Women's Swimming and Diving Wraps Up Mid-Season Competitions on Sunday

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Women's Swimming and Diving wrapped up a pair of mid-season competitions on Sunday (Nov. 23), with the swimmers finishing seventh at the Fall Frenzy Invitational with 497 team points.

Asheville swimmers would post 10 season-best times and two lifetime-best times in the finals. Anna Marcotti swam the 100 free final in 51.70, while Beatrice Cocconcelli (2:20.46) and Anna Kate Halligan (2:21.68) each registered season-best times in the finals of the 200 breast. Miriam Wheatley (2:21.20) and Gracelyn Cox (2:23.76) also swam in the finals of the 200 breast. Alessia Cunegatti posted a lifetime-best 2:07.51 in the 200 fly, while Andie Quisumbing (2:09.05) and Tess Peny (2:10.53) each posted season-best times in the event. Taylor Smith also swam the event in 2:16.31. The quartet of Gianna Riffel, Marcotti, Cocconcelli and Cunegatti finished the 3:29.97, with Riffel posting a lifetime-best split of 53.01 and Cocconcelli (52.01) and Cunegatti (53.32) each recording season-best splits.

Eleanor Pichetto took fifth in the platform diving finals with a score of 189.60, while Leigha Travis finished 11^th with a score of 145.05.

Asheville landed nine swimmers in the finals through Sunday's prelims, recording 18 season-best marks and two lifetime-best marks. Amelia Presley swam the 200 back in a season-best 2:09.45, while Savanna Bush also swam the event in 2:14.28. Marcotti qualified for the B final of the 100 free in a season-best 51.57, while Gianna Riffel (53.53), Danai Gkogkosi (53.69), Gracie Hunt (54.72), Presley (56.04), Celine Petruschke (55.73) and Ava Kilpatrick (59.13) all swam season-best times in the event. Madden Weir also finished the race in 57.40. Kathryn Walters swam the mile in a season-best 17:39.93 including a season-best 10:41.42 1000 split, while Rose Sciaudone also recorded a season-best time of 17:58.60 along with a season-best 1000 split of 10:49.19. Cunegatti qualified for the C final of the 200 fly with a lifetime-best time of 2:07.80, while Peny (2:10.71), Quisumbing (2:11.87) and Smith (2:13.33) each qualified for the D final with season-best marks. Wheatley swam a lifetime-best 2:20.71 in the 200 breast to qualify for the B final, while Cocconcelli posted a season-best time of 2:21.48 to also earn a spot in the B final. Cox swam a season-best 2:23.46 to earn a spot in the C final, while Halligan posted a season-best 2:24.96 to qualify for the D final.

"I'm proud of the team's energy levels for this multi-day competition," said head coach Elizabeth Lykins. "We learned a lot about racing and preparation which will be useful at the conference championships in February.

In platform diving, Pichetto and Travis each earned a spot in the A final with Pichetto finishing with a score of 156.70 and Travis with a mark of 142.15.

"I'm very pleased with how the weekend went as a whole," said diving coach Bailey Betzer. "We had some great performances from all three girls. We still have some work to do before conference, but overall we're in a good place!"

The Bulldogs return to dual meet action Dec. 12-13 hosting Georgia Southern in Atlantic Sun Conference competition. Diving will take place on Friday, December 12 at 2:00 p.m. at the Asheville Jewish Community Center, while swimming will take place on Saturday, December 13 at 11:00 a.m. at the Justice Center Pool.

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Women's Swimming and Diving Wraps Up Mid-Season Competitions on Sunday

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Savanna Bush

Beatrice Cocconcelli

Gracelyn Cox

Alessia Cunegatti

Danai Gkogkosi

Anna Kate Halligan

Gracie Hunt

Ava Kilpatrick

Anna Marcotti

Tess Peny

Celine Petruschke

Eleanor Pichetto

Andie Quisumbing

Gianna Riffel

Rose Sciaudone

Taylor Smith

Leigha Travis

Kathryn Walters

Madden Weir

Miriam Wheatley