PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Princeton retains the Cannon Trophy, but Rutgers women's swimming and diving captured five top-ten school performances on Saturday at the Rutgers Aquatics Center.

The Tigers won the fifth annual Battle For the Cannon Trophy, defeating the Scarlet Knights 176.00-124.00.

RU captured 19 top three finishes and went 1-2 in the 1000 free, 100 and 200 breast and 100 back while securing top ten times/scores in the 100 and 200 breast and in 1M and 3M diving.
 

FROM THE POOL DECK

• Sophomore Sofia Bartoloni captured two top 10 school performances in winning both breaststroke events. Bartoloni hit the wall in 1:02.29 in the 100 breast, knocking .71 seconds off her previous PR in the season opener at No. 24 Miami and captured the 10^th fastest time at Rutgers. She followed with a time of 2:14.84 in the 200 breast, remaining in eighth on RU's all-time list but still took .26 seconds off her top time.
• Rutgers also saw a trio of top 10 scores on both 1M and 3M. Senior Holly Prasanto set the fifth-highest score "On The Banks" with a runner-up score of 338.03 on 3M with freshman Katerina Hoffman taking third with the eighth-highest score in the event with a 327.38. Freshman Bailee Sturgill, meanwhile, placed her name eighth all-time at RU on 1M, taking third with a score of 297.30.
• Freshman Isabela Valle won her first distance event as a Scarlet Knight with a new PR in 1000 free. Valle clocked in at 10:14.76, dropping 14.77 seconds off her previous top time set in the season opener with No. 24 Miami.
• Graduate student Shannon Meadway also collected a new PR racing to a time of 1:51.54 in a runner-up performance in the 200 free. She took off .84 seconds from her previous best against Villanova last January. Meadway was also second in the 200 back and 200 IM.
• Sophomore Blanka Berecz also provided Rutgers with a trio of top-three performances in the 100 and 200 fly and the 500 free and junior Marytna Piesko gave RU a win in the 100 back.

 

SPRINTS

• In addition to Sofia Bartoloni's top 10 swims in winning the 100 breast (1:02.29) and 200 breast (2:14.84), graduate student Molly Urkiel also captured the runner-up spots in both events. She clocked in at 1:02.82 in the 100 and 2:16.71 in the 200.
• The Scarlet Knights took the top two places in the 100 back with Martyna Piesko winning the event (55.09) and senior Natalie Schick the runner-up (56.58).
• Shannon Meadway claimed second in a trio of events with runner-up placement in the 200 free (1:51.54), 200 back (1:59.53) and 200 IM (2:03.78).
• Junior Cameron Kuriger also provided RU with a second-place finish in the 100 fly (54.94).
• Sophomore Blanka Berecz posted third-place performances in both the 100 fly (55.74) and 200 fly (2:00.74). 

DISTANCE

• The 1000 free saw Valle set her new PR of 10:14.76 in winning the event with teammate Orian Gablan following in 10:18.31 for second.
• Blanka Berecz also claimed third in the 500 free (5:00.81).

DIVING

• Rutgers went 2-3 on both 1M and 3M in recording three new top-10 performances.
• On 1M, Holly Prasanto was runner-up on 1M, just shy of a new PR with a 297.53. Her PR of 299.20 came last season in the consolation finals of the NCAA Championships. Freshman Bailee Sturgill finished third, totaling 297.30, besting her previous score of 291.45 set last weekend against Purdue, for the eighth-highest score at Rutgers. Freshman Katerina Hoffman also secured PR with a score of 296.10 topping her previous score of 293.70 against the Boilermakers at home last weekend and finished fourth.
• Two more top-10 scores were set on 3M. Prasanto moved up three spots to fifth all-time with a 388.03, bettering her previous PR of 324.80 set at last year's Hawkeye Invitational final. Hoffman also joined the list with the eighth-highest score on record at RU with a 327.38, bettering her previous PR of 300.75 posted in the season-opener at No. 24 Miami.

RELAYS

• Both relay squads notched season bests.
• The Rutgers' A squad of Martyna Piesko, Sofia Bartoloni, Ellie Schinsky, and Brooke Thompson combined for a time of 1:42.77 in the 200 medley relay, finishing in second.
• The 200 free team of Jade Smits, Thompson, Cameron Kuriger and Schinsky placed third in a time of 1:36.38.

RESULTS

200 Free
2.  Shannon Meadway - 1:51.54
 
500 Free
3. Blanka Berecz - 5:00.81
 
1000 Free
1. Isabela Valle - 10:14.76
2. Orian Gablan - 10:18.31
 
100 Back
1. Martyna Piesko - 55.09
2. Natalie Schick - 56.48
 
200 Back
2. Shannon Meadway - 1:59.53
 
100 Breast
1. Sofia Bartoloni - 1:02.29
2. Molly Urkiel - 1:02.82
 
200 Breast
1. Sofia Bartoloni - 2:14.84
2. Molly Urkiel - 2:16.71

100 Fly
2. Cameron Kuriger - 54.95
3. Blanka Berecz - 55.74

200 Fly
3. Blanka Berecz - 2:00.74

200 IM
2. Shannon Meadway – 2:03.78

200 Free Relay
3. Rutgers (Jade Smits, Brooke Thompson, Cameron Kuriger, Ellie Schinsky) - 1:36.38
 
200 Medley Relay
2. Rutgers A (Martyna Piesko, Sofia Bartoloni, Ellie Schinsky, Brooke Thompson) - 1:42.77 
3. Rutgers B (Natalie Schick, Molly Urkiel, Cameron Kuriger, Jade Smits) - 1:43.71
 
1M Dive
2. Holly Prasanto - 297.53
3. Bailee Sturgill - 297.30
 
3M Dive
2. Holly Prasanto - 338.03
3. Katerina Hoffman - 327.38
 

UP NEXT

• The Rutgers diving squad will be back in action at the Buckeye Invitational on Nov. 21-23. The Scarlet Knight swimmers return to the water at the Minnesota Invitational on Dec. 4-7.

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