The Emory University swimming team was back in the pool for their first official weekend of competition taking on Queens University of Charlotte on Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, GA.
The Royals posted winning scores of 158-104 on the women's side and 137.5-124.5 on the men's side but the Eagles were still able to record 10 winning races on the afternoon.
Emory posted seven event wins on the men's side and had 22 top-three finishes. For the Emory women, they won three events and had 20 top-three finishes.
Senior Jake Meyer and junior Crow Thorsen highlighted the day for the men as Meyer took first in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke at 55.11 and 2:02.97 respectively. Thorsen took home the title in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 4:35.56 and the 400 IM at 3:59.81. Senior Ryan Gibbons took another win for the men in the 1,000 Freestyle finishing with a time of 9:44.58 while freshman McKee Thorsen touched first in the 200 Butterfly (1:50.24). Junior Jeff Echols rounded out the wins for the Eagles with a time of 48.61 in the 100 Butterfly.
Three different swimmers took home first on the women's side with junior Jada Chatoor winning the 1,000 Freestyle with a time of 10:26.82 followed by a win from senior Megan Jungers in the 100 Backstroke (56.94). Sophomore Jane Sanderson won the final event for the women taking first in the 200 Backstroke (2:04.34).
The men were also highlighted by top performances from freshman Joao Lapagesse in the 1,000 Freestyle (2nd, 9:47.43) and 500 Freestyle (3rd, 4:36.56), junior Adam Braunschweig in the 100 Backstroke (2nd, 50.52), junior Liyang Sun in the 100 Breaststroke (2nd, 55.66) and 200 Breaststroke (3rd, 2:03.48), senior Nick Goudie in the 50 Freestyle (2nd, 21.04) and 100 Freestyle (3rd, 46.32) and freshman Graham Zucker in the 200 Backstroke (3rd, 1:53.64).
For the women, top efforts were shown by senior Penelope Helm in the 200 Freestyle (3rd, 1:55.94) and 100 Freestyle (3rd, 53.37), freshman Katie Cohen in the 100 Breaststroke (2nd, 1:05.63), freshman Natalie Boorjian in the 50 Freestyle (3rd, 24.25) and the 100 Freestyle (2nd, 53.09), sophomore Isabel Huang in the 200 Backstroke (2nd, 2:05.66) and senior Fiona Arwood in the 200 Breaststroke (2nd, 2:23.94).
The Eagles added two second place relays at the meet. In the men's event, the Eagles earned silver in the 200 Medley at 1:30.92 with Braunschweig, Meyer, sophomore Patrick Horton and junior Johnny Bradshaw. For the women, Boorjian, senior Leaya Ma, freshman Pooja Hemige and sophomore Penny Celtnieks combined for a 1:37.08 in the 200 Freestyle.
The Eagles will be back in the pool on Friday, October 13 at 4 pm in the WoodPec to face Atlanta foe Georgia Tech.
