Gamecocks Earn 22 Event Wins and Four Pool Records in Season Opener

WILMINGTON, N.C. – The South Carolina swimming and diving team cruised past UNCW on Friday night in Wilmington, N.C., earning 22 event wins and four new pool records. The women dominated the pool, earning a 250-50 victory while the men also captured a strong 165-135 win.

WOMEN

• Abruzzo, Goodwin-Birnie, Grimley and West get the Gamecocks their first win of the meet in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:40.55.
• Emma Reiser grabbed her first win of the evening in the 1000-yard freestyle, notching a time of 9:54.95. Laila Oravsky (10:05.66) and Kaitlyn Kolessar (10:11.25) were right behind her in second and third, respectively.
• Ellery Ottem set a new pool record for the David B. Allen Natatorium in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:47.70. Sofia Luper finished close behind in second (1:50.01).
• Abruzzo notched a win in the 100-yard backstroke, recording a time of 54.78.
• Alexis Dalton picked up her own win of the night in the 100-yard breaststroke, turning in a time of 1:02.44. Goodwin-Birnie finished second (1:02.71) and Agatha Amaral finished third (1:03.91).
• Delaney Franklin picked up two first-place finishes and two new pool records in her last first meet as a Gamecock. She recorded a 2:00.23 in the 200-yard butterfly and a 2:00.03 in the 200-yard individual medley.
• Kate Murray earned her first win at South Carolina in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 23.34. West and Grimley completed the top three sweep, notching times of 23.40 and 23.53, respectively.
• Luper got in on the action as she touched the wall first in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 50.26. Following close behind were West (second/51.22) and Murray (third/51.74).
• Farrah Klein grabbed a win in her first collegiate swim meet, turning in a time of 1:58.20 in the 200-yard backstroke.
• Reiser took home another distance win in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:52.13. Ottem (4:54.43) finished second, while Jessica Robie (5:00.57) finished third.
• Samantha Chan completed the women’s sweep of swimming event wins in the 100-yard butterfly, notching a time of 53.76.
• To finish off the night, the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Luper, Lilly Robertson, Dalton and Ottem took home the win, finishing with a time of 1:33.03.
• On the diving side, Reagan Patterson took home the 1-meter title with a score of 296.48 and finished second in the 3-meter dive with a 255.38.
• Also in her Gamecock debut, Kyleigh Kidd secured a win in the 3-meter dive (267.30) and a runner-up finish in the 1-meter (276.15).

MEN

• Ryan Hufford, Einar Agustsson, Sam Empey and Noah Schotz finished second in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:38.25.
• Connor Fry kicked things off for the men in the individual events with a win in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:05.98). Pierre Largeron finished in second with a time of 9:07.45.
• Largeron followed up with a win of his won in the 200-yard freestyle, setting a new David B. Allen Natatorium pool record with a time of 1:36.33.
• Agustsson grabbed a victory in the 100-yard breaststroke (54.05), with Grayson Nye following behind in second with a time of 55.77.
• Tyler Bardak earned his first win as a Gamecock in the 1:47.61.
• Also in his first meet repping South Carolina, Emil Perez secured a win in the 100-yard freestyle, notching a time of 45.68.
• Agustsson also finished first in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:58.93.
• Largeron capped off his evening with a win in the 500-yard freestyle, recording a time of 4:22.34. Fry finished second with a time of 4:27.08.
• Sam Empey earned his first win as a Gamecock in the 100-yard butterfly, securing the win with a time of 49.15.
• In the 200-yard freestyle relay, the team of Agustsson, Largeron, Sam Brown and Anthony Whittall finished second, recording a time of 1:22.20.
• On the boards, the Gamecocks swept both events thanks to Max Spencer, who notched a 324.53 in the 1-meter and a 380.03 in the 3-meter. Noah Stasik finished second in both events (1-meter/317.70) and (3-meter/361.73).