Panthers Finish Strong on Final Day of the FIU TYR Fall Classic

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Panthers Finish Strong on Final Day of the FIU TYR Fall Classic

10/9/2021 12:48:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

Full Results

MIAMI, FL – The University of Pittsburgh swimming and diving team rounded out the second and final day of the FIU TYR Fall Classic at the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Center with numerous strong performances. Overall, the Panthers placed third of eight with 618 points, while the men (312) and women's (306) individual teams both finished in third as well.

Within the A Heats, Daisy Anderson earned first place in the 200 Back with a time of 2:00.89, as well as Adam Mahler in the 200 Fly securing the win at 1:48.89. Pitt tallied three second place finishes today which included Cooper Van der Laan – 200 Breast (2:03.24), Marcin Goraj – 200 Back (1:49.24), and Daisy Anderson – 200 IM (2:03.99). Both the men's (1:31.61) and women's (1:43.04) 200 medley relays won the bronze, in addition to Jill Berger in the 500 Free (5:03.81). Pitt earned nine podium finishes within the B heats.

"We were a lot better today than we were yesterday," said head coach John Hargis. "We do have some growing pains – we have a lot of youth who are just getting to understand where we are training wise and understanding they're going to be tired and sore, but you still need to stand up and race. It's our guys just being comfortable being tired at this time at the season, but ultimately, they rallied much better today than yesterday. False starting that first relay yesterday put ourselves 35 points in the hole which is tough to come out, especially at a meet like this where every race matters. All in all, we saw a lot of really good performances, especially today, and a lot to build from going into next week."

Two more diving NCAA zone cuts were earned today for the Panthers. Amy Read finished the day in third place in the 1M with 285.15 points and Dylan Reed concluded in second place in the men's 3M with a score of 335.30. The Panthers earned five overall cuts throughout this meet, building off of Read's 3M, Reed's 1M and Cameron Cash's 1M day one performances.

"Today we saw some solid dives," head diving coach Katie Kasprzak said. We have some clear focus and goals and are excited to get back to Trees to be even better next weekend."

Swimming Results:
Women's 200 Medley Relay
Kayla Graham, Tatum Detwiler, Sophie Yendell, Kate Fuhrmann – 3^rd (1:43.04)

Men's 200 Medley Relay
Stephen Hopta, Cooper Van der Laan, Serhii Ahadzhanian, Flynn Crisci – 3^rd (1:31.61)

Women 500 Free
A: Jill Berger – 3^rd (5:03.81)
B: Madison Nalls – 1^st (5:03.66)

Men 500 Yard Free
A: Adam Mahler – 5^th (4:40.64)
B: Jordan Smolsky – 3^rd (4:41.28)

Women 200 Breast
A: Sarah-Helen Shepherd – 5^th (2:23.43)
B: Tatum Detwiler – 3^rd (2:22.32)

Men 200 Breast
A: Cooper Van der Laan – 2^nd (2:03.24)
B: Jerry Chen – 1^st (1:58.76)

Women 200 Back
A: Daisy Anderson – 1^st (2:00.89)
B: Kayla Graham – 2^nd (2:04.21)

Men 200 Back
A: Marcin Goraj – 2^nd (1:49.24)
B: Stephen Hopta – 3^rd (1:51.37)

Women 100 Free
A: Kate Fuhrmann – 4^th (52.93)
B: Madison Nalls – 4^th (52.80)

Men 100 Free
A: Flynn Crisci – 6^th (46.70)
B: Marcin Goraj – 4^th (46.08)

Women 200 Fly
A: Jill Berger – 4^th (2:04.57)
B: Beaux Hoffmann – 1^st (2:05.31)

Men 200 Fly
A: Adam Mahler – 1^st (1:48.89)
B: Javier Zorzano – 4^th (1:58.65)

Women 200 IM
A: Daisy Anderson – 2^nd (2:03.99)
B: Sarah-Helen Shepherd - 2^nd (2:07.15)

Men 200 IM
A: Serhii Ahadzhanian – 6^th (1:57.90)
B: Jerry Chen – 2^nd (1:52.92)

Women's 400 Free Relay
Sophie Yendell, Kate Fuhrmann, Madison Nalls, Tatum Detwiler – 4^th (3:31.18)

Men's 400 Free Relay
Serhii Ahadzhanian, Flynn Crisci, Marcin Goraj, Jordan Smolsky – 5^th (3:05.48)

Diving Results:
Women's 1M Diving
A: Amy Read – 3^rd (285.15)*
B: Claire McDaniels – 5^th (225.50)

* = NCAA Zone Cut (265+)

Men's 3M Diving
A: Dylan Reed – 2^nd (335.30)*
B: Cameron Cash – 2^nd (303.95)

* = NCAA Zone Cut (320+)

Next up, the Panthers will travel to South Bend, Ind. to take on Notre Dame, Friday, Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. and Cleveland State, Saturday, Oct. 16 at 11 a.m.