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Women's Swimming & Diving Spends Friday Night at Boston Winter Open

BOSTON – The Tufts University women's swimming & diving team competed in the Boston Winter Open on Friday night at Boston University. The two-day event serves as a shave and taper meet for non-conference swimmers and divers.

Along with Tufts and BU, Bates, Boston College, Brown, Holy Cross, MIT and Northeastern had competitors at the meet.

In the 200-yard individual medley race, junior Tory Atkinson (pictured) and freshman Emma Claus finished in second and third place respectively. Atkinson finished with an excellent time of 2:05.90 and Claus finished the race with a time of 2:09.43. Anne Younger also had a good night in the 50 freestyle (24.44), and Allison Brea swam 5:13.19 to lead Tufts in the 500 free. The Jumbos' 400-yard freestyle relay team of Sora Sohn, Chesnie Cheung, Atkinson and Bella Preneta finished in second place with a time of 3:35.46.

In the three-meter diving event, Alaina Kosko earend a 290.75 score.

Multiple Jumbos competed in time trials, including Liana Wiepert whose 100-yard backstroke mark of 59.59 was impressive. In the 50-yard backstroke time trial Younger finished with a time of 26.96 seconds.

The Jumbos will compete on the second day of the Boston Winter Open on Saturday, with sessions at 10 am and 6 pm.

Written by Tim O'Brien, Athletic Communications Intern

 

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Players Mentioned

Tory Atkinson

Tory Atkinson

IM / Fly / Breast
Junior
Allison Brea

Allison Brea

Distance Free
Junior
Chesnie Cheung

Chesnie Cheung

Free
Sophomore
Emma Claus

Emma Claus

Breast / IM
Freshman
Alaina Kosko

Alaina Kosko

Diving
Junior
Bella Preneta

Bella Preneta

Fly / IM
Junior
Sora Sohn

Sora Sohn

Fly, IM
Freshman
Liana Wiepert

Liana Wiepert

Back
Sophomore
Anne Younger

Anne Younger

Sprint Free
Senior

Players Mentioned

Tory Atkinson

Tory Atkinson

Junior
IM / Fly / Breast
Allison Brea

Allison Brea

Junior
Distance Free
Chesnie Cheung

Chesnie Cheung

Sophomore
Free
Emma Claus

Emma Claus

Freshman
Breast / IM
Alaina Kosko

Alaina Kosko

Junior
Diving
Bella Preneta

Bella Preneta

Junior
Fly / IM
Sora Sohn

Sora Sohn

Freshman
Fly, IM
Liana Wiepert

Liana Wiepert

Sophomore
Back
Anne Younger

Anne Younger

Senior
Sprint Free