Women's Swimming and Diving Wraps Up Fall Frenzy on Sunday

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Women's Swimming and Diving wrapped up the Queens Fall Frenzy on Sunday (Nov. 24).

Caitlin Hefner paced the Bulldogs with a fifth-place finish in a season-best 17:00.55 in the mile (1650), while Kathryn Walters (17:43.95), Grace Adams (17:46.30) and Celine Petruschke (17:49.79) finished 22^nd, 23^rd and 24^th respectively with season-best marks. Rose Sciaudone also finished 29^th in the event with a season-best time of 18:12.40. Adams finished 24^th in the 200 back in 2:09.42, while Alessia Cunegatti finished 30^th in a season-best time of 2:06.49. Anna Marcotti would finish 26^th in the 100 free in a season-best time of 51.72 seconds, while Beatrice Cocconcelli finished 14^th in a season-best time of 2:20.65 in the 200 breast. Alyssa Jackson finished 18^th in the event in a season-best 2:21.00, while Julie Lahiff (2:22.47) and Anna Kate Halligan (2:22.76) finished 21^st and 23^rd respectively. Gracelyn Cox finished 25^th in 2:21.37, while Miriam Wheatley finished 31^st in 2:26.80. Riley Edmundson took second in the 200 fly in a season-best time of 2:02.08, while Tess Peny took 28^th in a season-best time of 2:09.87. The A team of Cocconcelli, Caroline Crouse, Ava Kilpatrick and Marcotti took seventh in the 400 free relay in a season-best time of 3:27.23 with Cocconcelli recording a lifetime-best split of 51.09 seconds. The B team of Cunegatti, Jackson, Taylor Smith and Hefner finished 21^st in a season-best time of 3:34.57. Throughout the finals, Asheville totaled 15 season-best marks and one lifetime-best time.

Adams locked up a spot in the C finals of the 200 back finishing 18^th with a season-best time of 2:04.82, while Cunegatti earned a spot in the D final with a season-best time of 2:07.53. Savanna Bush (2:10.35), Tess Peny (2:13.69) and Andie Quisumbing (2:09.07) each also logged season-best times in the event. Marcotti earned a spot in the D final of the 100 free in a season-best 52.21 seconds, while Wheatley (54.50), Celine Petruschke (55.08), Taylor Smith (54.04), Ava Kilpatrick (53.58) and Danai Gkogkosi (54.04) each recorded season-best times in the event. Olivia Ciancimino also swam the event in 55.27. Cocconcelli earned a spot in the B final of the 200 breast with a 15^th-place finish in a season-best 2:21.45, while Lahiff and Halligan finished in a tie for 21^st in a season-best 2:22.97 to earn spots in the C final. Jackson also made the C final with a 24^th-place finish in a season-best 2:23.49, while Cox (2:25.63) and Wheatley (2:26.05) each recorded season-best times to qualify for the D final. Edmundson posted a third-place finish to qualify for the A final in the 200 fly in a season-best time of 2:02.75, while McDonald (2:09.87) and Crouse (2:10.52) each posted season-best times to qualify for the D final in the event. Peny (2:11.57) and Lahiff 2:11.31) each also recorded season-best times in the event. Asheville totaled 19 season-best times through the prelims.

"We are excited to have had this opportunity to race, compete and be together as a team," said head coach Elizabeth Lykins. "We learned a lot about ourselves during these last eight weeks and look forward to continuing to grow and work together as a team."

The Bulldogs are back in action on Dec. 13 for a tri-meet hosted by Georgia Southern, where the Bulldogs will also take on East Carolina. The action is set for a 4:00 p.m. start from Statesboro, Ga.

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Women's Swimming and Diving Wraps Up Fall Frenzy on Sunday

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Grace Adams

Savanna Bush

Olivia Ciancimino

Beatrice Cocconcelli

Gracelyn Cox

Caroline Crouse

Alessia Cunegatti

Riley Edmundson

Danai Gkogkosi

Anna Kate Halligan

Caitlin Hefner

Alyssa Jackson

Ava Kilpatrick

Julie Lahiff

Anna Marcotti

Tess Peny

Celine Petruschke

Andie Quisumbing

Rose Sciaudone

Taylor Smith

Kathryn Walters

Miriam Wheatley