School Record and Top Times Lead Tartans at Kenyon Invitational

(GAMBIER, Ohio) - The Carnegie Mellon University women's swimming team competed in the second day of the Kenyon College Total Performance Invitational on Friday, November 21. Freshman Audrey Gil set a school record and three others set season top times.

Top Performances

• Freshman Audrey Gil won the 100-yard butterfly in 54.90 to set a new school record, overtaking senior Savannah Xu's time of 55.86 set in 2022. Senior Audrey Soetanto was sixth in the event in 56.23.
• The 800-yard freestyle relay picked up a second-place finish in 7:36.75 thanks to swims from Soetanto, senior Sophie Elliott, freshman Victoria Sun, and freshman Alefiya Dhansura.
• The 200-yard medley relay set a time of 1:44.75 behind the swims from Elliot, Sun, senior Savannah Xu, and Gil to finish fifth.
• Elliott placed sixth in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 1:53.14 for a career-best time.
• Freshman Katelyn Smittle took fifth in the 400-yard IM in a time of 4:29.90 for a season top time.
• Sun placed fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:04.14 for a season top time.
• Xu took fourth in the 100-yard backstroke in 56.16 while sophomore Yuchen Zhou was ninth in 57.42.

Up Next

The Tartans return to the pool at Kenyon for the final day of the invitational on Saturday, November 22 beginning at 10:00 a.m.