Records are made to be broken
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ swimming and diving wrapped up 2022-23 competition at the Feb. 15-18 Liberty League Championship meet by breaking one record after another, for a total of 22 new College-best times.
Included in the list of record-breakers are Nic Sodi and Sophia May. May’s 406.75 score is a College record in the women’s 1M diving event and qualified her for the NCAA Division III regionals. Sodi’s 16:07.76 in the men’s 1650 was not only a College and Liberty League Championship meet record but also a championship-winning finish, 11 seconds faster than his 2022 win. Sodi also broke the 1000 free record during the 1650 (9:43.47) and qualified for the NCAA B Cut.
As the times ticked down and the student-athletes gave their best performances to date, Coach Jill Greenleaf said, “I can't think of another championship I've coached at Â鶹Æƽâ°æ where every athlete performed so well. The energy this group drew from each other session after session just continued to drive them forward.â€
The results of the four-day meet also included 61 new top 10 times and scores and 14 individual event podium appearances.
22 new College records
WOMEN
- Rachel Olson – 200 IM (2:09.55)
- Ella Palmet, Rachel Olson, Lizzie Day, Gretchen Gwitt – 200 Medley Relay (1:49.31)
- Lizzie Day – 100 Fly (57.64)
- Ella Palmet, Rachel Olson, Lizzie Day, Gretchen Gwitt – 400 Medley Relay (4:00.77)
- Sophia May – 1M Dive (406.75)
- Gretchen Gwitt – 200 Fly (2:10.67)
- Lizzie Day, Chloe Kim, Lydia Walker, Rachel Olson – 800 Free Relay (7:55.25)
- Lizzie Day – 200 Free (1:56.55)
MEN
- Nic Sodi – 500 Free (4:34.73)
- Nic Sodi, Liam Keating, Brendan Lu, Gavin Schiavi – 200 Medley Relay (1:34.51)
- Gavin Schiavi, Liam Keating, Nic Sodi, Brendan Lu – 200 Free Relay (1:25.52)
- Gavin Schiavi – 50 Free (21.64)
- Brendan Lu – 100 Fly (51.65)
- Nic Sodi – 200 Free (1:41.55)
- Nic Sodi, Liam Keating, Brendan Lu, Gavin Schiavi – 400 Medley Relay (3:26.34)
- Nic Sodi – 200 Back (1:52.75)
- Liam Keating – 100 Breast (57.34)
- Nic Sodi – 1650 Free (16:07.76)
- Nic Sodi – 1000 Free (9:43.47)
- Brendan Lu – 100 Free (47.53)
- Liam Keating – 200 Breast (2:06.61)
- Gavin Schiavi, Liam Keating, Nic Sodi, Brendan Lu – 400 Free Relay (3:11.98)