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Notre Dame Women’s Swimming Victorious at Shamrock Invitational

The Notre Dame women’s swimming team followed the men by winning their portion of the Shamrock Invitational, 260-109, over Akron.

The Notre Dame women’s swimming team followed the men by winning their portion of the Shamrock Invitational, 260-109, over Akron. The highlight was a program record set by Kelly Straub. In the 1-meter, she scored a 340.35 over her six dives. The previous record was set in 2012.

The Irish also got key performances from Bayley Stewart, who clocked in at 1 minute, 53.46 seconds in the 200-meter backstroke, and Coleen Gillilan, who had a 1:55.37 in the 200 butterfly. Both of those times were pool records, bringing the total number of pool records set by both the men’s and women’s teams during the Shamrock Invitational to seven.

In the morning session, Gillilan won the 100 breaststroke in 1:01.40 and joined the team of Carly Quast, Cailey Grunhard and Ellie Jew to win the 200 medley relay in 1:39.27. Luciana Thomas took the 400 individual medley in 4:13.25, Stewart won the 100 backstroke in 53.35, and Kallie Chelsvig clocked in a 1:49.49 to win the 200 freestyle.

For the afternoon session, Madeline LaPorte won the 1,650 freestyle in 16:25.48. The final win came from the 400 free relay team of Gillilan, Quast, Rachel Wittmer and Skyler Fore (3:19.51).

Notre Dame Men Earn Senior Day Win in Shamrock Invitational

After getting off to such a strong start against Missouri State in the Shamrock Invitational on Thursday, Friday merely was a curtain call.

After getting off to such a strong start against Missouri State in the Shamrock Invitational on Thursday, Friday merely was a curtain call. As it also was Senior Day, the day began with a ceremony to honor those who are moving on. Then, the Irish won in every category to earn a 268-86 victory.

Austin Flaute was the winner in both the 1-meter (350.18) and 3-meter (379.43) diving events. On the swimming side, the Irish increased their NCAA B-Cuts for the meet to nine. Winners were Jack Hoagland in the 1,650-meter freestyle (14 minutes, 59.49 seconds), Jack Fitzpatrick in the 200 backstroke (1:45.09), Cason Wilburn in the 100 freestyle (43.60), Tyler Christianson in the 200 breaststroke (1:55.49) and Max Miranda in the 200 butterfly (1:46.99).

The women began their portion of the meet Friday against Akron, and they hold an 84-26 lead after six events. It began with a win in the 200 freestyle relay (1:30.78) by the team of Coleen Gillian, Cailey Grunhard, Rachel Wittmer and Carly Quast. Skylar Fore joined Gillian, Quast and Grunhard to win the 400 medley relay in 3:35.90. Individual winners were Gillian in the 200 individual medley (1:57.46), Grunhard in the 50 freestyle (23.23) and Luciana Thomas in the 500 freestyle (4:46.48).