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Blue Swimming & Diving Defeats Mount Holyoke

WELLESLEY, Mass. -- The Wellesley College swimming and diving team cruised to a 183-110 win at Mount Holyoke on Saturday. The victory lifts the Blue to 4-1 in dual meets this season, while the Lyons dip to 5-4.

Wellesley athletes won 12 of the 16 events contested, led by two individual wins each from seniors Keelin Nave and Emma Mrkonic, sophomore Charlotte Harris, and first-year Maddie Stern. The Blue also swept the relay events, continuing a hot streak for Wellesley's relay teams. 

Nave grabbed her wins in the 100-fly (59.21) and the 200-fly (2:09.68), while Mrkonic won the 100-back (1:01.18) and the 200-back (2:14.21). Harris was a winner in the 100-breast (1:10.66) and the 200-breast (2:34.03), while Stern swept the diving events, with a 225.90 (1-meter) and a 230.60 (3-meter).

Sophomore Ieva Galinyte and first-year Sarah May also recorded individual wins for the Blue. Galinyte touched first in the 1,000-free (10:51.95) and also finished second in the 500-free (5:24.81). May won the 100-free (56.83) and was second in both the 200-fly (2:09.91) and the 200-IM (2:17.41).

Also recording second-place finishes were sophomore Dorothy Ren, first-year Sharon Wu, senior Gabriela Kovacikova, and first-year Leah Furman. Ren was second in both the 100-fly (59.39) and the 200-free (1:59.30), while Wu was second in the 100-back (1:02.07). Kovacikova was the runner-up in the 200-back (2:17.52) and also nabbed third in the 200-fly (2:21.17). Furman was second in the 500-free (5:19.51), while taking third in both the 50-free (26.16) and the 200-free (2:01.43).

Rounding out the individual swimming highlights were top-three finishes from sophomores Tiffany Chen, Erin Yang, and Suman Kumar. Chen recorded a 2:20.17 in the 200-back, Yang swam a 1:13.24 in the 100-breast, and Kumar finished with a 2:44.45 in the 200-breast.

In the relay events, Wellesley touched first in both the 200-medley and the 200-free. The 200-medley team of Ren, Harris, May, and Nave teamed up to record a 1:52.95, while the 200-free team of Ren, Mrkonic, Harris, and Nave swam a 1:41.98. 

Wellesley is back in action on Saturday at Connecticut College, taking on the Camels and Bates College in a double-dual meet at 1:00pm.  

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Players Mentioned

Tiffany Chen

Tiffany Chen

Back
5' 5"
2015
Leah Furman

Leah Furman

Distance Free
5' 8"
2017
Ieva Galinyte

Ieva Galinyte

Free
5' 8"
2016
Charlotte Harris

Charlotte Harris

Breast/Free
5' 5"
2016
Gabriela Kovacikova

Gabriela Kovacikova

Fly
5' 4"
2014
Suman Kumar

Suman Kumar

Fly
5' 6"
2016
Sarah May

Sarah May

Fly/Free
5' 8"
2017
Emma Mrkonic

Emma Mrkonic

Back/Free
5' 9"
2014
Keelin Nave

Keelin Nave

Free/Fly
5' 6"
2014
Dorothy Ren

Dorothy Ren

Fly/Back/IM
5' 5"
2016
Maddie Stern

Maddie Stern

Diving
5' 2"
2017
Sharon Wu

Sharon Wu

Back
5' 8"
2017

Players Mentioned

Tiffany Chen

Tiffany Chen

5' 5"
2015
Back
Leah Furman

Leah Furman

5' 8"
2017
Distance Free
Ieva Galinyte

Ieva Galinyte

5' 8"
2016
Free
Charlotte Harris

Charlotte Harris

5' 5"
2016
Breast/Free
Gabriela Kovacikova

Gabriela Kovacikova

5' 4"
2014
Fly
Suman Kumar

Suman Kumar

5' 6"
2016
Fly
Sarah May

Sarah May

5' 8"
2017
Fly/Free
Emma Mrkonic

Emma Mrkonic

5' 9"
2014
Back/Free
Keelin Nave

Keelin Nave

5' 6"
2014
Free/Fly
Dorothy Ren

Dorothy Ren

5' 5"
2016
Fly/Back/IM
Maddie Stern

Maddie Stern

5' 2"
2017
Diving
Sharon Wu

Sharon Wu

5' 8"
2017
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