BELOIT, Wis. — The Lawrence University swimming and diving teams traveled to Beloit College on Saturday for a dual meet, highlighted by individual victories, strong performances across multiple events and a pair of event sweeps on the diving boards.
Women's Swimming and Diving
Zoey Ziegler led the way in the pool for the Vikings, capturing the 200-yard freestyle in 2:04.50. Ziegler finished just ahead of Beloit's Hanna Logan, who touched the wall in 2:05.11. Ziegler also placed second among Lawrence swimmers in the 100-yard freestyle, finishing in 57.68.
Mattie Ramont added another individual victory for Lawrence, winning the 1,000-yard freestyle in 12:35.68. Ramont later placed second in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:27.82 and helped lead the Vikings to a first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
Lawrence's relay team of Ramont, Eden Holty, Piper Smart and Ziegler combined for a winning time of 1:53.72 to claim the women's freestyle relay.
Elizabeth Dugan delivered a standout performance on the diving boards, sweeping both events. Dugan won the 1-meter competition with a score of 191.10 before claiming the 3-meter event with 190.45 points.
Kylie White added a pair of top-three finishes in the 200-yard individual medley and 200-yard backstroke. White placed third in the individual medley in 2:38.89 and finished third in the backstroke in 2:38.50. Kiran Jayasinghe also earned a third-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke, touching the wall in 2:59.88.
Men's Swimming and Diving
Harrison Cauldwell paced the Vikings in the pool with a victory in the 200-yard individual medley, finishing in 2:14.78. Cauldwell also placed second in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:19.15 and contributed to Lawrence's men's 200-yard freestyle relay.
Leslie Cleveland turned in a strong all-around performance, placing second in both the 200-yard individual medley and 200-yard breaststroke. Cleveland finished the individual medley in 2:20.77 before recording a time of 2:34.78 in the breaststroke.
Lawrence also received contributions in the freestyle events from Michael Liston and Sebastian Rojas Romero Hicks. Liston placed second in the 50-yard freestyle in 25.88, while Rojas Romero Hicks followed closely behind in third at 25.89. Liston added another second-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 57.30.
On the diving boards, Isaiah Serrata swept the men's 1-meter and 3-meter competitions. Serrata scored 236.20 points on the 1-meter board and followed with 234.20 points on the 3-meter board to claim both events for the Vikings. Gus Truschinski added a third-place finish in the 1-meter competition with a score of 177.15.
Lawrence also posted a strong performance in the men's 200-yard freestyle relay. Michael Branham, Liston, Henry Ambrose and Cauldwell recorded a time of 1:41.00. The relay was marked as exhibition in the official results and did not count toward the team scoret.
