Gettysburg, Pa. - The Montclair State Women's Swimming & Diving team sits in second place after their first day of competing at the two-day Gettysburg Invite on Friday. They are second out of six teams competing and currently hold 207.5 points after the first evening session.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- ROURKE PERALTA continued to shine in the 50 free when she outswam 48 other competitors to take first in the event with a time of 23.65. She bested her season-best that she set earlier in the season of 23.97 and was just 0.03 seconds off from tying her school record that she set at last year's NJAC Championships which was 23.62.
- JULIE TIEDEMANN smashed her season-best 500 free time of 5:27.90 when she clocked a 5:12.57 that placed second. DEVYN FORD also saw a placement in the top 10 in the event when she touched the wall ninth with a personal-best time of 5:25.56. That time shattered her seed time of 5:43.50.
- MARIANNE TASSINARI led the way for the Red Hawks in the 200 IM. She collected a fifth-place finish and a season-best time of 2:12.81. Catharine Geyer was right at the top 10 threshold when she placed 10th with a season-best 2:14.90. Lilli Shay was just outside of the top 10 at 11, despite clocking a season-best 2:15.50.
- The Red Hawks saw two top-three finishes from both of their "A" relay squads. The 200 free relay squad of Peralta, SARAH FONDACARO, ABBY BROCK, and SOPHIA SHOPOVICK placed second with a time of 1:37.55. That time beat their seed time of 1:42.12. The 400 free relay quartet of Shopovick, Brock, MADELINE ROGERS, and Peralta touched the wall third with a time of 3:57.23. That time was about five seconds better than their seed time.
UP NEXT
Montclair State University will head compete on day two of the Gettysburg Invite on Saturday, December 7. Preliminary swims will begin at 10:00 am with the final session starting at 5:00 pm.
