RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan women's swimming and diving team celebrated senior night for the three women on the team while hosting Iona today. The women fell to Iona today, 136-56.
The three seniors honored today were
Teddy Segmuller,
Mackenzie Tuttle, and
Jessica O'Brien.
In individual races this afternoon,
Abbey Mink placed third in the 100-yard IM with a finishing time of 1:01.48. This was a new school record for the women with the previous record being 1:02.13.
Tuttle placed second in the 200-yard freestyle with a 1:59.07, 0.06 seconds behind first place. Tuttle also placed second in the 500-yard freestyle with a finishing time of 5:22.21.
Segmuller won an event for the Jaspers this afternoon placing first for the Jaspers in the 50-yard freestyle with a finishing time of 25.30, only 0.01 seconds ahead of second. Natalia Velez-Serrano and
Grace Dillon finished first and second for the women in the 100-yard breaststroke with finishing times of 1:22.31 and 1:23.29.
Shayna Millard placed third in the 100-yard backstroke (1:03.99).
The women placed first and second in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a finals time of 1:48.27 and 1:52.77. The first-place team consisted of Segmuller, O'Brien, Millard, and Mink. The women placed third in the 200-yard medley relay with a final time of 1:53.67. The team consisted of Mink, Millard,
Jessica O'Brien, and
Juliana Saric.
A quote from head coach Eric Rasmussen, "Todays meet was pretty good meet for us. We have a few athletes who are taking it a bit easy as they prepare for the conference championships. We did have a new school record in the women's 100 yard individual medley.
Abbey Mink broke the old record of 1:02.13 set in 2017"
This marks the end of the regular season for the Jaspers. Manhattan now moves on to the MAAC Championships, starting on Feb 8 in Buffalo, N.Y.
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