Istambouli, Moeller, Heim and Jerresand Have Record Swim at Patriot

Istambouli, Moeller, Heim and Jerresand Have Record Swim at Patriot

11/19/2021 11:59:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving

DAY ONE FINALS (PDF)DAY ONE DIVING (PDF)

Fairfax, Va. – On the first night of the Patriot Invitational, the Seton Hall women's 200 Free Relay team consisting of Leiya Istambouli (Danbury, Conn.), Lea Moeller, Natalie Heim (Middletown, N.J.) and Cornelia Jerresand (Taeby, Sweden) combined to break the program record in the event, doing so in a time of 1:33.81. The previous record, set in 2017, sat at 1:34.13.

With the record-setting swim, Jerresand now holds three program records after setting new program top-times in the 50 Free and 400 Free Relay at last year's BIG EAST Championships. Istambouli and Heim also helped break the 400 Free Relay record at last year's conference championships final giving them each two program records as well.

The Pirates followed up the hot start to Thursday night's events with a strong showing in the 500 Free final. The duo of Allie Waggoner and Amanda Zajdzinski placed two-three in the event. Waggoner touched the wall in a time of 4:56.72 while Zajdzinksi finished just behind her fellow Pirate at 4:56.72. In the 200 IM, Claire O'Neill (Mount Joy, Pa.) secured points for the Pirates with a top-eight finish and a time of 2:07.44.

After setting the new program record in the 200 Free Relay earlier in the night, Jerresand and Heim returned with a fourth and seventh place finishes in the 50 Free. Jerresand finished in a time of 23.45 while Heim closed out with a time of 23.85.

The 400 Medley Relay team of Madeline Field (Wheaton, Ill.), Moeller, Sierra Cripps (Seymour, Conn.) and Heim closed out night one for the Pirates with a time of 3:49.52 in the final event. After Day One, the Pirates currently sit in third place with 199 points, less than four behind second-place Drexel.

TEAM SCORES AFTER DAY ONE

Delaware 263.5
Drexel 202.5
Seton Hall 199
FAU 194
George Mason 154.5
Richmond 110.5
American 92

The Pirates will be back at it tomorrow with another full day of action at Jim McKay Natatorium. The schedule for Friday is as follows:

Prelims (10 a.m.): 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Back, Time Trials

Finals (6 p.m.): 200 Medley Relay, 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Back, 800 Free Relay

Diving (1 p.m.): Women's 1m and Men's 3m Prelims and Finals