Pirates Set Two School Records on Day One at BIG EAST - Seton Hall University Athletics
Indianapolis, Ind. – Both relay teams set new program records as the Seton Hall women's swimming and diving team wrapped up a strong Day One of the BIG EAS...
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Indianapolis, Ind. – Both relay teams set new program records as the Seton Hall women's swimming and diving team wrapped up a strong Day One of the BIG EAST Championships at IU Natatorium.
The finals started with the 200 Medley Relay team earning a third-place finish. Leiya Istambouli (Danbury, Conn.), Yosun Hacifazioglu (Istanbul, Turkey), Sarah Frie (Waterford, Va.) and Lea Moeller (New Lenox, Ill.) combined to touch the wall in a time of 1:42.76, topping the previous mark of 1:43.00 set back in 2017.
Later on, the 800 Free Relay crew picked up the team's second program record of the night. Amanda Zajdzinski (Mesa, Ariz.), Madeleine Bachand (Raleigh, N.C.), Allie Waggoner (Moorestown, N.J.) and Natalie Heim (Middletown, N.J.) took fifth in the event with a time of 7:24.19. That surpassed the record of 7:24.34 which was set back in 2019.
In the 1-meter diving finals, Silvia Alessio (Trieste, Italy) took home a second place finish with a total score of 303.55. This marks the best finish in a diving event by a Pirates women's diver since Taylor Jackson's victory in the 3-meter event back in 2018. Laura Stavila (Oakland, Calif.) also qualified for the finals of the 1-meter, finishing seventh with a score of 242.80.
Seton Hall finds itself in second place overall with 180 total points, trailing only UConn who tallied 244 points.
- UConn – 244 points
- Seton Hall – 180
- Villanova – 171
- Xavier – 120
- Georgetown – 108
- Butler – 100
- Providence – 72