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Wednesday, November 19
Rochester, Mich.
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Oakland
Nina LaRosa Improves Program Top 10 Time in Loss to Oakland
11/19/2025 10:09:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
Five Eagles earned event wins
ROCHESTER, Mich. – (EMUEagles.com) – Nina LaRosa improved her program top 10 time in the 100y breaststroke with a time of 1:02.30, moving from spot No. 7 to No. 5 as the Eastern Michigan University swim and dive programs fell to Oakland University, Nov. 19, in the Oakland Aquatic Center.
The Golden Grizzlies outscored the Eagles with 189 points to 111 points as five Eagles won events.
The Golden Grizzlies outscored the Eagles with 189 points to 111 points as five Eagles won events.
How it Happened: Swim
The Eagles won four events in the pool, including LaRosa (Bay Village, Ohio/Bay), taking first with her personal best and program No. 5 time in the 100y breaststroke. LaRosa also earned a second place finish in the 200y breaststroke with another personal best time of 2:18.88.
The Eagles won four events in the pool, including LaRosa (Bay Village, Ohio/Bay), taking first with her personal best and program No. 5 time in the 100y breaststroke. LaRosa also earned a second place finish in the 200y breaststroke with another personal best time of 2:18.88.
Shayne Patrick (Reno, Nev./TMCC Magnet High School), won the 200y butterfly with a personal best time of 2:02.86. Nehir Oz (Istanbul, Turkey/Cevre), won the 500y freestyle with a time of 4:57.16, along with finishing in second place in the 1000y freestyle with a personal best time of 10:07.62.
Tristen Mina (Santa Clara, Calif./The King's Academy), earned her event win in the 100y butterfly with a time of 55.85, along with contributing a 24.87 butterfly split in the second place finish of the 200y medley relay.
The Golden Grizzlies dominated the 200y freestyle, 100y backstroke and 200y backstroke, with Oakland swimmers taking the top three spots in each race.
How it Happened: Dive
Rose Kendrick (Geneva, N.Y./Geneva), earned first place in the one-meter dive, scoring a personal best 273.98 points, along with taking second place in the three-meter with another personal best performance of 266.33 points.
Also earning a podium spot in the three-meter was Megan Lupa (Campden, Ont./West Niagara Secondary), scoring 249.08. Oakland earned the three-meter win, along with taking the second and third podium spots in the one-meter after Kendrick.
Personal Bests
The Eagles saw a combined total of 14 personal-best performances.
EMU Individual Results
*Denotes Personal-Best
Bold Denotes Program Top 10
200y Medley Relay
2. EMU A (Fardella, LaRosa, Mina, Noble) – 1:42.23
1000y Freestyle
2. Nehir Oz – 10:07.62*
5. Morgan Hofmeister – 10:18.83*
7. Nicole Shanks – 10:47.11
200y Freestyle
4. Emma Littrell – 1:53.41
6. Amelia Jones – 1:56.55
100y Backstroke
5. Marianna Fardella – 57.51
6. Addy Burrough – 58.42
100y Breaststroke
1. Nina LaRosa – 1:02.30* EMU #5
6. Lucy Noble – 1:07.02
200y Butterfly
1. Shayne Patrick – 2:02.86*
3. Sydney Ulmer – 2:06.41
5. Amelia Jones – 2:10.65*
50y Freestyle
3. Marlee Christie – 23.64
5. Abbey Clarke – 23.91*
6. Sophia Gatrall – 24.00
7. Nehir Guven – x24.13*
3m Dive
2. Rose Kendrick – 266.33*
3. Megan Lupa – 249.08
4. Marnie Howard – 247.50
6.Taityn Speier – x232.73
7. Cate Migliori – x213.08
100y Freestyle
2. Emma Littrell – 51.44
4. Lucy Noble – 51.99
7. Marlee Christie – 52.16
8. Abbey Clarke – x52.21*
-- Sophie Gatrall – X52.20
-- Nehir Guven – X52.30*
200y Backstroke
4. Marianna Fardella – 2:03.96
5. Addy Burrough – 2:06.44
200y Breaststroke
2. Nina LaRosa – 2:18.88*
4. Tristen Mina – 2:22.72
500y Freestyle
1. Nehir Oz – 4:57.16
5. Morgan Hofmeister – 5:03.61
7. Amelia Jones – 5:14.85
8. Nicole Shanks – x5:18.20
100y Butterfly
1. Tristen Mina – 55.85
3. Shayne Patrick – 56.73
4. Emma Littrell – 56.91
7. Abbey Clarke – x57.54*
-- Nehir Guven – X57.84*
-- Sydney Ulmer – X59.71
1m Diving
1. Rose Kendrick – 273.98*
4. Megan Lupa – 238.05
5. Marnie Howard – 229.43
6. Cate Migliori – x218.70
7. Taityn Speier – x201.60
200y Individual Medley
3. Tristen Mina – 2:06.23
4. Shayne Patrick – 2:06.66
7. Nehir Oz – 2:13.16
8. Sydney Ulmer – x2:17.20
400y Freestyle Relay
2. EMU A (Littrell, Christie, Clarke, Noble) – 3:27.48
4. EMU B (Gatrall, Guven, Jones, Fardella) – 3:34.25
Meet Scores
1. Oakland – 189
2. Eastern Michigan - 111
Up Next
The Eagles will next compete back in Rochester, Mich., returning to Oakland University for the Oakland Invitational Dec. 3-6.
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