Georgetown Sweeps #BIGEASTswim Awards
NEW YORK – Georgetown has swept the first BIG EAST Swimming and Diving weekly awards of 2019. Sophomores Drew Carbone and Belinda Donohoe claim the Male and Female Athlete of the Week awards, respectively. The Hoyas split their double dual against D.C. foes over the weekend as both the men and women swept American and fell to George Washington. Carbone picks up his second recognition of the season, while Donohoe receives her first.
In the lone meet between BIG EAST opponents, Villanova men were victorious versus Providence. The Friar women were idle. The Wildcat women captured a win over Rutgers, but fell to Princeton. Seton Hall men and women were defeated at Yale on Saturday, but rebounded to take down Fairfield at home on Sunday. Cincinnati was too much for Xavier as the Bearcats bested the Musketeers in the crosstown rivalry for both the men and women.
BIG EAST Male Athlete of the Week
Drew Carbone, Georgetown, So., Back/IM (Chelmsford, Mass.)
Carbone collected two individual event victories against American and George Washington. The sophomore won both backstroke races, coming in with a time of 50.19 in the 100 yard backstroke. He then captured the 200 yard backstroke recording a time of 1:49.53. Carbone added a runner-up finish in the 200 yard individual medley at 1:53.89, and helped the 200 yard medley relay to a second place finish in 1:34.33.
Over the break, Carbone became only the second Hoya in program history to qualify for the Olympic Trials at the U.S. Winter National Championships. He qualified in both the 100 and 200 meter backstroke events. The Olympic Trials for swimming will take place in the summer of 2020 in Omaha, Neb.
BIG EAST Female Athlete of the Week
Belinda Donohoe, Georgetown, So., Free (Cambridge, Mass.)
Donohoe gathered three wins for the Hoyas in the 50 yard freestyle, 100 yard freestyle and as part of the 200 medley relay against American and George Washington. In the 50 free, she was clocked at 23.93 and registered a 52.45 in the 100 free. Anchoring the 200 medley relay, she helped secure the win in 1:46.70. Donohoe was also the anchor leg for the runner-up 200 yard freestyle relay, which came in at 1:39.17.
Notable Performances
Josh Tosoni, Seton Hall, Jr., Breast/Free (Arnold, Md.)
Tosoni was victorious in four events over two days of competition. Against Yale, he was triumphant in both breaststroke races. He recorded times of 57.08 in the 100 yard breaststroke and 2:04.64 in the 200 yard breaststroke. He then guided the Pirates to a win over Fairfield with an individual victory in the 100 breast at 56.70, along with helping the 200 medley relay win in a time of 1:33.38.
Theresa Hutton, Seton Hall, Jr., Back/Free (Stony Point, N.Y.)
Against Fairfield, Hutton grabbed two individual and two relay wins to help the Pirates prevail. In the 100 yard backstroke, she went 58.89 and registered a 2:07.34 in the 200 yard backstroke. Hutton was also part of the winning 200 medley relay (1:47.33) and 200 freestyle relay (1:39.29).
Milly Routledge, Villanova, So., Free/Back (North Ascot, United Kingdom)
Routledge captured two wins over Princeton and Rutgers in the 200 yard freestyle and as part of the 800 freestyle relay. She was timed at 1:49.45 in the 200 free and the winning 800 free relay came in at 7:28.14. Routledge garnered two second-place finishes in the 50 yard freestyle (23.97) and 100 yard freestyle (51.28).