Big Green Open 2019-20 Against BC and Duke

Friday, November 8

Chestnut Hill, MA

3:00 PM

Dartmouth College

203

Boston College

Sophomore Susannah Laster

Photo by: Tom Weishaar

11/8/2019 9:53:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving

Results

By: Charlotte Brackett

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Dartmouth women's swimming and diving team opened the 2019-20 season on the road Friday, falling to Boston College (203-96) and Duke (192-97).

The Big Green kicked off the afternoon by placing seventh in the 200 medley relay (1:47.91), touching almost two seconds ahead of BC. Christina Cianciolo placed third in the 1000 free (10:19.28), out-finishing a Duke swimmer by three-tenths. Leah Johnson also swam the event, taking sixth (10:41.66). A few events later in the 500 free, Cianciolo was fifth (5:04.08) and Johnson was 10th (5:14.94).

Mia Leko was second in the 200 free (1:52.36), coming into the wall just three-tenths of a second behind the UConn swimmer that won. Leko was back in the 200 fly, placing sixth (2:04.78), while Siera Daly was eighth (2:07.41). In the 100 back, Kaia Reznicek led the way for three other Dartmouth swimmers. She was 11th (59.62) and was followed by Connie Zhang, Susannah Laster and Sophie Smith, all touching in the next second and a half.

Maggie Deppe-Walker came in fifth place in the 100 breast (1:06.34), while Megan Tao took ninth (1:07.81). Deppe-Walker also swam the 200 breast, placing sixth (2:26.27) and being followed by Daly (2:30.72) and Bridget Parker (2:31.06).

In the 50 free, Ashley Post was seventh (24.36), touching just four one-hundredths of a second ahead of a UConn swimmer. She also swam the 100 free, taking third (52.70), while Summer Martin touched in ninth (53.26).

On the 1-meter board, Maggie Pionzio and Isabella Lichen finished in the top 10. Pionzio led in sixth (240.85), while Lichen was eighth (229.70). Later on in the day on 3-meter, Pionzio was fourth (269.15), Lichen took seventh (219.65) and Cypress Toomey came 11th (161.30).

Four Dartmouth swimmers went under a minute in the 100 fly, being led by Leko in 10th (58.04). Reznicek, Daly and Catherine Cane all finishing within a second and a half. In the 200 IM, Martin (2:13.68) and Parker (2:15.94) touched in eighth and ninth.

Dartmouth had a good showing in the 400 free relay, ending the meet by taking third (3:33.89). Made up of Tao, Cianciolo, Martin and Post, the relay left almost two seconds between it and BC.

The Big Green will host Harvard and Cornell on Nov. 15.