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Women's Swimming and Driving Drops Tri-Meet Against South Carolina, Duke
01.20.2024 | Women's Swimming & Diving
COLUMBIA, S.C. - UNC Asheville Women's Swimming and Diving dropped its tri-meet on Saturday (Jan. 20), falling to South Carolina 254-46 and to Duke 244-56.
Morgan Coughlen notched a 10th-place finish with a score of 226.05 to lead Asheville in the one-meter diving event, while Jade Canady posted a score of 213.53 to finish 11th. Leigha Travis (187.95), Haley Fein (177.08), Amelia Ward (166.73) and Kindal Culpepper (166.50) also competed in the event for Asheville. Coughlen then paced Asheville in the three-meter diving event with an eighth-place finish (232.88), while Canady placed 10th with a score of 218.48. Travis (203.70), Culpepper (194.48), Ward (181.88) and Fein (179.03) also competed in the event for Asheville.
"We have been working on consistency and it showed," said Diving Coach Matthew Macon. "We had several divers hit all 12 dives and score very close to personal bests. This is a great step in our preparation for conference championships next month."
Asheville was paced by the quartet of Grace Adams, Abby Parks, Taylor Smith and Caroline Crouse in the 200-yard medley relay with a seventh-place finish in 1:48.32, while Amelia Presley, Beatrice Cocconcelli, Anna Marcotti and Ava Kilpatrick finished eighth in 1:49.92. Tess Peny, Gracelyn Cox, Chloe McDonald and Olivia Ciancimino finished ninth in 1:52.83, while Rachel Daly, Jane Brierley, Addison Wright and Alexis Walker finished 10th in 1:54.30. Caitlin Hefner paced the Bulldogs in the 1000-yard freestyle with a sixth-place finish in 10:29.16, while Anna Kate Halligan finished ninth in 10:56.64. Rose Sciaudone took 10th in 11:04.10, while Julie Lahiff finished 11th in 11:07.81. Marcotti led the Bulldogs with a seventh-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:55.33, while Kilpatrick finished right behind her in eighth in 1:55.44. Alessia Cunegatti finished 10th in 1:57.62, while Presley finished 11th in 2:01.89. Gaby Shenot also swam the event in 2:00.41. Adams led Asheville in the 100-yard backstroke with a ninth-place finish in 58.32 seconds, while Danai Gkogkosi finished 10th in 58.84 seconds. Wright finished 11th in 1:01.92, while Daly also finished 12th in 1:05.26. Miriam Wheatley paced Asheville with an eighth-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:07.09, while Smith finished tied for ninth in 1:07.14 with teammate Cocconcelli. Cox also finished 11th in 1:07.20.
Riley Edmundson led Asheville with a seventh-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:06.34, while Crouse finished eighth in2:07.53. McDonald finished ninth in 2:09.99, while Peny finished 12th in 2:16.18 and Lahiff also swam the event in 2:17.41. Parks posted an eighth-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle in 23.93 seconds, while Marcotti finished 10th in 24.46 seconds. Ciancimino took 11th in 25.47 seconds, while Daly took 12th in 26.55 seconds. Parks would also finish fifth in the 100-yard freestyle in 52.18 seconds, while Crouse finished eighth in 53.16 seconds and Gkogkosi took ninth in 54.27 seconds. Ciancimino also finished 11th in 56.29 seconds. Cunegatti finished eighth in the 200-yard backstroke in 2:08.04, while Adams finished ninth in 2:08.76. Kilpatrick took 11th in 2:11.40, while Presley finished 12th in 2:14.73. Wright also swam the event in 2:14.59. Wheatley posted an eighth-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:25.24, while Cocconcelli finished 10th in 2:27.65 and Edmundson took 11th in 2:28.02. Cox also finished 12th in 2:29.56. Hefner finished eighth in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:11.25, while Cunegatti finished ninth in 5:14.67. Sciaudone (5:21.74) and Halligan (5:23.68) finished 11th and 12th respectively in the event.
Asheville finished eighth through 11th in the 100-yard butterfly, with Smith (57.48 seconds) in eighth, McDonald (57.67 seconds) in ninth, Gkogkosi (1:01.50) in 10th and Sciaudone (1:02.35) in 11th. Walker also swam the event in 1:03.89. Crouse led the Bulldogs with a ninth-place finish in the 200-yard IM in 2:09.80, while Wheatley finished 10th in 2:11.89. Edmundson finished 11th in 2:12.84, while Halligan took 12th in 2:14.77. Lahiff (2:16.80) and Peny (2:18.42) also swam the event for Asheville. The team of Marcotti, Parks, Kilpatrick and Gkogkosi finished seventh in the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:34.91, while Cunegatti, Hefner, Adams and Cocconcelli finished eighth in 3:39.36.
The Bulldogs (7-4, 2-0 ASUN) return to the water on Saturday (Jan. 27) to face UNC Pembroke for swimming's Senior Day. The action begins at 11:00 a.m. from the Justice Center Pool, with video available at www.uncabulldogs.com.
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