The Emory University women's swim team had its second dual meet of the season on Saturday, taking on former Division II stalwart, now turned Division I, Queens University of Charlotte in North Carolina. The two teams split with both sides winning seven events each and tied on the team scoreboard at 131-131.
The newcomers continued to excel for the Eagles as four freshmen combined to win six of the seven events on the afternoon as well as earn a pair of NCAA B Cuts in the draw.
Freshman Caitlin Crysel swept the sprint freestyles with times of 23.94 in the 50 and 51.74 in the 100 as she was one of two Eagles with multiple wins in the meet. Fellow newcomer Allison Greeneway, the reigning UAA Swimmer of the Week, continued her strong start to her career with two more wins as she took the top spot in the 100 Breaststroke (1:04.66) as well as in the 100 Fly (55.83 – NCAA B Cut).
Rookie Elodie Mitchell claimed the top spot in the 200 Freestyle with her mark of 1:55.04 and later posted a NCAA B Cut of 2:04.81 with a second-place effort in the 200 Fly.
Senior Jada Chatoor was Emory's first winner of the meet with her 10:42.03 as the Eagles claimed the top three spots in the 1000 Freestyle. Junior Morgan Main took silver at 10:42.90 and junior Meredith Liu was bronze at 10:53.68. Main had another second place performance in the 500 Freestyle as she swam a 5:14.37.
Freshman Sophia Joos rounded out Emory's first place finishes on Saturday as she touched at 2:21.68 in the 200 Breaststroke. Joos added a second place finish in her next event, the 400 IM, recording a time of 4:35.29.
Junior Isabel Huang highlighted the Eagles in the Backstroke on the afternoon as she took second in the 100 Backstroke with a time of 57.64 and was third in the 200 Backstroke at 2:08.16.
In the relays, the group of Crysel, Huang, graduate student Megan Jungers and sophomore Katie Cohen opened the meet by placing second in the 200 Medley Relay (1:46.08) and in the final event of the day, Crysel, Huang, freshman Louisa Wendt and junior Jane Sanderson were second with a time of 1:36.57.
The Eagles will return to the pool on Friday, October 11 with the annual Blue-Gold intrasquad meet at the WoodPEC starting at 4:00 PM.
