Waggoner, Hazell Among Best-Performing Pirates at Bucknell Fall Invite

Saturday, October 26

Lewisburg, Pa.

12:00 PM

Seton Hall University

Bucknell Fall Invitational

Waggoner, Hazell Among Best-Performing Pirates at Bucknell Fall Invite

10/26/2024 10:15:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

LEWISBURG, PA. – The Seton Hall women's swimming and diving team traveled to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania today to compete in the Bucknell Fall Invite in a non-scored competition.

Diving
Senior Nikki Pawar (Lawrenceville, N.J.) led all Pirate divers today across both boards. The 3-meter board saw Pawar complete her program with a 213.95. However, she opened the day on the 1-meter board, placing third with a score of 219.15.

Right behind Pawar on the 1-meter board were a full crew of Pirates. The trio of Amy Kugleman (218.50 points), Sarah Behrman (218.25 points) and Jaden Fagundes (212.35 points) finished fourth through sixth for The Hall. Behrman also finished right behind Pawar in the 3-meter board with a score of 209.35.

Swimming
The Bucknell Fall Invite served as an immense opportunity for the swimmers to race non-dual meet events and improve their times further ahead of fall taper meet season.

Senior Allie Waggoner was a major beneficiary of the non-dual meets being raced, which allowed her to race the 1650 Freestyle. The reigning BIG EAST champion touched the wall first with a time of 17:05.15, besting her time from a year prior at this meet by seven seconds. She would also go on to shave two seconds off her time from last year's Fall invite in the 400 IM, finishing with a 4:31.94.

Alongside Waggoner wins, Claire O'Neill claimed victory in the 200 Butterfly. The senior from Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, went a 2:09.19, six tenths off of her time from last year's BIG EAST Championships.

This meet was also highlighted by Naima Hazell's return to the top of the timing sheet in the 50 Freestyle. Hazell claimed overall victory with a time of 23.92, over half a second faster than her race-winning time for the season opener against Rider.

Alongside the trio of winners, plenty of Pirates improved on times from last season and nearly won events. Natalie Heim finished the 100 Freestyle in a 51.53, over a second better than this time last year. She also swam a career-best 58.86 in the 100 Butterfly.

In addition to Heim, Yosun Hacifazlioglu swam an immense race in the 100 Breaststroke. The sophomore from Istanbul, Turkey, swam a season-best 1:04.63 in the event, while also finishing within a second of her career-best time from last year's BIG EAST Championships.

What's Next
The Pirates will be back in the pool on November 8^th when the travel to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to take on Lehigh. The start time is yet to be decided.