ECU Draws Split At Richmond Dual Meet

Friday, November 1

Richmond, Va.

East Carolina University

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Richmond

November 02, 2024 | Women's Swimming and Diving

Diving Results Swimming Results

RICHMOND, Va. – The East Carolina women's swimming and diving team returned to action Friday night and Saturday morning competing in the Richmond Dual Meet drawing a split against Richmond (win/204-95) and Pennsylvania (loss/169-130).

"We had a good meet," head coach Matthew Jabs said. "I saw some very impressive swims/dives out of our girls. We'll now turn 100 percent of our focus to our mid-season invite at South Carolina. Very excited to see what we do at that meet. A huge shout out to our Pirate fans, family, alumni, and friends. We had more Pirates in the stands than the other two team's fans combined. So much appreciation for that kind of support."

In the diving well, redshirt junior Frida Zuniga Guzman captured top honors in both the 1-meter (290.75) and 3-meter (300.30) dives, while sophomore Olivia Templeton placed second in both events with scores of 277.40 (1-meter) and 274.05 (3-meter). Also competing for the Pirates was freshman Kinsley Baker who finished seventh in the 1-meter (221.55) and fourth in the 3-meter (248.60).

Junior Heidi Bruining won the 200-yard freestyle (1:51.44) while sophomore Carlie Clements finished fifth (1:53.87). Junior Laura Lopez finished third in the 100-yard backstroke (57.29) while fellow classmate Sadie Covington placed third in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:23.96.

Senior Kaylee Hamblin won the 100-yard backstroke finishing a full second ahead of the second-place swimmer with a time of 1:03.46. Sophomore Juliana Kratka placed third in the event posting a time of 1:05.71. Junior Sara Kalawska earned a pair of wins against Richmond posting season best times in the 200-yard butterfly (2:02.88) and 100-yard butterfly (56.10) taking second in both events. Junior Emilee Hamblin finished fourth in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:04.60.

Sophomores Mikayla Durkin (23.82) and Clements (24.41) placed third and fourth in the 50-yard freestyle, while Durkin took third in the 100-yard freestyle (52.03). Sophomore Elena Dinehart finished third in the 200-yard backstroke (2:03.16) and Kaylee Hamblin placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:19.16).

In the 500-yard freestyle, Emilee Hamblin finished second (5:04.60) and Covington placed fifth (5:08.34). Freshman Abbey Pickel posted two lifetime best scores in the 400IM (4:38.68) finishing fourth and in the 200-butterfly (2:06.36) placing seventh.

ECU won the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:29.45 and finished second in the 200-yard medley (1:45.41).

The Pirates return to action on Wednesday, Nov. 20 when they participate in the South Carolina Invite (swimming only). The three-day event begins at 8 a.m. (ET) in Columbia, S.C. and runs through Friday afternoon.