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2022-23 women's swimming and diving team

Women's Swimming and Diving

2022-23 CWRU Women’s Swimming and Diving Season Recap

For the second consecutive season, the Case Western Reserve University women's swimming and diving team placed at the NCAA Championships, finishing 26th in the country with five members of the squad qualifying for the competition.

The Spartans, led at the national meet by sophomore diver Abigail Wilkov, improved their national finish by five places over their finish in 2022. Wilkov earned her second and third career All-America honors with a pair of top-10 finishes at the national championship. In the 1-meter dive, she placed seventh with a score of 402.65 points in the final, becoming the first CWRU student-athlete of any gender to earn All-America honors in the event and the first CWRU diver to earn multiple First Team All-America honors. Two days prior, in the 3-meter dive, Wilkov placed 10th with a score of 414.10 points in the consolation final, earning All-America honorable mention. She earned 19 points for Case Western Reserve in the team standings with the two finishes.

To punch her ticket to the national championship, Wilkov earned a pair of top-four finishes at the NCAA Regional Zone Meet. She was the runner-up in the 3-meter dive, placing second with a score of 429.35 points, and placed fourth in the 1-meter dive with a score of 391.05 points. Sophomore diver Jocelyn Schechter placed eighth in the 3-meter dive and 23rd in the 1-meter dive at the regional meet.

Sophomore swimmers Gabriella Chambers and Angeli Paull and first-year swimmers Eliza Dixon and Claire Kozma also earned selection to the national championship to compete in four relays. The quartet finished 18th in the 200 Free Relay, 20th in the 400 Free Relay, 21st in the 800 Free Relay, and 30th in the 200 Medley Relay. At the University Athletic Association Championships earlier in the season, the four swimmers set a school record in the 400 Free Relay with a time of 3:28.67. It was one of three CWRU records that were set during the season.

In the 200 Free Relay, Kozma, Dixon, Chambers, and first-year swimmer Kate Menzer tied the school record of 1:34.95 at the conference championship, and, in the 800 Free Relay, Paull, Chambers, and senior swimmers Abby Halsdorfer and Maria Pritchett set a new program best with a time of 7:37.06. All three record setting relays earned NCAA B cut times.

The Spartans placed sixth at the UAA Championships, held on the campus of Emory in Atlanta, finishing with 794 points. Kozma placed fourth in the 50 Free with a finals time of 23.73 seconds, the best individual finish by a Spartan at the meet. The school record-setting 200 Free Relay also took fourth place, with the 200 Medley Relay of Dixon, Kozma, and sophomore swimmers Erica Rice and Caroline Schlessman, the 400 Medley Relay of Rice, Schlessman, Menzer, Chambers, and the record-setting 800 Free Relay placing fifth among UAA teams. Wilkov added a pair of top-eight finishes, placing fifth in the 1-meter dive and eighth in the 3-meter dive.

Prior to the NCAA Championships, the Spartans placed first at the Midwest Invitational at the University of Chicago. First-year Megha Siddapureddy won the 200 Fly with a time of 2:10.96, and Halsdorfer (200 IM) and Menzer (400 IM) added runner-up finishes in their events.

CWRU finished the season with a dual record of 4-2 and was ranked 19th at the end of the season by the CSCAA.

In the classroom, Pritchett was named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-America Third Team, the second Spartan ever to receive the honor. In addition to Pritchett, Halsdorfer, Paull, and Wilkov received CSC Academic All-District honors, and 29 members of the team were recognized as UAA All-Academic honorees.

The Spartans earned the following honors during the 2022-23 swimming and diving season:
All-America
Abigail Wilkov 1-meter dive (seventh) First Team
3-meter dive (10th) Second Team
 
NCAA Championship Participants
Abigail Wilkov 1-meter dive (seventh), 3-meter dive (10th)
Gabriella Chambers 200 Free Relay (18th), 400 Free Relay (20th), 800 Free Relay (21st), 200 Medley Relay (30th)
Eliza Dixon
Claire Kozma
Angeli Paull
 
CSC Academic All-America
Maria Pritchett Third Team
 
CSC Academic All-District
Abby Halsdorfer First Team
Angeli Paull First Team
Maria Pritchett First Team
Abigail Wilkov First Team
 
