Bears pick up five wins in season-opening meet at Yale

Friday, November 4

New Haven, Conn.

1 p.m. diving / 3 p.m. swimming

Brown University

115.5

184.5

Yale

Bears pick up five wins in season-opening meet at Yale

11/4/2022 7:11:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown women's swimming and diving picked up five individual wins in the season opening meet at Yale on Friday. The Bears fell to the Bulldogs 184.5-115.5 in the team scores.

"I was pleased with the level of toughness I saw in a lot of our races as our women squared up against a talented Yale roster," said head coach Kate Kovenock. "We're excited for the opportunity to get right back up tomorrow to race again."

Jenna Reznicek had a strong first meet of her year with a wins in the 100 and 200 backstrokes. Reznicek was also part of the second-place 200 medley relay team with Ellie Brault, Zehra Bilgin and Morgan Lukinac.

Brown's first individual win of the day came from Sara Barrett, who won the 1000 freestyle with a time of 10:03.05, winning the event by more than eight seconds. Barrett also took second place in the 500 freestyle.

Kelly Dolce won her first individual event of her collegiate career, picking up a win in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:50.65. Dolce also finished second in the 100 freestyle.

Brown's final win came in the 200 IM with Anna Podurgiel touching the wall in 2:04.39.

Sam Scott earned a second-place finish in the 50 free and Bilgin was second in the 100 butterfly.

On the boards, Elena Yeh was the top diver for the Bears with a second-place finish in the 3-meter (297.98) and a fourth-place finish in the 1-meter (287.18).

UP NEXT
Brown will head down to Princeton for a double-dual against Princeton and Dartmouth on Saturday. The meet is set to begin at 12 p.m.

FULL RESULTS
200 Yard Medley Relay
2) Brown A (Reznicek, Brault, Bilgin, Lukinac) – 1:43.52
5) Brown B (Clements, Willhite, Waterson, Leubner) – 1:46.00
6) Brown C (Phelps, Holmes, Chidley, Iorini) – 1:47.00

1000 Yard Freestyle
1) Sara Barrett – 10:03.05
3) Sumner Chmielewski – 10:16.57
4) Bella Antoniuk – 10:27.30

200 Yard Freestyle
1) Kelly Dolce – 1:50.65
3) Anna Podurgiel – 1:51.02
6) Audrey Orange – 1:54.27

100 Yard Backstroke
1) Jenna Reznicek – 54.45
3) Yvonne Jia – 56.90
6) Emily Clements – 59.30

100 Yard Breaststroke
3) Kaitlyn Holmes – 1:05.33
5) Catherine Yu – 1:05.62
6) Ellie Brault – 1:06.83

200 Yard Butterfly
3) Zehra Bilgin – 2:04.55
4) Nell Chidley – 2:05.22
5) Maria Iorini – 2:07.46

50 Yard Freestyle
2) Sam Scott – 23.55
4) Morgan Lukinac – 24.11
5) Kellie Willhite – 24.17

1-Meter Diving
4) Elena Yeh – 287.18
5) Bowie Krawczyk – 271.95
6) Sophie Elwyn – 229.28

100 Yard Freestyle
2) Kelly Dolce – 51.16
5) Molly Leubner – 53.75
6) Bella Antoniuk – 54.30

200 Yard Backstroke
1) Jenna Reznicek – 2:00.74
3) Emily Clements – 2:04.38
6) Katie Phelps – 2:10.14

200 Yard Breaststroke
4) Kaitlyn Holmes – 2:19.73
5) Catherine Yu – 2:23.00
6) Kellie Willhite – 2:24.47

500 Yard Freestyle
2) Sara Barrett – 4:58.95
4) Sumner Chmielewski – 5:02.02
5) Audrey Orange – 5:04.36

100 Yard Butterfly
2) Zehra Bilgin – 56.78
3) Yvonne Jia – 57.15
5) Nell Chidley – 57.33

200 Yard IM
1) Anna Podurgiel – 2:04.39
5) Ellie Brault – 2:06.98
6) Amie Barrow – 2:10;74

400 Yard Freestyle Relay
2) Brown A (Dolce, Leubner, Bilgin, Lukinac) – 3:27.15
4) Brown B (Willhite, Reznicek, Antoniuk, Orange) – 3:33.02
5) Brown C (Clements, Barrett, Jia, Iorini) – 3:33.33

3-Meter Diving
2) Elena Yeh – 297.98
5) Bowie Krawczyk – 262.13
6) Sophie Elwyn – 239.33

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