Women’s Swimming and Diving Wins Patriot Invitational

Saturday, November 23

Fairfax, Va.

All Day

Drexel University

Patriot Invitational

Photo by: Heather Barry

Women’s Swimming and Diving Wins Patriot Invitational

11/23/2019 9:59:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving

Final Results

FAIRFAX, Va. – Behind 14 more top-10 results on Saturday the Drexel women's swimming and diving team won the 2019 Patriot Invitational in a runaway. The Dragons completed the three-day event with 850 points – 77.5 more than second place and a whopping 220 more than third place.

The Dragons added six more medals on Saturday and hit two NCAA 'B' cuts.

Alexa Kutch took gold in the 200 back with a 'B' qualifying time of one minute, 56.91 seconds. Alicia Diaz followed behind in second at 1:59.39. Alex Temple also placed eighth in the event.

Megan Sicinski hit her 'B' cut in a silver effort in the 200 breast. She touched the wall in 2:14.64, the second-fastest mark in program history. Gabrielle Rudy finished in a close third at 2:14.77, the third-fastest time in team record books.

Lera Nasedkina led three Dragons in the top eight of the 100 free. Nasedkina placed second at 50.58, the second-best time in team history. Ryann Styer and Diaz finished back-to-back in seventh and eighth, respectively.

Maddie Riley earned second in the 1650 with a time of 17:03.32. Olivia Shaffer (fourth) and Dora Gercsak (ninth) joined her in the top-10.

The Dragons closed out the event with fourth- and fifth-place finishes in the 400 free relay.

Drexel competes at the U.S. Open Championships in Atlanta Dec. 4-7 to close out its 2019 slate.

FINAL RESULTS
1. Drexel – 850
2. Florida Atlantic – 772.5
3. UNCW – 630
4. George Mason – 467
5. Seton Hall – 375
6. Richmond – 372
7. American – 235.5
8. UMBC – 163
9. Shippensburg – 8