Virginia, Stoddard Break Records During ECAC Championship Finals
By Chandler Brandes, Swimming World College Intern
Rutgers Rachel Stoddard broke her own meet record in the 100 breast from this morning, winning tonight’s final in 1:00.82. Virginia’s 800 free relay team crushed the old meet record by over seven seconds to take the win.
Heading into the final day of competition, the Virginia women and the Navy men lead the team rankings.
Click here for live results.
Women’s 3m Diving
1. Rebecca Corbett (340.00), Virginia
2. Kylie Towbin (301.40), Virginia
3. Corey Johnson (301.25), Virginia
Women’s 200 Medley Relay
Virginia’s Samantha James (26.66), Audrey Gould (28.80), Peyton Baldwin (24.74), and Dina Rommel (22.37) won in 1:42.57. Army’s Cecelia Croman (26.21), Kara Wineinger (29.66), Molly Mucciarone (24.38), and Kelly Hamilton (22.69) finished a close second in 1:42.94.
Men’s 200 Medley Relay
Army’s Josh Sembrano (23.31), Colin Kanzari (24.73), Devin McCall (22.53), and Evin Rude (19.87) won in 1:30.44. Binghamton’s Eric Farm (23.10), Tommy Cummings (25.41), Steve Campagna (22.16), and Brian McKenna (19.84) weren’t too far behind in 1:30.51 to take second.
Women’s 400 IM
1. Emily Escobedo (4:11.73), UMBC
2. Sara Stranick (4:17.79), Virginia
3. Rachel Politi (4:18.27), Virginia
Men’s 400 IM
1. Coby Zucker (3:54.11), Colgate
2. Liam Cashin (3:54.25), Binghamton
3. Sam Ciocco (3:57.06), Navy
Women’s 100 Fly
1. Francesca Stoppa (53.50), Rutgers
2. Christina Ryan (54.40), Colgate
2. Peyton Baldwin (54.40), Virginia
Men’s 100 Fly
1. Matthew Martir (48.34), Rider
2. Nick Sundquist (48.59), Maine
3. Jack Eudy (48.90), Navy
Women’s 200 Free
1. Eryn Eddy (1:46.87), Virginia
2. Laine Reed (1:47.04), Virginia
3. Liza Baykova (1:47.21), New Hampshire
Men’s 200 Free
1. William Molloy (1:37.65), Rider
2. Louis Behnen (1:38.76), Bucknell
3. Vincent Gibbons (1:39.03), Rider
Women’s 100 Breast
1. Rachel Stoddard (1:00.82), Rutgers
2. Audrey Gould (1:02.69), Virginia
3. Diana Hanson (1:03.02), Bucknell
Men’s 100 Breast
1. Eric Collins (55.40), Navy
2. Colin Kanzari (55.59), Army
3. Jordan Hurwitz (55.60), Penn
Women’s 100 Back
1. Joanna Wu (53.90), Rutgers
2. Rochelle Dong (54.41), Penn
3. Vera Koprivova (55.08), Rutgers
Men’s 100 Back
1. Ethan King (48.77), Navy
2. Chipper Machemehl (49.09), Navy
3. Evin Rude (49.29), Army
Women’s 800 Free Relay
Virginia’s Reed (1:47.72), Madeline Smart (1:52.58), Jessie Gvozdas (1:50.66), and James (1:48.90) won by seven seconds in 7:19.86. Penn’s Morgan Scott (1:51.22), Emma Siewert (1:51.86), Meaghan Kwarcinski (1:51.35), and Ashley Pollard (1:51.86) finished second in 7:26.29.
Men’s 800 Free Relay
Army’s Devin McCall (1:39.56), Rude (1:37.58), Sean Martin (1:42.43), and Chris Szekely (1:37.36) narrowly won in 6:36.93. Bucknell’s Jack Robinson (1:39.76), Behnen (1:39.74), Vincent Filippini (1:39.92), and Chris Devlin (1:37.68 took a close second in 6:37.10.
Top 8 Women’s Team Standings:
1. Virginia-539.5
2. Army-264
3. Navy-245.5
4. Marist-244.5
5. Penn-240.5
6. Pitt-212
7. Bucknell-204
8. Columbia-130.5
Top 8 Men’s Team Standings:
1. Navy-442
2. Army-340
3. Rider-248
4. Binghamton-242
5. Penn-214
6. Bucknell-203
7. Virginia-153
8. Marist-139