The Rochester Yellowjackets took on the Ithaca College Bombers Swim and Dive team Saturday, Jan. 24. The Yellowjackets had their senior night on Saturday as well, celebrating five men and eight women’s careers with the team. Continuing the celebratory spirit, the women’s team went home very happy with a 165-133 win, although the men’s team ended the night with a 119-181 loss. The senior celebrations helped boost morale with the team after the meet, and even with the hard loss on the men’s team, honoring the seniors made it all the better.
Highlights from the meet include the Jackets’ A team with a 200 medley relay win, First Year Tyler Yeung won the 1000 freestyle by just over a second. Additionally, sophomore Amelia Hardiman won the 200 freestyle with a 1:59.26, the 200 freestyle with a 2:08.61, and the 400 IM (Individual Medley) with a 4:41.93; junior Sophia Dmytruk won the 100 backstroke with a 59.85; senior Max McClung won the 100/200 backstroke with times of 51.37 and 1:56.59 as well as the 100 butterfly with a 50.35; and senior Arianna Pasquella won the 100/200 breaststroke with times of 1:05.23 and 2:23.18.
The women’s Swim and Dive team was undefeated for their 25-26 season, and the team is hoping to keep that streak going for some of the upper level swimmers and divers. Their final season record was 9-0.
This meet concluded the meets for the swim team leading up to UAA’s (league finals), which will take place between Feb. 11-14 at the University of Chicago with most of the team in attendance. Victory at the UAA’s would allow the Jackets to send more athletes onto NCAA Championships Feb. 27 and 28.
