University of Richmond Athletics
University of Richmond
Virginia Tech (& Kentucky Diving)
Swimming And Diving Open 2015 At Virginia Tech
01/10/2015 | Women's Swimming & Diving
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. -- Richmond tested itself in the first meet of 2015 and faced tough competition, taking a 184-104 loss at Virginia Tech Saturday at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center.
Despite the score, several individuals showed promise coming off the training trips the swimming and diving squads took over the Holiday Break.
“We will get better,” said head coach Matt Barany. “We know that, but there is a lot of hard focus, hard work and care ahead.”
Sophomore diver Mikaela Gekas-Robinson (Woodbury, New Jersey) posted career best scores in both the 1m and 3m springboard in the diving portion of the meet, while sophomore diving teammate Irina Chiulli (Westwood, Massachusetts) put up a season-best score in the 3m, a NCAA Zone-qualifying score of 294.40 to go with her 1m qualifying score back in November.
“Today was another great opportunity to learn and our team did just that,” said head diving coach Sean Letsinger. “There was a lot of exceptional diving today across the board. I believe this experience today will be instrumental going forward into the remainder of our season.”
Senior swimmer Meredith Gouger (Cockeysville, Maryland) came in second in the third event of the day, swimming a 10:30.62 in the 1000 free in the event's early stages.
Junior Kelley Yang (Ellicott City, Maryland) later posted a 56.08 time in the 100 fly, the second-fastest time in that event for the day.
Four events later, freshman Annie Lane (Vinton, Virginia / William Byrd HS) finished second in the 200 IM, swimming a 2:06.69 to score points for the Spiders.
Richmond will dip its toe back in the pool against a pair of Atlantic 10 Conference foes next weekend in the Bronx, N.Y. The Spiders take on La Salle and host Fordham, starting at 1 p.m.
The Spiders are home for Senior Day on Saturday, January 24 against James Madison, starting at noon.
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