Baykova Sets Pool Record at Maine in 166-104 Win

Friday, January 27

Orono, Maine

5:00 PM

University of New Hampshire

166

104

Maine

Photo by: Gil Talbot

1/27/2017 11:41:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

ORONO, Maine – Junior swimmer Liza Baykova (Moscow, Russia) broke a Stanley M. Wallace Pool in the 200 freestyle as the University of New Hampshire women's swimming and diving team defeated the University of Maine, 166-104, in Orono Friday night.

Baykova tagged the wall at a time of 1:49.64, beating a record that was previously held by former Wildcat Sydney Tribou set at the 2013 America East Championships. Her time was 1:50.03.

First Place Results:
Event 1: 200-Yard Medley Relay – Sarah Broderick (Haverhill, Mass.), Milana Evsten (Stockholm, Sweden), Colby Harvey (Cape Elizabeth, Maine), Baykova – 1:46.75
Event 2: 1,000-Yard Freestyle – Brittany Moffatt (Cedar Falls, Iowa) – 10:32.63
Event 3: 200-Yard Freestyle – Baykova – 1:49.64
Event 4: 100-Yard Backstroke – Harvey – 58.83
Event 5: 100-Yard Breaststroke – Evsten – 1:05.30
Event 6: 200-Yard Butterfly – Vivienne El-Sibay (Munich, Germany) – 2:07.53
Event 8: 100-Yard Freestyle – Baykova – 51.09 seconds
Event 9: 200-Yard Backstroke – Corinne Carbone (Medway, Mass.) – 2:06.49
Event 10: 200-Yard Breaststroke – Sarah Olver (Durham, N.H.) – 2:24.76
Event 11: 500-Yard Freestyle – Moffatt – 5:09.76
Event 13: 100-Yard Butterfly – Harvey – 56.61 seconds
Event 14: 200-Yard Individual Medley – Carbone -- 2:09.08
Event 15: 200-Yard Freestyle Relay – Baykova, Broderick, Kaitlin Cahill (Troy, N.Y.), Harvey – 1:37.24
Event 16: 1-Meter Dive – Erin Cullather (Highland Park, Ill.) – 206.10 points
Event 17: 3-Meter Dive – Cullather – 210.07 points

'Cat Facts:

Friday's meet was the final of the regular season as the Wildcats next compete at the America East Championships at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, beginning Thursday, Feb. 9 and concluding Sunday, Feb. 12.
UNH has won its last five dual-meets, starting Oct. 29 against Central Connecticut State University.
The Wildcats are 10-0 against Maine over the last 10 dual meets between the two rivals.

For more information on women's swimming and diving, visit www.UNHWildcats.com.