University of Richmond Athletics
University of Richmond
Queens & Virginia Tech
Swimming And Diving Competes At Virginia Tech
10/31/2015 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Richmond swimming and diving took part in a meet resulting in a pair of dual scores Friday night, taking on Queens University from Charlotte and Virginia Tech at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center just outside of Blacksburg, Virginia. The Spiders fell 237-62 to Virginia Tech, and 188-106 to Queens during the evening.
Senior Melissa Ross (Warrington, Pennsylvania) won over Queens and finished second against Virginia Tech in, with a time of 2:04.80 the 200 Fly.
Junior Irinia Chiulli (Westwood, Massachusetts) posted a season-best 290.47 from the 3m board, finishing second against Virginia Tech (Queens does not have a diving squad). Sophomore Laura Rokop (Wildwood, Missouri) posted a personal-best score of 261.67 in the 3m program.
“I think today shows we still have a lot of work to do,” said diving coach Sean Letsinger. “As a whole, I was happy with our effort on three meter. We will be working hard to make our one-meter dives more consistent. I look forward to the opportunity to better that result in Greensboro.”
Later in the evening, senior Kelley Yang (Ellicott City, Maryland) won against Queens and finished second to the Hokies with a time of 57.73 in the 100 Fly. Ross was second to her in the Queens dual with a 59.16 time.
Freshman Nicole Piercy was Richmond's top finisher in the 1000 Free, at 10:36.35
The divers will take on Clemson and East Carolina at a meet in Greensboro, North Carolina on Saturday, November 7. The whole team is back in action at the Patriot Invite, hosted by George Mason in Fairfax, Virginia from November 19-21.
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