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Women's Swimming & Diving Opens With Big Win Over Brandeis

Abby Claus MEDFORD – Senior Abby Claus (pictured) won three races as the Tufts University women's swimming and diving team opened the 2021-22 season with a 252-41 victory over Brandeis University at Hamilton Pool.

Tufts won all 14 swimming events in the meet. Jillian Cudney, one of the Jumbo sophomores making their collegiate debut, won two races and was part of a first-place relay as well.

Claus first won the 100 backstroke with a career-best time of 59.19 seconds. She was also the winner in the 200 backstroke with her 2:07.99 finish. She closed out her trifecta of success today with a 200 individual medley win (2:10.97).

Cudney swept the freestyle sprints with a 24.51 in the 50 and a 53.68 in the 100. She was also the lead leg in the 200 freestyle relay whose 1:38.68 was first. All-Americans Katelin Isakoff, Elle Morse and Mary Hufziger rounded out that strong foursome. Isakoff had been a 5:10.32 winner in the 500 freestyle earlier.

Nepal 2021 Olympian Gaurika Singh was the first Jumbo in the pool competitively today, leading off the 200 medley relay that won in a 1:48.71 time. She was joined by Abigail Miller, Mary Laurita and Katelin Ulmer. Laurita later won the 100 butterfly (58.52) and Ulmer had a 100 breaststroke win (1:06.83).

Two of the better Jumbo times of the day came from sophomore Katie Shelburne in the 1,000 freestyle with a 10:38.43 mark, and freshman Lara Wujciak's 2:06.43 in the 200 fly.

Sophomore Claire Brennan went 1:55.61 to win the 200 free and Emma van Duijnhoven scored first-place points with a 2:31.51 in the 200 breaststroke.

Brandeis does not have a diving team, but the Jumbos competed amongst themselves and Sydney Ho had the best scores in both one-meter (262.72) and three-meter (255.30).

Tufts competes at the MIT Winter Invitational next December 3-5.

 

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Players Mentioned

Claire Brennan

Claire Brennan

Free
Junior
Abby Claus

Abby Claus

IM / Fly / Free
Graduate Student
Jillian Cudney

Jillian Cudney

Free / Fly
Sophomore
Sydney Ho

Sydney Ho

Diving
Junior
Mary Hufziger

Mary Hufziger

Back / Free
Senior
Katelin Isakoff

Katelin Isakoff

Fly / Free
Junior
Mary Laurita

Mary Laurita

Fly / Free
Graduate Student
Elle Morse

Elle Morse

Breast / Sprint Free
Junior
Katie Shelburne

Katie Shelburne

Free
Sophomore
Gaurika Singh

Gaurika Singh

Back / Free
Freshman
Katelin Ulmer

Katelin Ulmer

Breast / IM
Junior
Emma van Duijnhoven

Emma van Duijnhoven

Breast
Junior

Players Mentioned

Claire Brennan

Claire Brennan

Junior
Free
Abby Claus

Abby Claus

Graduate Student
IM / Fly / Free
Jillian Cudney

Jillian Cudney

Sophomore
Free / Fly
Sydney Ho

Sydney Ho

Junior
Diving
Mary Hufziger

Mary Hufziger

Senior
Back / Free
Katelin Isakoff

Katelin Isakoff

Junior
Fly / Free
Mary Laurita

Mary Laurita

Graduate Student
Fly / Free
Elle Morse

Elle Morse

Junior
Breast / Sprint Free
Katie Shelburne

Katie Shelburne

Sophomore
Free
Gaurika Singh

Gaurika Singh

Freshman
Back / Free
Katelin Ulmer

Katelin Ulmer

Junior
Breast / IM
Emma van Duijnhoven

Emma van Duijnhoven

Junior
Breast