Eagles Fall At Marshall in Final Dual Meet of the Season

Saturday, February 1

Huntington, WV

11 AM

Georgia Southern University

208

Marshall

2/1/2025 1:20:00 PM | Swimming and Diving

Huntington, W.V. --- The Georgia Southern Swim & Dive team fell 208-91 at Marshall this past Saturday afternoon (February 1) in the final regular season meet of the year.

Even with the loss, some Eagles showed great performances, such as that of Chiara Alberti. The sophomore from Italy was in the top-two in both individual events she swam in. Her lone win of the day came in the 100 free, where she set a career best time of 51.84. She also secured the silver in the 50 free, swimming a 23.66, which is just .03 seconds off from her career best. She also was a part of the second-place 200 free relay squad, swimming a 22.95, her best 50 free time of her career.

Jamison Tiller also had a career day as she secured her fastest 200 free time of her career at a 1:52.83, which won her the event as well. She also came runner-up in the 500 free with her time of 5:05.14, demolishing her best time of the season by over nine seconds and just two seconds off her career best. On the diving board, Karlee Wells secured second place in both events with her three and one-meter scores of 268.50 and 277.28, respectively. Senior Maddie Banks secured her career-best time of 59.97 in the 100 back and also a season-best time in the 200 back at 2.09.48.

Next up for the team is the Sun Belt Championship meet, which takes place from February 19th through the 22nd.The Sun Belt meet for Georgia Southern before moving to the A-SUN next season will take place at the Rosen Aquatic Center in Orlando, Fla.