WALTHAM, Mass. – The Brandeis University swimming and diving teams turned in several strong individual performances on Friday evening against Bentley University, highlighted by first-year
Eitan Finkel's (West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada/École Sentinel Secondary) victory in the men's one-meter diving event, where he surpassed the NCAA Regional qualifying standard.
HEAD-TO-HEAD SCORES
TOP PERFORMERS - DIVERS
- Finkel won both men's one-meter diving events, taking first in the voluntary event with a score of 186.50 before winning the optional event with a score of 295.70, more than 65 points ahead of the second-place finisher.
- Finkel is looking to become the first Judge to reach the NCAA Regional Diving Championships since Division III adopted the format in 2013. He will need to reach the threshold of 275 points for six dives on the one-meter board to clinch his berth.
- Sophomore Ivana Marinkovic (Malden, Mass./Malden) earned a pair of second place finishes in the women's one-meter diving events, scoring 157.15 in the voluntary event before scoring 195.85 in the optional event.
TOP PERFORMERS – SWIMMERS
- First-year Yolanda Liu (New Taipei City, Taiwan/VIS International Experimental Education) led the Brandeis women with an individual victory in the 200-yard backstroke, with a time of 2:15.97. She also placed third in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.99 seconds and contributed to the Judges' winning 400-yard medley relay.
- First-year Hannah Fink (West Hartford, Conn./William H Hall) placed first in the women's 400-yard individual medley, finishing in 5:05.01, just 0.33 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. She also placed third in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:48.17 and also contributed to the Judges' winning 400-yard medley relay.
- Sophomore Hailey Tran (Malden, Mass./Malden) earned a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:19.22 and won the 100-yard freestyle in 1:00.24. Sophomore Aretina Zhang (Newton, Mass./Newton South) finished second in the women's 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:42.25. The two of them also joined Liu and Fink on the winning 400-yard medley relay team.
- In the distance events, sophomore Sasha Tsizer (Framingham, Mass./Framingham) placed third in the women's 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 12:28.47.
- For the men, junior Guy Toib (Ben Ami, Israel/Tsulam Tsur) earned a second-place finish in the men's 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:45.10. He also placed fourth in the 200-yard backstroke in 2:21.38.
UP NEXT
- The Judges return to action on Saturday, November 21, hosting Coast Guard at 12 p.m.
