Swimming and Diving Victorious Against Toledo

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall swimming and diving team earned a 172-127 victory over Toledo on Saturday in the Frederick A. Fitch Natatorium.

The Thundering Herd had six first place individual finishes and two first place relay finishes to help capture the win. Or Tamir finished first in the 100 and 200-yard backstroke events. Paige Banton won two individual events as well, claiming the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke.

"This week we talked about committing to our race details and execution on the boards," Marshall swimming and diving head coach Ian Walsh said. "Our women did a fantastic job of taking ownership in the area of their performances. The team is in a great place leading into our mid-season meet next week in Lynchburg."

"We had some breakthrough performances throughout the meet. Paige Banton won both breaststroke events with in-season bests. Madeline Hart was just over a second off her lifetime best performance from last year's conference meet. Gina Cantoral did an incredible job navigating the three hardest events in today's event list. All of our divers integrated new dives in their lists and walked away with a lot of confidence. Kailee Payne hit the board in warm-ups and was able to bounce back to have a great 1m performance. Alaina (Laster) has been really consistent in here 3m lists and we saw that again today."

Alaina Laster finished second in the Women's 3 meter Diving with a score of 240.30 (4 points) and Kailee Payne finished second in the Women's 1 meter Diving with a score of 241.43 (4 points).

Meet Results

200 Yard Medley Relay
1st Raeleigh Mooij, Paige Banton, Madeline Hart, and Regan Raines (1:45.15)
2nd Or Tamir, Naomee Miller, Leigh Lopez-Silvers, and Klava Katayama (1:46.76)
4th Mackenzie Rider, Jenna Bopp, Grace Cox, and Claire Kenney (1:50.10)

1650 Yard Freestyle
2nd Place Federica Savoia (17:37.34)
3rd Place Gina Cantoral (17:54.49)
5th Place Marla McGovern (18:38.13)

100 Yard Freestyle
2nd Place Gabrielle Ivey (1:53.78)
3rd Place Sofia Bormett (1:54.94)

100 Yard Backstroke
1st Place Or Tamir (58.12)
2nd Place Raeleigh Mooij (59.72)
3rd Place Alexis Wilhoit (1:00.16)
4th Place Mackenzie Rider (1:00.62)

100 Yard Breaststroke
1st Place Paige Banton (1:04.74)
3rd Place Naomee Miller (1:06.39)
4th Place Jenna Bopp (1:06.92)
6th Place Grace Valenza (1:11.80)

200 Yard Butterfly
1st Place Madeline Hart (2:04.97)
3rd Place Gina Cantoral (2:10.77)
4th Place Nicole Rueff (2:11.21)

50 Yard Freestyle
1st Klava Katayama (24.18)
3rd Regan Raines (24.76)
4th Claire Kenney (24.97)
6th Grace Cox (26.02)

3 Meter Diving
2nd Place Alaina Laster (240.30)
6th Place Kailee Payne (226.95)
7th Place Joelle Williams (216.30)
8th Place Grace Kelsheimer (212.70)

100 Yard Freestyle
2nd Place Gabrielle Ivey (52.44)
3rd Place Sofia Bormett (53.44)
4th Place Regan Raines (53.69)
5th Place Claire Kenney (54.60)

200 Yard Backstroke
1st Place Or Tamir (2:07.44)
5th Place Mackenzie Rider (2:13.89)
6th Place Alexis Wilhoit (2:14.89)

200 Yard Breaststroke
1st Place Paige Banton (2:18.75)
2nd Place Jenna Bopp (2:21.33)
4th Place Naomee Miller (2:22.09)
6th Place Grace Valenza (2:34.62)

500 Yard Freestyle
2nd Place Madeline Hart (5:08.09)
3rd Place Gina Cantoral (5:11.72)
5th Place Federica Savoia (5:12.52)
6th Place Adriana Abruzzino (5:23.61)
7th Place Maria McGovern (5:30.84)

100 Yard Butterfly
2nd Place Klava Katayama (56.54)
3rd Place Leigh Lopez-Silvers (58.25)
4th Place Grace Cox (59.49)
5th Place Nicole Rueff (1:00.30)

1 Meter Diving
2nd Place Kailee Payne (241.43)
3rd Place Alaina Laster (232.73)
6^th Place Grace Kelsheimer (201.15)
8th Place Joelle Williams (195.53)

200 Yard IM
2nd Place Naomee Miller (2:09.08)
3rd Place Paige Banton (2:12.16)
5th Place Jenna Bopp (2:14.46)
6th Place Grace Valenza (2:15.75)

400 Yard Freestyle Relay
1st Place Klava Katayama, Gabrielle Ivey, Sofia Bormett, and Regan Raines (3:32.10)
3rd Place Or Tamir, Madeline Hart, Leigh Lopez-Silvers, and Raeleigh Mooij (3:33.52)
4th Place Claire Kenney, Grace Cox, Federica Savoia, and Alexis Wilhoit (3:41.02)

The Herd will travel to Lynchburg, Va., Friday through Sunday, Nov. 19-21, to compete in the Tyr 85' Liberty Invite.

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Players Mentioned

Adriana Abruzzino

Paige Banton

Jenna Bopp

Sofia Bormett

Gina Cantoral

Grace Cox

Madeline Hart

Gabrielle Ivey

Klava Katayama

Grace Kelsheimer

Claire Kenney

Alaina Laster

Leigh Lopez-Silvers

Maria McGovern

Naomee Miller

Raeleigh Mooij

Kailee Payne

Regan Raines

Mackenzie Rider

Nicole Rueff

Federica Savoia

Or Tamir

Grace Valenza

Alexis Wilhoit

Joelle Williams

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