COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - Widener Women's Swimming falls to Ursinus after winning a pair of individual events.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Pride opened the meet with a third-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay. The team of Caroline Anderson, Hailey Webster, Remy Cook, and Megan Shallow touched the wall in 1:55.24. Widener's B relay, featuring Tyla Block, Bella Fanelli, Lizzie Keating, and Olivia Giambalvo, added a fifth-place finish in 1:59.31.
Allie Leamy led Widener in the 1,000-yard freestyle, placing second with a time of 12:14.76. Kaitlyn Beden followed in third at 12:25.46. Giambalvo added a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 2:05.32, while Zoe Snellings placed fourth in 2:06.91.
In the 100-yard backstroke, Shallow led the Pride with a second-place finish in 1:05.04. Anderson followed closely in third at 1:05.30, and Cook added a fourth-place finish in 1:06.27. Webster and Fanelli finished second and third, respectively, in the 100-yard breaststroke, with times of 1:12.07 and 1:14.59.
Snellings placed third in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:33.08, while Caileigh Foveaux finished fifth. Shallow and Webster added third- and fourth-place finishes in the 50-yard freestyle, respectively.
Cook delivered one of Widener's top performances of the afternoon, winning the 200-yard backstroke in 2:21.57. Block followed in second at 2:23.00, giving the Pride the top two spots in the event. Foveaux added a fourth-place finish.
Fanelli placed third in the 200-yard breaststroke, touching the wall in 2:41.58. In the 500-yard freestyle, Caroline Anderson finished fourth in 5:55.00, while Leamy placed fifth in 5:58.55.
Keating led Widener in the 100-yard butterfly with a third-place finish in 1:05.96. Block added a third-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley, finishing in 2:28.41, while Kaitlyn Fahy placed fifth.
The Pride closed the meet with a third-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Cook, Giambalvo, Keating, and Shallow combined for a time of 3:51.20.
UP NEXT
Widener heads into a week off before hosting FDU-Florham in a 1 p.m. splash on Saturday, November 14 in the Schwartz Athletic Center.