No. 24 Swim / Dive Sweeps Homecoming Tri-Meet

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The No. 24 Miami Hurricanes swept a tri-meet at the Whitten Pool Friday, opening Homecoming weekend on the University of Miami campus with wins over visiting Rutgers and SMU.

Miami topped SMU, 165-114, and bested Rutgers, 194-84, to improve to 3-0 on the season in head-to-head competitions.

Miami enjoyed success in the early stages of the meet, with Giulia Carvalho winning the 50-yard freestyle (22.24) and freshman Ashlyn Massey blazing her way to a win in the 200-yard butterfly (1:57.40).

In the 100-yard breaststroke, Emma Sundstrand took first place (1:01.59) to continue momentum.

Miami had two of the top three swims in the 100-yard backstroke, coming from second-place finisher Tayla Jonker (54.18) and third-place finisher Mary Kate Kelley (54.19).

Freshman Marissa Inouye won the 200-yard freestyle (1:46.63) and veteran Adrianna Cera was second in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:55.71), narrowly missing out on the top finish behind SMU’s Mira Szimcsak (9:55.53).

Miami secured the top two finishes in the 100-yard butterfly from Carvalho (52.83) and Massey (53.75), and Inouye picked up her second individual win – this time in the 500-yard freestyle (4:45.64).  Carvalho went on to add another win in the 100-yard freestyle (48.89).

Kelley added to Miami’s point total with a win in the 200-yard backstroke (1:57.07) in the back half of the meet to help secure the victory.

Miami continues its season on Fri., Nov. 1 with a dual meet at Yale. Action is set to begin at 4 p.m. from New Haven, Conn.