SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame women’s swimming and diving wrapped up its regular season competition this weekend, taking second at the annual Tim Welsh Classic. The Irish won five events and produced multiple entries into the program’s all-time top 10.
The highlight of the meet was freshman Carli Cronk’s 400 IM. The rookie went 4:07.63, breaking the oldest school record on the books set by Emma Reaney in 2014. It is the 15th fastest time in the country this season, too.
The San Antonio native also won the 200 fly with a time of 1:55.28 and now ranks fourth in school history in the event. She placed eighth in the 200 IM and swam the second leg of the 800 free A relay that placed fourth.
Jess Geriane showed some outside smoke in the 50 free, winning the event with a best time of 22.29 that now ranks second in program history. The senior hailing from outside of Chicago also finished fourth in the 100 back (53.86) and eighth in the 100 free (49.75).
Notre Dame’s fourth win of the meet came in the 200 free relay (1:28.68), just shy of the record time of 1:27.84 set earlier this season. Hollie Widdows (22.70), Jess Geriane (21.75), Imogen Meers (21.96) and Madelyn Christman (22.27) composed the group.
Two additional swimmers cracked the top 10 all-time in their events. Rookie Hollie Widdows went 49.27 in the 100 free, good for 10th in program history, while sophomore Lainey Mullins’ 4:14.82 400 IM was good for seventh. Widdows placed third in the event on the day while Mullins took fifth.
Mullins, a transfer from Virginia, also finished third in the 200 fly (1:57.35) and fifth in the 500 free (4:47.64) as her excellent sophomore campaign continues.
In the diving well, Grace Courtney and Ben Nguyen had a pair of outstanding performances. Courtney won the 3-meter (351.25) and placed third in the 1-meter (268.10), while Nguyen placed second in both the 1-meter and 3-meter (350.25/356.75).
Up next, the conference squad will head to Greensboro for ACC Championships from Feb. 18-22, and another segment of the team will compete in the Ohio State Winter Invitational to close out their season.