Pitt Women Dominate in Backyard Brawl Win
1/14/2023 6:48:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
PITTSBURGH – The Pitt women's swimming and diving team dominated the pool, defeating West Virginia 182-116 during its senior meet early Saturday afternoon at Trees Pool. The Panthers won 11 of 16 events to improve to 43-6 all-time against the Mountaineers.
The Panthers totaled two 1-2-3 finishes and added three more 1-2 finished en route to their Senior Meet win.
"Our women's team did a fantastic job of racing tough across the board today," said head coach Chase Kreitler. "This was a total team effort between divers and swimmers to send our seniors off with a win in the Backyard Brawl. We are one week removed from a great two week altitude training camp in Colorado Springs, so today was less about trying to hit certain times and more about racing tough and executing details that will make us a sharper team at ACC's. We are really excited for the rest of the season!"
The women's diving team picked up where they left off Friday night, as Pitt finished 1-2-3 in the women's 1-meter. Freshman Rachel Dickerson claimed first with a score of 274.28, sophomore Jess Vega came in second with a score of 269.78 and junior Emma Gravgaard finished third with a score of 260.18.
After celebrating their 2023 class, the Panthers got off to a hot start with a first-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay. The relay team of Claire Jansen, Tatum Detwiler, Sophie Yendell and Kate Fuhrmann finished first with a time of 1:40.66.
Pitt followed by finishing in the top three spots in the women's 1000-yard free with Jacqueline Tinneny coming in first (10:09.80), Tess Mock coming in second (10:15.43), Ece Tanriverdi finishing in third (10:16.49).
Tinneny added another event win in the 500-yard freestyle, finishing with an overall time of 4:56.67.
Freshman Claire Jansen continued the momentum for the Panthers, taking two first place finishes in the 100-yard back (55.48) and in the 200-yard back (2:01.52).
Pitt dominated the 50-yard freestyle with Yendell (23.09) and Fuhrmann (23.71) taking first and second place, respectively.
Freshman Kate Bailey shined with two individual wins in the 100-yard butterfly (56.42) and 200-yard butterfly (2:03.07). Fellow classmate Olivia Yoo (56.69) and sophomore Avery McFaddin (56.69) tied for second for another Pitt top-three finish in the 100-yard butterfly. Yoo garnered another second-place finish to teammate, Bailey, in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:04.03.
Yasemine Safargar capped off the Panthers dominate weekend with a first-place finish in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of (4:28.21).
UP NEXT
Pitt women's swimming is back in action Jan. 27-28, as the Panthers host the Western PA Invite at Trees Pool and also travel to Ann Arbor, Mich. (Jan. 28) to face off against No. 13 Michigan and No. 16 Wisconsin.
The Panthers totaled two 1-2-3 finishes and added three more 1-2 finished en route to their Senior Meet win.
"Our women's team did a fantastic job of racing tough across the board today," said head coach Chase Kreitler. "This was a total team effort between divers and swimmers to send our seniors off with a win in the Backyard Brawl. We are one week removed from a great two week altitude training camp in Colorado Springs, so today was less about trying to hit certain times and more about racing tough and executing details that will make us a sharper team at ACC's. We are really excited for the rest of the season!"
The women's diving team picked up where they left off Friday night, as Pitt finished 1-2-3 in the women's 1-meter. Freshman Rachel Dickerson claimed first with a score of 274.28, sophomore Jess Vega came in second with a score of 269.78 and junior Emma Gravgaard finished third with a score of 260.18.
After celebrating their 2023 class, the Panthers got off to a hot start with a first-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay. The relay team of Claire Jansen, Tatum Detwiler, Sophie Yendell and Kate Fuhrmann finished first with a time of 1:40.66.
Pitt followed by finishing in the top three spots in the women's 1000-yard free with Jacqueline Tinneny coming in first (10:09.80), Tess Mock coming in second (10:15.43), Ece Tanriverdi finishing in third (10:16.49).
Tinneny added another event win in the 500-yard freestyle, finishing with an overall time of 4:56.67.
Freshman Claire Jansen continued the momentum for the Panthers, taking two first place finishes in the 100-yard back (55.48) and in the 200-yard back (2:01.52).
Pitt dominated the 50-yard freestyle with Yendell (23.09) and Fuhrmann (23.71) taking first and second place, respectively.
Freshman Kate Bailey shined with two individual wins in the 100-yard butterfly (56.42) and 200-yard butterfly (2:03.07). Fellow classmate Olivia Yoo (56.69) and sophomore Avery McFaddin (56.69) tied for second for another Pitt top-three finish in the 100-yard butterfly. Yoo garnered another second-place finish to teammate, Bailey, in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:04.03.
Yasemine Safargar capped off the Panthers dominate weekend with a first-place finish in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of (4:28.21).
UP NEXT
Pitt women's swimming is back in action Jan. 27-28, as the Panthers host the Western PA Invite at Trees Pool and also travel to Ann Arbor, Mich. (Jan. 28) to face off against No. 13 Michigan and No. 16 Wisconsin.
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