Rutgers Swims Past Nebraska to Close Big Ten Dual Meet Season

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Rutgers women’s swimming & diving concluded the dual meet season on Saturday picking up a 211-141 Big Ten victory over Nebraska at the Rutgers Aquatics Center.

Sophomore Sofia (Lobova) Maksimova set a Rutgers Aquatics Center record in the 50 free in 22.35 besting the previous record of 22.79 set by Northeastern’s Megan Clark in 2017.

Rutgers also logged a pair of top-10 performances in the 100 back and 100 fly. Freshman Valeria Egorova moved up two spots into seventh all-time winning the 100 back in 53.87. Freshman Martyna Piesko, who already belongs to 200 back top 10 list, joined the 100 fly top times list clocking in at 54.41 with the ninth fastest time at RU.

The Scarlet Knights also had victories by senior Sofia Chichaikina in the 200 free, Rachel Kimmel in the 200 back, Giulia Vittorioso on 3-meter and by the 400 medley and 400 free relay squads.

Rutgers went 1-2 in both the 50 free, 100 back and 100 fly.

Maksimova won the 50 free with a pool record of 22.45 with Chichaikina immediately following in second in 22.90.

Egorova, meanwhile, won the 100 back in 53.87 for the seventh fastest time by a Scarlet Knight with Alice Scarabelli the event’s runner-up in 54.45.

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Martyna Piesko hit the wall in 54.41 in the 100 fly for the ninth fastest time in the Rutgers record book with a second-place showing by Sofia Maksimova in 54.71.

Chichaikina earned victory in the 200 free posting time of 1:47.90.

Kimmel was victorious in the 100 breast racing to a time of 1:01.32 while Tina Celik picked up a season-best 1:01.82 for third place.

Both relay squads won with the 400 free relay of Maksimova, Sofia Chichaikina, Martyna Piesko and Scarabelli leading the way in 3:21.50 and the 400 medley relay of Valeria Egorova, Kimmel, Piesko and Julia Bartoszewicz out in front in 3:40.46.

Giulia Vittorioso won 1-meter scoring 280.05 for her second 1-meter crown of the season.

Madison Murtagh was the runner-up in the 1650 free clocking in at 16:51.35.

Nebraska’s Berkeley Livingston led a top-three sweep for the Huskers in the 400 IM on Saturday morning.

Livingston, a senior from Lincoln, clocked a 4:21.45 to claim the 400 IM title after winning the 200 IM (2:03.05) in last night’s session. Gena Jorgenson finished as runner-up in 4:22.86 and Sarah Barton rounded out the top-three in 4:24.43.

In the 1650 freestyle, Jorgenson raced to a victory with a career-best 16:33.70. RR

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