Notre Dame Irish vs. Miami (OH) Redhawks
- Friday, October 11, 2024
- Rolfs Aquatic Heart, South Bend, Indiana
- Brief Course Yards (25 yards), no diving
- Full Outcomes (PDF)
- Staff Scores
- Ladies: HM Notre Dame 180 – Miami 82
Whereas the Notre Dame males are at present serving a suspension of “not less than a 12 months,” the ladies’s workforce kicked off their season on Friday with a 98 level win over the Miami Redhawks at house.
The Irish girls are in rebuilding mode after an eighth place end finally 12 months’s ACC Championship meet, they usually took a giant step ahead on Friday with massive contributions from newcomers on their roster.
Of the 8 particular person Notre Dame wins within the meet, 4 got here from newcomers.
That included a pair from freshman Carli Cronk, who SwimSwam ranked as a “Better of the Relaxation” recruit within the class. Cronk involves Notre Dame as a Deaf Swimming World File holder.
She gained the 200 free in 1:50.49 to document her first collegiate victory in an occasion the place she was the highschool state champion final season. She got here again later to win the five hundred free in 4:58.39.
Cronk is a flexible performer who may contribute to Notre Dame’s efforts in each butterfly and IM occasions this season – and swam the butterfly leg on a 400 medley relay early within the meet.
Sophomore switch Lainey Mullins picked up her first win for the Irish, successful the 200 fly in 2:02.51. Mullins, from Delaware, spent her freshman season at Virginia, in the end not swimming any finest instances and being left off the Cavaliers’ roster for the ACC Championships. Her highschool finest was 1:57.0.
One other freshman, Hollie Widdows, gained the 50 free in 23.16.
Mixed with returning 9 of their prime 10 scorers from final 12 months’s ACC Championship meet, Notre Dame seems early on to be on an upward trajectory, although a few of these prime returners weren’t at their finest. Megan Deuel, who scored at ACCs within the 200 fly final 12 months, was 2:06.44 for 4th on Friday, whereas Madelyn Christman gained the 200 again in 2:01.75, which is her slowest recorded time in over 4 years. Christman was fifth in that race at ACCs final 12 months and thirty seventh on the NCAA Championships.
Christman appeared good in her relay swims, although, in order that’s a shift price watching because the season goes on.
Maggie Graves, one other returning NCAA Championship qualifier, gained the 1000 free in 10:16.42.
Notre Dame additionally gained the 400 medley relay (3:44.81) thanks partly to a 53.81 fly break up from the freshman Widdows; after which gained once more late within the 200 free relay (1:32.72).
Miami, in the meantime, swept the breaststroke races on the day with contributions from two totally different winners. First, within the 100, sophomore Natalie Gilson gained in 1:04.79, which is nearly two seconds higher than she was in her opener final season.
Then within the 200 breaststroke, Polish freshman Zofia Janaszek-Seydilitz gained in 2:21.72.
Miami is beneath the brand new management of Samantha Pitter, who took over this system when former head coach Hollie Bonewit-Cron left to take over this system at Penn State. Pitter comes over from Pitt and introduced together with her as an assistant coach former Pitt standout Flynn Crysci – a breaststroker – correlating to the workforce’s early success within the breaststroke races.