Eastern Michigan Athletics
Friday, January 19
Akron, Ohio
5 p.m.
Eastern Michigan University
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at
174
Akron
Swim and Dive Falls to Akron
1/19/2024 9:00:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
The Eagles will host the Bowling Green State University Falcons next, Jan. 26, at 5 p.m.
AKRON, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University swim and dive team competed together for the first time in 2024, falling to the University of Akron Zips, 174-124, Jan.19, inside Ocasek Natatorium.
Meet Notes
» The Eagles came away with four personal-best marks on the day
» Eastern saw five first-place finishes throughout the competition
How it Happened
Eastern got off to a great start as it captured its first, first-place finish of the evening in the second event of the night, the 1,000-yard freestyle, where Ali Kudo (Guelph, Ontario/John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational) claimed the top spot in a personal-best time of 10:09.03. Kudo also claimed gold later in the meet in the 500y freestyle in 4:54.98.
Emma Littrell (Taylor Mill, Ky./St. Henry District) had a strong meet as she notched two personal-best times in the 200y freestyle and 500y freestyle, finishing the events in 1:54.35 (2nd) and 5:10.72 (4th), respectively.
After a strong showing at the University at Buffalo Diving Invite, Jan. 12-13, Eastern's divers picked up where they left off as they claimed the one, two, and three spots in both the 1m and 3m dives.
Among others, Camryn Hughes (London, Ontario/Sir Frederick Banting Secondary) stood out, placing first in each event with 298.00 points in the 3m and 276.35 in the 1m. Hughes missed a personal-best score by just 1.90 points in the 3m as her all-time top performance in the event is 299.90.
Up Next
The Eagles will return to the Jones Natatorium as they are set to battle the Falcons of Bowling Green State University, Friday, Jan. 26, at 5 p.m.
EMU Individual Results
* Indicates Personal-Best Time
200y Medley Relay
3. EMU A (Russell, LaRosa, Clarino, Noble) – 1:45.89
4. EMU B (Sang, Harris, Mina, Shoen) – 1:46.02
6. EMU C (Christie, Szadorski, Pastar, Gatrall) – x1:46.51
1,000y Freestyle
1. Ali Kudo – 10:09.03*
4. Morgan Hofmeister – 10:47.62
5. Ashley George – 10:54.12
200y Freestyle
2. Emma Littrell – 1:54.35*
4. Kiersten Russell – 1:56.88
6. Abbey Whipple – 1:59.23
100y Backstroke
3. Siporah Sang – 56.86
4. Marlee Christie – 58.26
100y Breaststroke
3. Abby Szadorski – 1:04.62
4. Taylor Harris – 1:05.00
7. Nina LaRosa – 1:07.57
8. Madelyn Sursi – x1:09.46
200y Butterfly
5. Katarina Pastar – 2:09.46
6. Olivia Clarino – 2:10.47
7. Sydney Ulmer – 2:11.55
8. Maren Romine – x2:11.78
50y Freestyle
2. Katie Shoen – 24.04
4. Lucy Noble – 24.25
7. Tristen Mina – 24.69
8. Sophie Gatrall – x24.90
3m Diving
1. Camryn Hughes – 298.00
2. Rebekah Knapp – 268.45
3. Malia Maire – 252.10
5. Ciara Wheeler – x244.90
--- Savannah Fisk – x227.20
100y Freestyle
5. Lucy Noble – 53.25
6. Marlee Christie – 53.51
7. Sophie Gatrall – 53.77
8. Abbey Whipple – x54.81
200y Backstroke
2. Kiersten Russell – 2:05.43
3. Siporah Sang – 2:09.75
200y Breaststroke
2. Abby Szadorski – 2:19.36
5. Taylor Harris – 2:21.71
6. Tristen Mina – 2:25.15
8. Nina LaRosa – x2:30.97
--- Madelyn Sursi – x2:32.31
500y Freestyle
1. Ali Kudo – 4:54.98
4. Emma Littrell – 5:10.72*
5. Morgan Hofmeister – 5:15.31
6. Ashley George – x5:20.82
100y Butterfly
2. Olivia Clarino – 57.73
3. Katarina Pastar – 58.07
4. Katie Shoen – 59.86
5. Maren Romine – x1:00.04
--- Sydney Ulmer – x1:00.35
1m Diving
1. Camryn Hughes – 276.35
2. Ciara Wheeler – 268.20
3. Rebekah Knapp – 261.30
4. Savannah Fisk – x245.50
--- Malia Maire – x242.30
--- Tierney Fraidenburg – x197.85
200y IM
1. Tristen Mina – 2:06.28*
2. Abby Szadorski – 2:09.12
4. Taylor Harris – 2:10.67
7. Morgan Hofmeister – x2:17.59
--- Maren Romine – x2:15.29
--- Madelyn Sursi – x2:20.18
--- Sydney Ulmer – x2:20.49
400y Freestyle Relay
4. EMU A (Christie, Littrell, Noble, Russell) – 3:33.76
5. EMU B (Gatrall, Pastar, Sang, Kudo) – 3:37.07
7. EMU C (Whipple, Shoen, George, Clarino) – x3:42.87
Meet Notes
» The Eagles came away with four personal-best marks on the day
» Eastern saw five first-place finishes throughout the competition
How it Happened
Eastern got off to a great start as it captured its first, first-place finish of the evening in the second event of the night, the 1,000-yard freestyle, where Ali Kudo (Guelph, Ontario/John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational) claimed the top spot in a personal-best time of 10:09.03. Kudo also claimed gold later in the meet in the 500y freestyle in 4:54.98.