UAA All-Academic
Elishka Bailey
Liz Cao
Sydney Criscitiello
Selah Dean
Emma Guarnieri
Abby Halsdorfer
Elena Igic
Peyton Leveckis
Julie Mason
Sydney Maxwell
Elizabeth McDyer
Kate Menzer
Zoe Michos
Rei Miyauchi
Amelia Myhrvold
Angeli Paull
Johanna Pearson
Maria Pritchett
Erin Quinlan
Erica Rice
Jocelyn Schechter
Caroline Schlessman
Casey Slaterbeck
Ellie Snyder
Ally Solomon
Kelly Vann
Isabel Verheyen
Abigail Wilkov
Erica Yang
 
The following were the top times/marks for the Spartans during the 2022-23 season:
50 Free Claire Kozma 23.67 Midwest Invitational
100 Free Claire Kozma 51.74 UAA Championships
200 Free Abby Halsdorfer 1:52.86 UAA Championships
500 Free Abby Halsdorfer 5:06.11 Magnus Cup Invite
1000 Free Abby Halsdorfer 10:39.90 UAA Championships
1650 Free Abby Halsdorfer 17:44.60 UAA Championships
100 Back Erica Rice 57.52 UAA Championships
200 Back Amelia Myhrvold 2:04.74 UAA Championships
100 Breast Kate Menzer 1:07.08 Midwest Invite
200 Breast Erica Rice 2:25.01 Magnus Cup Invite
100 Fly Claire Kozma 56.65 UAA Championships
200 Fly Kate Menzer 2:10.04 Magnus Cup Invite
200 IM Maria Pritchett 2:08.58 Magnus Cup Invite
400 IM Maria Pritchett 4:32.35 UAA Championships
1-Meter Dive (11 dives) Abigail Wilkov 426.45 UAA Championships
3-Meter Dive (11 dives) Abigail Wilkov 429.35 NCAA Regional
200 Free Relay Claire Kozma, Eliza Dixon, Kate Menzer, Gabriella Chambers 1:34.95 *SR UAA Championships
400 Free Relay Claire Kozma, Angeli Paull, Eliza Dixon, Gabriella Chambers 3:28.67 *SR UAA Championships
800 Free Relay Abby Halsdorfer, Angeli Paull, Maria Pritchett, Gabriella Chambers 7:37.06 *SR UAA Championships
200 Medley Relay Erica Rice, Caroline Schlessman, Eliza Dixon, Claire Kozma 1:46.52 UAA Championships
400 Medley Relay Erica Rice, Caroline Schlessman, Kate Menzer, Gabriella Chambers 3:53.50 UAA Championships
 
*SR indicates school record
 
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Players Mentioned

Elishka Bailey

Elishka Bailey

Back/IM
5' 9"
Sophomore
Liz Cao

Liz Cao

IM/Back/Free
5' 4"
Sophomore
Gabriella Chambers

Gabriella Chambers

Free
6' 1"
Sophomore
Sydney Criscitiello

Sydney Criscitiello

Free/Breast
5' 6"
Junior
Selah Dean

Selah Dean

Distance Free
5' 4"
Sophomore
Eliza Dixon

Eliza Dixon

Sprint Free/Fly
5' 10"
First-Year
Emma Guarnieri

Emma Guarnieri

Free/IM/Breast
5' 8"
Junior
Abby Halsdorfer

Abby Halsdorfer

Distance Free
5' 5"
Senior
Elena Igic

Elena Igic

Diving
5' 7"
Junior
Claire Kozma

Claire Kozma

Sprint Free/Fly
5' 7"
First-Year
Peyton Leveckis

Peyton Leveckis

Breast
5' 4"
Sophomore
Julie Mason

Julie Mason

Sprint Free/Back
5' 2"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Elishka Bailey

Elishka Bailey

5' 9"
Sophomore
Back/IM
Liz Cao

Liz Cao

5' 4"
Sophomore
IM/Back/Free
Gabriella Chambers

Gabriella Chambers

6' 1"
Sophomore
Free
Sydney Criscitiello

Sydney Criscitiello

5' 6"
Junior
Free/Breast
Selah Dean

Selah Dean

5' 4"
Sophomore
Distance Free
Eliza Dixon

Eliza Dixon

5' 10"
First-Year
Sprint Free/Fly
Emma Guarnieri

Emma Guarnieri

5' 8"
Junior
Free/IM/Breast
Abby Halsdorfer

Abby Halsdorfer

5' 5"
Senior
Distance Free
Elena Igic

Elena Igic

5' 7"
Junior
Diving
Claire Kozma

Claire Kozma

5' 7"
First-Year
Sprint Free/Fly
Peyton Leveckis

Peyton Leveckis

5' 4"
Sophomore
Breast
Julie Mason

Julie Mason

5' 2"
Senior
Sprint Free/Back