Day One at BIG EAST Swimming Championships Complete

Wednesday, February 23

East Meadow, N.Y.

5:45 PM

Xavier University

BIG EAST Swimming and Diving Championships

Big East Swimming and Diving Championship FEB 23

Day One at BIG EAST Swimming Championships Complete

02.23.22 | Swimming

Day One Results Thursday Prelim Heat Sheets Photos

Men and women each pick up a second-place finish, and new school record, to stand in third place after two races

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. – Following the first day of action at the 2022 BIG EAST Championships, Xavier men's and women's swimming both stand in third place. Both teams opened the meet with a silver medal and a new school record, with the women picking up a second place finish with a school-best finish in the 800 free and the men picked up a silver and school record in the 200 medley relay.

The Championship continues tomorrow with prelims set to begin at 10 a.m.

WOMEN'S NOTABLE

Brooke Atkins, Lydia Schaeffer, Hannah Pugh and Kali Fischer led off the meet with a season-best time of 1:41.54 in the 200 medley relay, finishing fourth.
The Musketeers set a new school record and picked up a second place finish in the 800 free relay, with Kali Fischer, Clara Keiser, Emma Swabb and Alexis Worrall finishing in 7:17.95. Kali Fischer's split of 1:49.04 is a new team record as well.
Xavier stood in third place after the first three events, including diving event in which they did not compete.

WOMEN'S FINALS TIMES

200 Medley Relay	Atkins, Schaeffer, Pugh, Fischer	1:41.54	4th
800 Free Relay	Fischer, Keiser, Swabb, Worrall	7:17.95	2nd

SCORES

1. Villanova University 128
2. University of Connecticut 110
3. Xavier University 108
4. Georgetown University 106
5. Seton Hall University 100
6. Butler University 96
7. Providence College 92

MEN'S NOTABLE

Christian Thomas, Ethan Saunders, Joey Mullen and Andrew Martin set a new school record and picked up a silver medal in the 200 medley relay, finishing in 1:28.12.
Andrew Martin, Jon Bernard, Brett Wilson and Nathan Wall set a time of 6:36.74 in the 800 free relay to finish fourth. Andrew Martin upped his own school record in the 200 free on the lead leg with a 1:36.43 split.
Xavier is tied with Villanova for third after the first two event on the men's side.

MEN'S FINALS TIMES

200 Medley Relay	Thomas, Saunders, Mullen, Martin	1:28.12	2nd
800 Free Relay	Martin, Bernard, Wilson, Wall	6:36.74	4th

MEN'S SCORES

1. Seton Hall University 72
1. Georgetown University 72
3. Villanova University 64
3. Xavier University 64
5. Providence College 56

TOMORROW'S EVENTS

Tomorrow's prelims are slated to start at 10 a.m. with finals beginning at 5:45 p.m.

500 Yard Freestyle Women
500 Yard Freestyle Men
200 Individual Medley Women
200 Individual Medley Men
50 Yard Freestyle Women
50 Yard Freestyle Men
1 Meter Diving FINALS Men (Xavier will not compete)
200 Yard Freestyle Relay* Women
200 Yard Freestyle Relay* Men

PHOTOS

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