Georgia Tech Takes Down ECU Women, Boston College in Home Meet
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets hosted the East Carolina women plus ACC rival Boston College Saturday. The home team was victorious on all fronts, with the women beating ECU 160.5 to 138.5 in the closest competition of the day while surpassing BC 206-91. ECU also beat BC 199.5-100.5. On the men’s side, Georgia Tech earned a 178-112 win over Boston College.
The GT women’s team of Vivien Rothwell, Annabel Smith, Zara Masud and Jillian Ferrari came in first in the 200 medley relay in 1:40.04, followed by Masud winning the 200 freestyle in 1:50.03. Ferrari was the only swimmer under 50 in the 100 free, swimming a time of 49.60. Masud picked up a second individual win with her 54.71 i nthe 100 fly.
Georgia Tech’s Hailey Dopson won the 1000 free (10:04.08), and Yahav Halag was first in the 200 butterfly. Diver Elisabeth Rockerfeller finished first on 1-meter (289.40), and teammate Elizabeth Powley won on 3-meter (263.05). Meric Uygun finished first in the 200 breaststroke (2:11.54) and 200 IM (2:02.39)
ECU’s Carlie Clements paced the field in the 100 backstroke, going 53.57, and teammate Peyton Scott won the 100 breast (1:02.91). Mikayla Durkin came through in the 50 free (23.30) while Clements earned another win in the 200 back (1:56.94). Sophie Hay put up a time of 4:58.21 for first in the 500 free.
In the final event, the 400 free relay, the top foursomes from both Georgia Tech and ECU were disqualified for early exchanges, allowing the Boston College group of Lizzie Oliphant, Savannah Branon, Courtney Watts and Meg Dahlin to move up from third to first with a time of 3:28.76.
A winning performance from the Yellow Jacket men opened with James Sorensen, Lucas Odorici, Brodie Johnson and Leo Verschooten posting a time of 1:27.82 for first in the 200 medley relay. Kerem Ilyem came in first in the 1000 free (9:14.50), followed by Vitor Sega winning the 200 free (1:36.40) and Sorensen placing first in the 100 back (48.41). Yahav Halag got to the wall first in the 200 fly (1:47.10), and Verschooten won the 50 free (19.86).
Ilyem won a second event with his time of 1:55.01 in the 200 breast before Lucas Vetkoetter grabbed the top spot in the 500 free (4:33.60). As usual, Max Fowler swept diving, scoring 378.00 points on 1-meter and 360.60 in 3-meter competition. Verschooten, Robin Yeboah, Blake Burnley and Odorici swam a time of 2:58.50 to win the 400 free relay, edging BC by a little more than a half-second.
Arthur Tonetto of the Eagles won his team’s first event by going 54.77 in the 100 breast, and teammate Demir Ayrikaya was the winner of the 100 free (44.25). Michael Zhou won the 200 back (1:45.85), and the 100 fly went to Lucas Bailey (47.47). Quincy Topping came through with one further victory in the 200 IM (1:47.87).
