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Butler Swims Well on Third Night of 2023 #BIGEASTswim Championships

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East Meadow, N.Y.
– The Bulldogs are in sixth place after three days of competition in the 2023 BIG EAST Swimming and Diving Championships presented by JEEP. Butler had a strong day on Friday and highlighted the meet with multiple final swims. BU is currently in front of Providence and behind Seton Hall with one-day left.
 
Caroline Zimner set a new school record in the 400 IM on Friday. She placed sixth with a time of 4:24.37. Sadie Brown also came up with a great time in the 400 IM to rank second all-time on the BU Top Ten List. She won the B Final clocking in at 4:25.52.
 
Kate Schilling swam in the 100 Fly Final on Friday and took eighth place. She moved to second all-time at Butler with a 55.34 time in the prelims. Abigail Roberts also competed with a time of 58.89.
 
Butler had two swimmers in the 200 Free. Elizabeth Naylor placed 22nd (1:55.03) and Issy Petersen finished in 24th Place (1:56.67).
 
Emily Landwehr continued to impress the Bulldog faithful in New York. She finished 12th in the 100 Breast to move to second all-time at Butler clocking in at 1:04.89. Alexa Vota (1:06.52, 18th Place), Ava McGonigle (1:08.20, 21st Place) and Jamie Gindorf (1:08.25, 23rd Place) also swam in the event.
 
Alani Hightower-Bend led Butler in the 100 Back. She reached the A Final and placed eighth with a time of 56.99.
 
The day came to a close with the Bulldogs setting a new team record in the 400 Medley Relay. Alani Hightower-Bend, Emily Landwehr, Kate Schilling, Olivia Stotts all had solid splits to post a time of 3:50.47
 
The fourth and final day begins at 10 a.m. ET with the prelims of the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly and the 3-meter dive. The diving prelims will begin at 1 p.m. The timed finals for the 1650 free will kick off at 3:15 p.m. The finals of the 400 free relay will close out the 2022 BIG EAST Swimming & Diving Championships.
 
For schedules, updates, live results and live coverage links please visit the BIG EAST Swimming & Diving Championship Central Page on BIGEAST.com.
 
All Championship action will air live on the BIG EAST Digital Network on FloSports, with wall-to-wall coverage that includes all event preliminaries, finals and awards. Matt Ambrose will be poolside during the finals reporting on all the action.
 
Women's Team Scores (28 events)
Villanova – 1031
UConn – 828.5
Georgetown – 807.5
Xavier – 640
Seton Hall – 635
Butler – 413
Providence – 242
 
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