Tartans Compete with Denison in Last Home Meet

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – The Carnegie Mellon University women's swimming and diving team hosted Denison University in its last home meet of the year on Saturday, January 24. The Tartans fell by an overall score of 170-104.

Junior Kira Singhaus (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West) was the lone Tartan to pickup a win on Saturday afternoon, as she touched the wall with a time of 59.87 in the 100-yard backstroke.  In the 200-yard backstroke, freshman Emma Shi (Penfield, N.Y.) and junior Paige Sieffert (Ann Arbor, Mich. /Saline) finished third and fourth with times of 2:11.36 and 2:11.75.

Sophomore Gillian Crews (Fairfax, Va./Oakton) finished second in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 58.72.  Crews picked up a third –place finish when she touched in 25.48 in the 50-yard freestyle while freshman Tiana Marrese (Pittsburgh, Pa./South Fayette) touched in 25.56 and placed fourth.

The Tartans recorded a second and third showing in the 100-yard breast stroke when freshman Kimberly Hochstedler (Mishawaka, Ind./Penn) touched in 1:08.44 followed by sophomore Natalie Kronfli (Potomac, Md./Stone Ridge) in 1:09.88.  The tandem also finished third and fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke with Hochstedler touching the wall in 2:29.25 and Kronfli in 2:35.11, respectively.

Sophomore Kimberly Klausing (North Potomac, Md./Thomas Wootton) touched third in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:23.57.

The team will returns to the pool next week as they swim at the University of Pittsburgh at 11:30 a.m.