ECU Hosts Swimming & Diving Meet Saturday

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GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina women's swimming and diving teams will host its lone meet of the 2021 fall season Saturday, Oct. 9 when they welcome in Barton, Chowan, Richmond and UNCW inside Minges Natatorium. Both the swimming and diving portions of the meet are set to begin at 1 p.m. (ET).

ECU, who will first travel to Campbell Friday, Oct. 8 for a heads-up meet, will compete against Barton and Chowan in the following swimming events (in order of competition) 400 Medley Relay, 1000 Free, 200 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 200 Fly, 50 Free, BREAK, 100 Free, 200 Back, 200 Breast, 500 Free, 100 Fly, BREAK, 200 IM, 200 Free Relay. The Pirates will also face off against the Spiders and Seahawks in the 1 and 3-Meter dives.

In ECU's first event of the 2021-22 campaign, the trio of Flanary Patterson, Caitlin Reynera and Polina Rukosuev each claimed individual wins at UNC Asheville. The Pirates, who were competing in their first collegiate event in nearly 18 months, fell to the Bulldogs 174-124.

Reynera, a junior transfer from Alabama, won three events in her first event in the Purple and Gold taking the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04:85), 200-yard breaststroke (2:18:34) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:11:23) titles.

Fellow classmate and Alabama transfer Rukosuev won the 200-yard (1:56:20) and 500-yard freestyle (5:07:46) for her first wins at East Carolina. Patterson, a sophomore from Kentucky, won a pair of diving titles with scores of 233:65 and 230:50 and giving the Pirates seven on the evening.

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Players Mentioned

Flanary Patterson

Caitlin Reynera

Polina Rukosuev

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