Four Pool Records Fall in Bulldogs’ Road Meet at UMass

AMHERST, Mass. - The Yale University women's swimming and diving team broke four pool records during its competition at the University of Massachusetts. The meet was a non-team scored affair.

In an afternoon with 14 first place finishes, it was Caroline Riggs who won the 1650 freestyle with a time of 16:43.35. That time was not only a pool record, but also the fourth fastest time in the country this year. Riggs' split in that event at the 1000 mark was also a pool record.
The third pool record that was eclipsed came courtesy of Sara Plunkett in the 100 backstroke (55.61). That was one of two first place finishes for Plunkett, who also touched the wall first in the 50 freestyle (23.78).
Yale received two relay top marks on the afternoon. The 200 medley relay of Quinn Murphy, Charlize Escasa, Alex Massey and Jessey Li was first in 1:44.03. Massey, Plunkett, Escasa and Li teamed up to finish ahead of the field in the 400 freestyle relay in 3:28.99.
In addition to their relay successes, Li and Massey also recorded individual first place marks. Li had the top time in the 100 freestyle (50.48), which was also a pool record. Massey accomplished the same first place effort in the 200 backstroke (2:03.91).
Junseo Kim was first in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:52.77. Eunice Lee had a time of 2:21.25 to lead the way in the 200 breaststroke. Morgan Cady tallied a time of 5:03.09 in the 500 freestyle.
Rounding out the first place swimmers were Ele Donegan in the 100 fly (55.93) and Delilah Skaistis in the 200 IM (2:08.70).
Yale also received first place efforts in both diving events. Grace Wu scored a 305.93 on the three-meter board, while Lily Horenkamp registered a score of 291.00 on the one-meter board.

The Bulldogs return to action on October 26 for a meet at the University of Delaware.

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Players Mentioned

Ele Donegan: Freestyle/Butterfly; Junior

Charlize Escasa: Breast/Sprint Free; Sophomore

Lily Horenkamp: Diving; Junior

Junseo Kim: Distance Free, IM, Fly; Senior

Jessey Li: Breaststroke/IM; Junior

Alex Massey: Butterfly/IM; 5' 11"; Senior

Quinn Murphy: Backstroke; Senior

Sara Plunkett: Back/Free; Sophomore

Caroline Riggs: Distance/IM; Sophomore

Morgan Cady: Distance; First Year

Eunice Lee: IM; First Year

Delilah Skaistis: Breast/IM; First Year

Players Mentioned

Ele Donegan
: Junior
: Freestyle/Butterfly

Charlize Escasa
: Sophomore
: Breast/Sprint Free

Lily Horenkamp
: Junior
: Diving

Junseo Kim
: Senior
: Distance Free, IM, Fly

Jessey Li
: Junior
: Breaststroke/IM

Alex Massey
: 5' 11"; Senior
: Butterfly/IM

Quinn Murphy
: Senior
: Backstroke

Sara Plunkett
: Sophomore
: Back/Free

Caroline Riggs
: Sophomore
: Distance/IM

Morgan Cady
: First Year
: Distance

Eunice Lee
: First Year
: IM

Delilah Skaistis
: First Year
: Breast/IM