Camilla Carbone, Zoe DeKievit break a couple NMU Swimming records
MARQUETTE, Mich. – The NMU women’s swim and dive team welcomed the SVSU Cardinals to the PEIF Pool for the first home meet of 2024/25, cruising to a 162-76 victory.
Elena Curti posted a dominant day in the pool, claiming 1st in all three of her events; including the 75 yard butterfly, 75 yard freestyle, and 125 yard freestyle relay.
Camilla Carbone finished first in two of her events on the evening, both the 25 yard backstroke and 75 yard backstroke.
Kalina Ceglinski had another dominant day on the boards, claiming gold in both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards
Becca Burrows finished first in both the 25 yard freestyle, and was a member of the 125 yard freestyle relay team that finished first.
Annika Geyer finished 1st in 175 yard freestyle, Evelyn DeCarlo claimed gold in the 25 yard breaststroke, Zoe DeKievit sat atop the 75 yard breaststroke, and Ella Houwers touched first in the 125 yard IM.
The 125 yard free relay team that finished first consisted of Vicky Burda, Mia Strazny, Carlotta Santi, Burrows, and Curti.
The ‘Cats now set their sights on tomorrow morning, a duel meet with Grand Valley State and Saginaw Valley.
The NMU women’s swim and dive team broke records and earned NCAA provisional marks in its meet against SVSU and GVSU on Saturday.
The ‘Cats cruised to a 232.00 to 68.00 victory over Saginaw Valley, and lost by a narrow margin of 127.50 to 172.50 to Grand Valley. GVSU defeated SVSU 232.00 to 68.00.
The Wildcats opened the meet by breaking a record in the 200 yard medley relay, as the team of Camilla Carbone, Zoe DeKievit, Elena Curti, and Becca Burrows finished first with a time of 1:43.23. Carbone broke the 50 backstroke record as the lead off in the relay with her time of 25.91.
Carbone and DeKievit broke individual records of their own, first with Carbone in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 55.54 before DeKievit in the 100 yard breaststroke one event later with a time of 1:03.14. Both earned NCAA B cuts for their efforts. DeKievit broke a pool record and earned another provisional in the 200 yard breaststroke with her time of 2:18.11.
Both Kalina Ceglinski and Abbie Harned earned provisional diving marks in the 1-meter diving. Ceglinski recorded a score of 404.35 to claim first, and Harned posted 399.40 to claim third.
The 400 yard relay team of Becca Burrows, Mia Strazny, Joanne Arbic, and Elena Curti broke a pool record and finished second to round out the meet.
The Wildcats are now off until November 9th, when the ‘Cats take on Wayne State and Findlay from Detroit.
Event Breakdown
Event 1 – 200 Yard Medley Relay
- 1st – NMU, 1:43.23#(Prev. record, 1:43.62, NMU 1/12/24)
- Camilla Carbone – 25.91# (women’s 50 backstroke record)
- Zoe DeKievit – 28.89
- Elena Curti – 25.33
- Becca Burrows – 23.10
- 2nd – NMU, 1:47.00
- Mia Strazny – 26.83
- Evelyn DeCarlo – 30.34
- Sophia Moore – 25.87
- Vicky Burda – 23.96
Event 3 – 1000 Yard Freestyle
- 1st – Annika Geyer, 10:27.70
- 2nd – Anika Wright, 10:32.13
Event 5 – 200 Yard Freestyle
- 2nd – Elena Curti, 1:54.26
Event 7 – 100 Yard Backstroke
- 1st – Camilla Carbone, 55.54# (B) (Prev. record, 55.76, Rachel Helm (NMU), 1/12/2019)
- 2nd – Mia Strazny, 56.43
Event 9 – 100 Yard Breaststroke
- 2nd – Zoe DeKievit, 1:03.14# (B) (Prev. record, 1:04.16, Rachel Helm (NMU), 1/1/2015)
- 1st – Sara Alvarez Fernandez, 1:03.03# (B)
- 3rd – Evelyn DeCarlo, 1:06.99
Event 11 – 200 Yard Butterfly
- 2nd – Annika Geyer, 2:09.68
Event 13 – 50 Yard Freestyle
- 2nd – Becca Burrows, 24.07
Event 15 – 1-Meter Diving
- 1st – Kalina Ceglinski, 404.35 (B)
- 3rd – Abbie harned, 399.40 (B)
Event 17 – 100 Yard Freestyle
- 2nd – Becca Burrows, 52.80
Event 19 – 200 Yard Backstroke
- 3rd – Mia Strazny, 2:03.00
Event 21 – 200 Yard Breaststroke
- 2nd – Zoe DeKievit, 2:18.11# (B) (Prev. Record, 2:20.25, Cary Greegor (NMU), 1/1/2001)
- 1st – Sara Alvarez Fernandez, 2:17.18#
Event 23 – 500 Yard Freestyle
- 3rd, Annika Geyer, 5:07.74
Event 25 – 100 Yard Butterfly
- 2nd – Elena Curti, 56.35
- 3rd – Sophia Moore, 58.28
Event 27 – 3-Meter Diving
- 2nd – Kalina Ceglinski, 223.10
Event 29 – 200 Yard IM
- 3rd – Zoe DeKievit, 2:08.17
Event 31 – 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
- 2nd – NMU, 3:28.87# (Prev. record, NMU, 3:32.28, 1/1/1992)
- Becca Burrows – 25.30 / 52.52
- Mia Strazny – 24.42 / 52.48
- Joanne Arbic – 24.48 / 52.70
- Elena Curti – 24.35 / 51.17
- 1st – GVSU, 2:28.08#
# – NMU Pool Record
(B) – NCAA Division II “B” Cut – a qualifying time that allows a swimmer to be invited to the NCAA Division II swimming and diving