Emma Littrell (Taylor Mill, Ky./St. Henry District) had a strong meet as she notched two personal-best times in the 200y freestyle and 500y freestyle, finishing the events in 1:54.35 (2nd) and 5:10.72 (4th), respectively.
After a strong showing at the University at Buffalo Diving Invite, Jan. 12-13, Eastern's divers picked up where they left off as they claimed the one, two, and three spots in both the 1m and 3m dives.
Among others, Camryn Hughes (London, Ontario/Sir Frederick Banting Secondary) stood out, placing first in each event with 298.00 points in the 3m and 276.35 in the 1m. Hughes missed a personal-best score by just 1.90 points in the 3m as her all-time top performance in the event is 299.90.
Up Next
The Eagles will return to the Jones Natatorium as they are set to battle the Falcons of Bowling Green State University, Friday, Jan. 26, at 5 p.m.
EMU Individual Results
* Indicates Personal-Best Time
200y Medley Relay
3. EMU A (Russell, LaRosa, Clarino, Noble) – 1:45.89
4. EMU B (Sang, Harris, Mina, Shoen) – 1:46.02
6. EMU C (Christie, Szadorski, Pastar, Gatrall) – x1:46.51
1,000y Freestyle
1. Ali Kudo – 10:09.03*
4. Morgan Hofmeister – 10:47.62
5. Ashley George – 10:54.12
200y Freestyle
2. Emma Littrell – 1:54.35*
4. Kiersten Russell – 1:56.88
6. Abbey Whipple – 1:59.23
100y Backstroke
3. Siporah Sang – 56.86
4. Marlee Christie – 58.26
100y Breaststroke
3. Abby Szadorski – 1:04.62
4. Taylor Harris – 1:05.00
7. Nina LaRosa – 1:07.57
8. Madelyn Sursi – x1:09.46
200y Butterfly
5. Katarina Pastar – 2:09.46
6. Olivia Clarino – 2:10.47
7. Sydney Ulmer – 2:11.55
8. Maren Romine – x2:11.78
50y Freestyle
2. Katie Shoen – 24.04
4. Lucy Noble – 24.25
7. Tristen Mina – 24.69
8. Sophie Gatrall – x24.90
3m Diving
1. Camryn Hughes – 298.00
2. Rebekah Knapp – 268.45
3. Malia Maire – 252.10
5. Ciara Wheeler – x244.90
--- Savannah Fisk – x227.20
100y Freestyle
5. Lucy Noble – 53.25
6. Marlee Christie – 53.51
7. Sophie Gatrall – 53.77
8. Abbey Whipple – x54.81
200y Backstroke
2. Kiersten Russell – 2:05.43
3. Siporah Sang – 2:09.75
200y Breaststroke
2. Abby Szadorski – 2:19.36
5. Taylor Harris – 2:21.71
6. Tristen Mina – 2:25.15
8. Nina LaRosa – x2:30.97
--- Madelyn Sursi – x2:32.31
500y Freestyle
1. Ali Kudo – 4:54.98
4. Emma Littrell – 5:10.72*
5. Morgan Hofmeister – 5:15.31
6. Ashley George – x5:20.82
100y Butterfly
2. Olivia Clarino – 57.73
3. Katarina Pastar – 58.07
4. Katie Shoen – 59.86
5. Maren Romine – x1:00.04
--- Sydney Ulmer – x1:00.35
1m Diving
1. Camryn Hughes – 276.35
2. Ciara Wheeler – 268.20
3. Rebekah Knapp – 261.30
4. Savannah Fisk – x245.50
--- Malia Maire – x242.30
--- Tierney Fraidenburg – x197.85
200y IM
1. Tristen Mina – 2:06.28*
2. Abby Szadorski – 2:09.12
4. Taylor Harris – 2:10.67
7. Morgan Hofmeister – x2:17.59
--- Maren Romine – x2:15.29
--- Madelyn Sursi – x2:20.18
--- Sydney Ulmer – x2:20.49
400y Freestyle Relay
4. EMU A (Christie, Littrell, Noble, Russell) – 3:33.76
5. EMU B (Gatrall, Pastar, Sang, Kudo) – 3:37.07
7. EMU C (Whipple, Shoen, George, Clarino) – x3:42.87
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