University of Massachusets Athletics
Wednesday, February 15
Geneva, Ohio
All Day
University of Massachusetts
3rd of 11
at
Atlantic 10
Women’s Swimming and Diving Finishes Third at Atlantic 10 Championships
February 18, 2017 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Ansley Baker adds 100 free school record to impressive sophomore campaign.
GENEVA, Ohio – An impressive four days for the UMass swimming and diving team earned the Minutewomen a third-place finish at the Atlantic 10 Championships which concluded on Saturday night at the SPIRE Institute.
Richmond won the overall women's meet with 570 points followed by Duquesne with 498.5 points. The Minutewomen posted 457 points over the four-day event.
After winning both the one-meter and three-meter dives during the competition, Emma Roush was named the Most Outstanding Diver, while UMass Diving Head Coach Mandy Hixon was named the A-10 Women's Diving Coach of the Year for the 11th time on the women's side.
Ansley Baker highlighted Saturday's competition with a third-place finish in the 100 free. She touched the wall in a school-record time of 50.30 seconds.
UMass saw a pair of top-10 finishes in the 200 breast by Meriza Werenski (6th, 2:17.20) and Sydney Connor (8th, 2:18.52). Connor's prelim time of 2:17.68 was the third-fastest mark in program history.
Other notable performances on the day included Meghan Gray and Maddie Biron swimming the third and fourth-fastest times in the 200 back, respectively. Gray posted a time of 2-minutes, 2.77 seconds in her prelim race, while Biron was just 0.21 seconds behind.
Hayley Masi rounded out the top performances with the ninth-fastest time at UMass in the 100 free touching in 51.91 seconds.
For complete coverage of the UMass swimming and diving team, follow the men's team on Twitter and Facebook at @UMassMSwimDive and the women's team at @UMassWSwimDive as well as online at www.UMassAthletics.com.
Richmond won the overall women's meet with 570 points followed by Duquesne with 498.5 points. The Minutewomen posted 457 points over the four-day event.
After winning both the one-meter and three-meter dives during the competition, Emma Roush was named the Most Outstanding Diver, while UMass Diving Head Coach Mandy Hixon was named the A-10 Women's Diving Coach of the Year for the 11th time on the women's side.
Ansley Baker highlighted Saturday's competition with a third-place finish in the 100 free. She touched the wall in a school-record time of 50.30 seconds.
UMass saw a pair of top-10 finishes in the 200 breast by Meriza Werenski (6th, 2:17.20) and Sydney Connor (8th, 2:18.52). Connor's prelim time of 2:17.68 was the third-fastest mark in program history.
Other notable performances on the day included Meghan Gray and Maddie Biron swimming the third and fourth-fastest times in the 200 back, respectively. Gray posted a time of 2-minutes, 2.77 seconds in her prelim race, while Biron was just 0.21 seconds behind.
Hayley Masi rounded out the top performances with the ninth-fastest time at UMass in the 100 free touching in 51.91 seconds.
For complete coverage of the UMass swimming and diving team, follow the men's team on Twitter and Facebook at @UMassMSwimDive and the women's team at @UMassWSwimDive as well as online at www.UMassAthletics.com.
Players Mentioned
Breast/Free
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Free/Back
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Breast/Fly/IM
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Back/IM
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Free
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Breast/IM
/ Women's Swimming & DivingWS&D Highlights vs. Vermont - (2019/10/19)
Saturday, October 19
Maja Boric 2019 NCAA Championship
Thursday, March 21
Maja Boric NCAA Diving - 2019
Tuesday, March 19
Swimming & Diving Highlights vs. Rhode Island (01/15/2019)
Tuesday, January 15