Boston, Mass. – It was a great day for the Warriors, as Merrimack Women's Swimming made their way to Boston to take on Simmons University. In an afternoon filled with several personal bests, the Warriors came out with their first win of the season. The final score was 174-88.
Following the team's performance, Coach
Erin Cammann said "This truly was a team win for us, as every swimmer in the water scored points for us today. Heading down to Simmons, we knew we had some holes in our lineup due to injury and illness, and we are just coming off a hard training cycle, so the swimmers are definitely feeling a little beat up. But we've been talking a lot in practice about being stronger collectively than individually, and I think that was very evident in our races today. We had a lot of season-best times, and we had a ton of exciting races."
The Basics
Event: Merrimack vs. Simmons
Results: Merrimack 174 – Simmons 88
Rapid Recap
- The team got out to a great start by placing first (Kelly Nulty, Abi McLeavy, Jordan Clements, Krystianna Strange) and third (Carly Caswell, Kaya Vital, Olivia Conlan, Riley Jooss) in the 400 Medley relay, and then went 2-3-4 in the 1000 free (Sarah Holstein, Tiff Kirkland, and Captain, Kaia Taylor) and 1-2-3 in the 200 free (Cailin Currie, Lydia Molettieri, and Jenna Durgin)
- Kelly Nulty was a double winner (100 back and 200 back), as was Jordan Clements (50 free and 200 IM)
- Cailin Currie and Lydia Molettieri, in one of the most exciting races of the day, went 1-2 in the 500, with less than a second separated them from the third place finisher from Simmons. Both Currie and Molettieri finished with season-best times
- Olivia Conlan and Riley Jooss went 1-2 in the 200 fly, and Abi McLeavy led Kayla Stone, Kaya Vital, and Captain, Alexa Tejeda to a 1-2-3-4 sweep in the 100 breast.
- Merrimack closed out the meet with a 1-2 finish in the 200 free relay, in which the team of Krystianna Strange, Jenna Durgin, Lydia Molettieri and Captain, Madison Rawnsley just out-touched the team of Cailin Currie, Gabby Miller, Abi McLeavy and Kayla Stone.
Up Next:
Next up for the Warriors will appear in the Gompei Invitational hosted by WPI. The three day event will take place beginning Friday, December 3.
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