Audrey Mahoney and 200 Free Relay Capture Gold on Day 2 of America East Championships

Thursday, February 23

Worcester, Mass.

10 AM

University of New Hampshire

America East Championships

The 200 Free Relay team won gold

Photo by: Brian Foley

Audrey Mahoney and 200 Free Relay Capture Gold on Day 2 of America East Championships

2/23/2023 11:57:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

Wildcats are in first place with 314 points.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Freshman Audrey Mahoney (Downers Grove, Ill.) captured gold in the 50 freestyle and the Wildcats won the 200 freestyle relay as the University of New Hampshire swimming and diving team is currently in first place after day two of the four-day America East Championships at the WPI Sports and Recreation Center.

MEET INFO:
America East Championships
Location: Worcester, Mass. (WPI Sports and Recreation Center)
Date: Feb. 23, 2023 (Day 2 of 4)
Team Standings After Day 2: UNH (314), Bryant (226), UMBC (191.5), Vermont (181.5), Binghamton (145), Maine (125), VMI (79)

RESULTS

HOW IT HAPPENED:

50 FREESTYLE
Mahoney won her first individual America East title in a personal best time of 23.17.

Freshman Audrey Mahoney captures gold in the 50 freestyle! Congrats Audrey!#BeTheRoar #AESD pic.twitter.com/3qWi2gJOj7
— UNH Swim & Dive (@unhswimdive) February 24, 2023

Junior Abby McKinney (Westfield, N.J.) and senior Olivia Stille (Stockholm, Sweden) also had outstanding performances as they each won bronze with a time of 23.83.

Sophomore Chiara Maria Pradissitto (Milan, Italy) placed sixth with a time of 23.94.

Watch Audrey Mahoney win the 50 free!#BeTheRoar #AESD pic.twitter.com/Y4w0wie1hP
— UNH Swim & Dive (@unhswimdive) February 24, 2023

200 FREESTYLE RELAY
The team of McKinney, senior Olivia Stille (Stockholm, Sweden), sophomore Chiara Maria Pradissitto (Milan, Italy) and Mahoney won the 200 freestyle championship with a time of 1:33.35 giving the Wildcats their second relay gold of the championships.

Relay gold to conclude Day 2! #BeTheRoar #AESD pic.twitter.com/No0lSBB0uz
— UNH Swim & Dive (@unhswimdive) February 24, 2023

500 FREESTYLE
The Wildcats also had four athletes qualify for the A finals of the 500 freestyle. Senior captain Jamy Lum (Honolulu, Hawaii) led UNH with a fourth-place finish at 4:56.36, while junior Hannah Devine (Hamilton, N.J.) was fifth with a personal best time of 4:59.25.

Senior captain Madison Linstedt (Marion, Ohio) also recorded a personal best time (4:59.83) to earn a sixth-place finish, while freshman Carolyn Nelson (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) was seventh (5:00.99).

200 IM
Freshman Ella Guilfoil (Fairport, N.Y.) won her first America East medal by taking bronze with a personal best time of 2:03.00.

Graduate student Shelby Kasse (Hoofddorp, Netherlands) placed sixth with a time of 2:06.21.

Day 3 Events (Feb. 24-Prelims 10 a.m.; Finals 5 p.m.)
1 Meter Diving
400 IM
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
400 Medley Relay

Go to the Championship Central Page for the complete schedule of events and live results.

All four days of the championship are being streamed on AmericaEast.TV.

The Wildcats have won 10 America East team championships. UNH previously won in 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

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