Noble) – x3:57.18

Next

The Eagles are back in the pool tomorrow, Friday, December 6th, for day two of the Denison Invitational. The day begins with the preliminary rounds at 10 a.m. and the finals at 6 p.m

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