CAMBRIDGE – The Tufts University women's swimming & diving team totaled 310 points on Friday night as they close out day one of the MIT Winter Invitational in first place out of seven teams.
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| Junior Abby Claus finished first in the 100-yard IM time trial. |
MIT (238), RPI (108), Wellesley College (99), and Wheaton College (91) round out the top five in the women's side of the event.
The Jumbos' A-relay team, consisting of senior Grace Goetcheus, junior Abby Claus, sophomore Mary Hufziger, and freshman Claire Brennan, finished second in the 800-yard free relay with a team time of 7:30.42. The MIT winning team finished in 7:29.61. The Jumbo B-relay team finished third with a time of 7:35.03, made up of junior Katelin Isakoff, senior Hannah Truslow, junior Amy Socha, and freshman Chloe Deveney. Both times are NCAA B-cuts.
Claus and Goetcheus were first and second in a 100 yard individual medley time trial. The duo finished at 59.21 and 59.33. Freshman Elle Morse took third at 1:00.87.
Junior Sook-Hee Evans grabbed a second-place finish at 17:35.45 in the 1650 yard free. Freshman Allison Cremer finished third in the event with a time of 17:38.71.
Senior Brooke Bernstein earned the win in the 50-yard butterfly time trial with a mark of 26.80.
Freshman diver Alaina Kosko scored 253.70, which was good for third in the 1-meter contest. Classmate Sydney Ho finished in fifth with a 238.55 score.
The Jumbos enter day two of the MIT Winter Invitational leading the way out of seven teams. Saturday action kicks off at 10:30 am followed by a 5:30 pm evening session.
