Wolf Pack swim begins 2023-24 season Friday

PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Loyola University New Orleans men's and women's swim teams traveled to the University of West Florida on Friday, as both programs competed against Thomas University while the women's team also went up against the hosts in a tri meet. 
 

The Loyola men lost its only head-to-head matchup against Thoams, and the women took down the Night Hawks but lost to the Argonauts. 
 

Freshman Dylan Chehebar captured the only first-place finish on the day between the two Loyola teams, as he and his brother, Benjamin Chehebar, combined to have four second or better finishes in their collegiate debuts. Dylan Chehebar won the 200-yard Butterfly with a time of 1:59.79, also taking second in the 100-yard Butterfly (53.12). Benjamin Chehebar placed second in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:47.84) and 500-yard Freestyle (4:57.62), too. 
 

Monty Moore-Yetter and Logan Gary also had a solid Wolf Pack debuts on Friday. Moore-Yetter took second in the 200-yard Backstroke with a time of 2:03.91, and Gary placed third in the 200-yard Freestyle after swimming a 1:47.91. 
 

Harvey Quiddington, Tate Bladon and Nick Jones picked up where they left off after good freshman seasons last year. Quiddington grabbed three second-place finishes while Bladon and Jones each had one. Quiddington, a London, England, native, took second in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:00.71), 200-yard Breaststroke (2:10.91) and the 200-yard IM (2:03.38), as he already owns the school records for the latter two events. Bladon placed second in the 100-yard Freestyle (48.22) and Jones was second in the 100-yard Backstroke (58.71) to help Loyola's cause. 
 

Robert Shaffer also nabbed a second-place finish, swimming a 21.43 in the 50-yard Freestyle, which is less than a second from Loyola's program-best mark. That's also a personal-best for the fifth-year senior. 
 

On the women's side, Emily Cooper led the Wolf Pack with two second-place finishes. She swam a 2:18.23 and a 2:21.43 in the 200-yard Backstroke and the 200-yard IM, respectively. Abbigail Chemacki took third in that IM race, too, swimming a 2:32.27. 
 

Brooke Alexander, Reese Berry and Mya Baker all also took second in their respective races. Alexander swam a 56.63 in the 100-yard Freestyle, Berry was timed at 2:42.89 in the 200-yard Breaststroke, and Baker had a time of 5:36.13 in the 500-yard Freestyle. Jenna Copes took third in the 100-yard Butterfly, an event she has the school record in, swimming a 1:02.28 in Friday's meet. 
 

Both Wolf Pack teams will compete against Oct. 14-15 in Houston, Texas. 
 

Loyola Women's Results

200Y Medley Relay: 6, Loyola A (Cooper, Stempkovski, Robaina, Copes), 1:56.95; 7, Loyola B (Solbach, Berry, Balhoff, C. Streeter), 1:59.08; 8, Loyola C (Richard, Sierveld, Courville, Puckett), 2:07.13. 
200Y Freestyle: 6, Brooke Alexander, 2:03.52; 7, Mya Baker, 2:06.41; 8, Abbigail Chemacki, 2:10.66.
100Y Backstroke: 7, Emily Cooper, 1:04.47; 8, Cloe Solbach, 1:06.42; 10, Hannah Richard, 1:13.08. 
100Y Breaststroke: 9, Reese Berry, 1:14.67; 10, Megan Stempkovski, 1:14.84; 11, Olivia Courville, 1:27.59.
200Y Butterfly: 5, Jenna Copes, 2:24.90; 6, Ella Balhoff, 2:30.90.
50Y Freestyle: 6, Catherine Streeter, 25.91; 7, Sophie Sierveld, 26.54; Kailee Robaina, 27.03; 10, Emma Puckett, 27.73.
100Y Freestyle: 2, Brooke Alexander, 56.63; 4, Catherine Streeter, 58.19; 5, Emma Puckett, 1:01.42.
200Y Backstroke: 2, Emily Cooper, 2:18.23; 4, Cloe Solbach, 2:20.13; 5, Hannah Richard, 2:35.50.
200Y Breaststroke: 2, Reese Berry, 2:42.89; 4, Megan Stempkovski, 2:46.95.
500Y Freestyle: 2, Mya Baker, 5:36.13; 4, Abbigail Chemacki, 5:42.10.  
100Y Butterfly: 3, Jenna Copes, 1:02.28; 4, Kailee Robaina, 1:02.32; 5, Ella Balhoff, 1:06.66; 6, Olivia Courville, 1:15.96     
200Y IM: 2, Emily Cooper, 2:21.43; 3, Abbigail Chemacki, 2:32.27. 
200Y Freestyle Relay: 2, Loyola A (Streeter, Copes, Sierveld, Alexander), 1:43.55; 3, Loyola B (Puckett, Solbach, Robaina, Balhoff), 1:53.37. 
 

Loyola Men's Results

200Y Medley Relay: 2, Loyola A (Chehebar B., Moore-Yetter, Potter, Bladon), 1:38.10; 4, Loyola B (Jones, Quiddington, Henderson, Ervin), 1:41.63; 5, Loyola C (Gary, McNamara, Smith, Shaffer), 1:43.59. 
200Y Freestyle: 2, Benjamin Chehebar, 1:47.84; 3, Logan Gary, 1:47.91; 6, Cameron Hinton, 1:54.37; 7, Aiden Hinton, 1:55.16
100Y Backstroke: 2, Nick Jones, 58.71. 
100Y Breaststroke: 2, Harvey Quiddington, 1:00.71; 5, Monty Moore-Yetter, 1:01.30; 6, Jack McNamara, 1:02.05. 
200Y Butterfly: 1, Dylan Chehebar, 1:59.79; 5, Charles Henderson, 2:07.75; 6, Jackson Smith, 2:16.62.
50Y Freestyle: 2, Robert Shaffer, 21.43; 3, Tate Bladon, 21.61; 5, Eric Potter, 22.65; 6, Ervin Aaron, 23.79; 7, Sebastian Pedregon, 25.21.
100Y Freestyle: 2, Tate Bladon, 48.22; 3, Jack McNamara, 48.38; 5, Eric Potter, 50.56; 6, Aaron Ervin, 52.07; 8, Nick Jones, 52.31. 
200Y Backstroke: 2, Monty Moore-Yetter, 2:03.91.
200Y Breaststroke: 2, Harvey Quiddington, 2:10.91; 4, Dylan Chehebar, 2:18.05.
500Y Freestyle: 2, Benjamin Chehebar, 4:57.62; 3, Aiden Hinton, 5:11.16; 5, Cameron Hinton, 5:24.88.  
100Y Butterfly: 2, Dylan Chehebar, 53.12; 3, Charles Henderson, 54.30; 4, Logan Gary, 54.40; 7, Jackson Smith, 57.41; 8, Sebastian Pedregon, 57.91. 
200Y IM: 2, Harvey Quiddington, 2:03.38; 4, Monty Moore-Yetter, 2:05.94.
200Y Freestyle Relay: 2 Loyola A (McNamara, Bladon, Potter, Ervin), 1:29.09; 3, Loyola B (Chehebar B., Chehebar D., Logan, Henderson), 1:30.81. 

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