ECU Closes Out Fall With Top Times

Sunday, November 21

Lynchburg, Va.

10:00 A.M.

East Carolina University

Liberty

November 22, 2021 | Women's Swimming and Diving

Final Results

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Junior Poliina Rukosuev's personal-best time of 16:40.87 in the 1650 free highlighted East Carolina's final day at the TYR '85 Invite, which was hosted by Liberty. In all, the Pirates had six season-best times in their final meet of the fall season.

"Proud ... really proud of these girls," head coach Matt Jabs said. "Our goals headed into the meet was to hit in-season best times/scores and set ourselves up for strong seeds for the conference championships in February. Mission accomplished!!! Every single athlete hit season bests, and we won three events. "

Competing with just 13 athletes, the Pirates had 17 "A" finalists, 12 "B" finalists and four "C" finalists during the three-day event.

Rukosuev claimed first place in the 1650 free besting her top competitor by nearly 30 seconds, while fellow classmate Meghan French took fourth (17:34.87). Senior Randi Palandro (52.92) along freshmen Ava Iannetta (53.35) and Grace Weed (53.38) each had season-best times in the 100 free.

Junior Caitlin Reynera claimed second place in the 200 breaststroke with a season-best time of 2:16.28 earning 31 points. Freshman Rachel Gibson finished 18th after posting a time of 2:28.88. Senior Chelsea Marstellar finished fifth with a season-best time of 2:05.66 in the 200 fly and senior Mia Cote finished 13th (2:12.11).

ECU will return to the pool and diving well on January 15, 2022 when they participate in the William & Mary Tri-Meet.