Swimming & Diving Completes Competition At Tate Ramsden Invitational

HANOVER, N.H. - University of Massachusetts swimming and diving finished competition at the Tate Ramsden Invitational, hosted by Dartmouth, on Saturday evening and the Karl Michael and Spaulding Pools.

The Minutewomen fell to Dartmouth, 258-78, while dropping their dual meet to Northeastern, 256-79. The Minutemen were defeated by Dartmouth, 249-82.

The women's team saw nine top-five finishes across the two day event, as the men's team secured 12 top-three finishes, which included two first place finishes from junior diver Andrew Bell.

Women's Swimming & Diving

Day One
Freshman Elizabeth Lahmann kicked off the individual events with a third-place finish in the 500 freestyle with a personal-best time of 5:04.71. Senior Anna Kwon swam into fourth in the event with a time of 5:06.89.

In the 200 individual medley, freshman Maria Grishaeva recorded a personal-best time of 2:07.36, placing fourth. Sophomore Beren Cakiroglu posted a time of 24.53 to place 12th, while freshman Courtney Tedesco was 17th with a time of 24.84 in the 50 freestyle.

The 200 freestyle relay team of graduate student Bri Williams, Tedesco, Lahmann and Cakiroglu combined for a time of 1:39.97 to finish seventh.

Day Two
Graduate student Ashley Calderon finished 12th in the 100 butterfly with a time of 58.47 to begin day two of individual events.

Grishaeva was third in the 400 individual medley with a time of 4:33.82, as sophomore Lindsay Burbage swam a personal-best 4:41.94 in the event to take sixth. Sophomore Diya Ackerman-Vallala placed 11th in the 200 freestyle with a personal-best time of 1:57.02 and freshman Karinne Everly had a personal-best of her own in the 100 breaststroke with time of 1:11.13 to claim ninth place.

Calderon placed 12th in the 100 backstroke with a time of 59.69, as freshman Hannah Schoenauer swam into fifth with a personal-best time of 18:14.89 in the 1,650 freestyle. Williams finished in eighth in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:10.15 and Cakiroglu took seventh in the 100 freestyle with a time of 52.99.

Grishaeva picked up the silver in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:19.30, as Kwon grabbed her own silver medal in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:06.01.

During the relays, the 200 medley relay team consisting of Williams, Burbage, Calderon and Cakiroglu took fourth with a time of 1:47.47. The 400 freestyle relay team of Cakiroglu, Tedesco, Lahmann and Kwon finished sixth with a time of 3:36.24.

Men's Swimming & Diving

Day One
Freshman Cam Wright finished fifth in the 500 freestyle with a personal-best time of 4:44.16 to start off the individual races.

Junior Sammy Quigg and freshman Liam Rayson swam personal-bests in the 200 individual medley, as Quigg took second with a time 1:54.31 and Rayson was fourth with a time of 1:55.95, respectively. The 50 freestyle saw senior Grant Beebe touch the wall fourth with a season-best time of 21.16.

In the relays, Quigg, junior Aidan Shepston, Beebe, and senior Beau Bengston recorded a time of 1:24.22 in the 200 freestyle relay.

Day Two
Beebe earned the silver in the 100 butterfly with a time of 49.15, while Quigg took fourth in the 400 individual medley with a personal-best time of 4:09.09.

In the 200 freestyle, Daniel Strumidlo swam into fourth with a time of 1:43.37 as Wright followed close behind in fifth with a personal-best time of 1:43.71. Freshman Nate Derby placed fifth in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 58.20 and fellow classmate Chase Keeler was second in the 100 backstroke with a time of 50.89.

Freshman Zach Szabo took third in the 1,650 freestyle, swimming a personal-best time of 16:51.51 in the event. Wright had his second personal-best time day of the day in the 200 backstroke, recording a time of 1:59.39 to take fifth.

Graduate student Juan Montori had a season-best time of 46.55 in the 100 freestyle. Keeler finished the 200 breaststroke in third with a personal-best time of 2:09.06 with Quigg in fifth with a personal-best time of his own of 2:13.51 in the event.

Sophomore Aydin Erkan touched the wall second with a time of 1:50.09 and Beebe placed third with a season-best time of 1:51.91 in the 200 butterfly to close out the individual events of the meet.

The 200 medley relay team of Bengston, Derby, Beebe and Shepston took second with a time of 1:32.16, while the 400 freestyle relay team of Shepston, Montori, Rayson and Quigg also took second with a time of 3:06.38.

On the Boards
Freshman Khrystyna Yaremyn scored a personal-best 253.15 in the three-meter dive on day one of competition to place fifth in the event. Junior Shreeya Sinha followed in sixth with a six-dive total of 248.90.

On day two, freshman Danielle Guerin placed seventh in the one-meter dive with a score of 241.35.

Bell grabbed the gold medal in the one-meter dive on day one after recording a 326.45 total, before securing first on the second day of competition in the three-meter dive with a total of 401.50.

Next Up
Massachusetts swim and dive will travel to Fairfield, Connecticut, to take one Fairfield for a dual meet on Saturday, January 25, at 1 p.m.

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Swimming & Diving Completes Competition At Tate Ramsden Invitational

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Players Mentioned

Diya Ackerman-Vallala

Grant Beebe

Andrew Bell

Beau Bengston

Lindsay Burbage

Beren Cakiroglu

Ashley Calderon

Nate Derby

Aydin Erkan

Karinne Everly

Maria Grishaeva

Danielle Guerin

Chase Keeler

Anna Kwon

Elizabeth Lahmann

Juan Montori

Sammy Quigg

Liam Rayson

Hannah Schoenauer

Aidan Shepston

Shreeya Sinha

Daniel Strumidlo

Zach Szabo

Courtney Tedesco

Bri Williams

Cam Wright

Khrystyna Yaremyn

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