Pitt Concludes Day One at the FIU TYR Fall Classic

MIAMI, FL – The University of Pittsburgh swimming and diving team had a solid first day at the FIU TYR Fall Classic Friday night at the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Center. Of the 16 swimming events, the team notched 14 podium finishes, seven in the A heats and seven in the B heats. The Panthers finished the night in third place overall out of eight schools.

Within the A Heats, Cooper Van der Laan secured the sole first-place finish of the night with a time of 54.34 in the 100 Breast. Serhii Ahadzhanian and Flynn Crisci tallied more points for the Panthers placing second in the 100 Fly (48.71) and the 50 Free (20.86) respectively. Earning the third place slot was the women's 400 medley relay (3:48.09), Tatum Detwiler in the 100 Breast (1:03.68) and Daisy Anderson, who notched a new personal best in the 100 Back (56.93).

"We started a little slow and had some nerves at the start, but the second part of the meet was much better," said head coach John Hargis. "We just need to find a way to be the best us we can be and then we'll be just fine. There were a lot of good segments within the meet tonight, but we were racing for the first time and it showed. Tomorrow should be a much better day for us. We just need to come in and control ourselves a little bit, enjoy the races, and have a good day."

Freshman Cameron Cash showed yet another strong diving performance in the 1M event, ending the night with 304.60 points and second place for the men's flight A. He earned his second NCAA qualifying cut this evening, along with teammate Dylan Reed who secured his first (310.20). Amy Read also earned her second NCAA qualifying cut of the season with a final 3M score of 284.90.

"I think it was a solid performance against some great competition," head diving coach Katie Kasprzak said. "We saw some good elements with some areas of improvement for the remainder of the season. We are confident going into tomorrow and hope to see some higher scores."

Swimming Results
Women 400 Medley Relay
Daisy Anderson, Tatum Detwiler, Sophie Yendell, Kate Fuhrmann – 3^rd (3:48.09)

Men 400 Medley Relay
Marcin Goraj, Cooper Van der Laan, Serhii Ahadzhanian, Flynn Crisci - DQ

Women 200 Free
A: Madison Nalls – 5^th (1:54.07)
B: Jill Berger – 2^nd (1:52.47)

Men 200 Free
A: Stephen Hopta – 4^th (1:43.68)
B: Marcin Goraj – 4^th (1:41.18)

Women 400 IM
A: Daisy Anderson – 3^rd (4:28.22)
B: Sarah-Helen Shepherd – 2^nd (4:28.57)

Men 400 IM
A: Javier Zorzano – 4^th (4:06.94)
B: Jerry Chen – 6^th (4:08.51)

Women 100 Fly
A: Sophie Yendell – 4^th (57.38)
B: Beaux Hoffmann 3^rd – (56.92)

Men 100 Fly
A: Serhii Ahadzhanian – 2^nd (48.71)
B: Adam Mahler - 3^rd (49.98)

Women 50 Free
A: Kate Fuhrmann – 5^th (24.06)
B: Madison Nalls – 3^rd (24.42)

Men 50 Free
A: Flynn Crisci – 2^nd (20.86)
B: Jordan Smolsky – 6^th (21.92)

Women 100 Breast
A: Tatum Detwiler – 3^rd (1:03.68)
B: Sarah-Helen Shepherd – 6^th (1:07.10)

Men 100 Breast
A: Cooper Van der Laan – 1^st (54.34)
B: Jerry Chen – 1^st (54.01)

Women 100 Back
A: Daisy Anderson – 3^rd (56.93) – New PR, previously 57.96
B: Kayla Graham – 4^th (56.81)

Men 100 Back
A: Marcin Goraj – 4^th (51.09)
B: Stephen Hopta – 1^st (50.07)

Women 200 Free Relay
Sophie Yendell, Madison Nalls, Tatum Detwiler, Kate Fuhrmann – 4^th (1:35.75)

Men 200 Free Relay
Flynn Crisci, Serhii Ahadzhanian, Jordan Smolsky, Cooper Van der Laan – 4^th (1:24.34)

Diving Results
Women's 3M
A: Amy Read – 4^th (284.90)*
B: Claire McDaniels – 3^rd (256.55)
* = NCAA Qualifying Cut

Men's 1M
A: Cameron Cash – 2^nd (304.60)*
B: Dylan Reed – 2^nd (310.20)*
* = NCAA Qualifying Cut

The second and final day of the FIU TYR Fall Classic will be tomorrow, Saturday Oct. 9, with events beginning at 10 a.m. Live results can be found via the MeetMobile app.

Pitt Concludes Day One at the FIU TYR Fall Classic

Players Mentioned

Serhii Ahadzhanian

Daisy Anderson

Jill Berger

Cameron Cash

Jerry Chen

Flynn Crisci

Tatum Detwiler

Kate Fuhrmann

Marcin Goraj

Kayla Graham

Beaux Hoffman

Stephen Hopta

Adam Mahler

Claire McDaniels

Madison Nalls

Amy Read

Dylan Reed

Sarah-Helen Shepherd

Jordan Smolsky

Cooper Van der Laan

Sophie Yendell

Javier Zorzano

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