Tartans Win Dual Meet Against Clarion

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) - The Carnegie Mellon University women's swimming and diving team hosted its first meet of the year on Saturday, November 1. The Tartans defeated to Clarion University 158.50-141.50 behind seven first-place finishes.

Sophomore Kimberly Klausing (North Potomac, Md./Thomas Wootton) won the 1,000-yard freestyle in a time of 11:00.62 and the 500-yard freestyle in 5:20.27, recording season-best times in both events. Freshman Miranda Ford (Montgomery, N.J./Montgomery) won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:00.61 and finished second in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:29.39.

The 100-yard breaststroke was won by Tartan freshman Kimberly Hochstedler (Mishawaka, Ind./Penn) in 1:09.05 as freshman Mary St John (Bethesda, Md./Sidwell Friends School) won the 200-yard butterfly in a season-best 2:14.53.

Freshman Tiana Marrese (Pittsburgh, Pa./South Fayette) recorded two season-best times at the meet, finishing first in the 50-yard freestyle in 25.17 and then second in the 100-yard freestyle in 54.93.

Despite finishing second in the 200-yard backstroke, freshman Emma Shi (Penfield, N.Y./Penfield) recorded a season-best time of 2:11.68. She later finished second in the 200-yard IM in a time of 2:14.25.

Freshman Anna Wong (Solon, Ohio/Solon) added a first-place finish for the Tartans in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:00.93.

The Tartans finished second in both the 200-yard medley relay and the 200-yard freestyle relay with times of 1:52.18 and 1:41.94, respectively.

Sophomore Machika Kaku (Irvine, Calif./University) placed fourth on the 1-meter diving board with 204.90 points and third on the 3-meter diving board with 237.30 points.

The Tartans will return to the water on Friday, November 7 at the CMU Diving Invite and Saturday, November 8 for a double-dual meet against Grove City College and the University of Rochester at home in Pittsburgh.