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Cougars Fourth At City Championships

Worcester, Mass. – Both Melissa Orzechowski (Windsor, Conn.) and Breanna Tucker (Temecula, Calif.) each had multiple top-five finishes leading the Clark University women's swimming and diving team to a fourth place finish at the Worcester City Championships at Holy Cross' Hart Center Pool over the weekend.

Orzechowski turned in a second place effort in the 1,650-yard freestyle in a time of 18:14.51, a little more than ten seconds behind event winner, Maeve Westover of Holy Cross (18:04.00). She also finished second in the 500-yard freestyle, churning out a 5:17.87 time a mere second behind the victorious Westover.

She then wrapped up her weekend's performance with a third-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:15.01 – good enough for a top five spot on the all-time Clark list.

Tucker, meanwhile, seems to be rounding into form in advance of next month's NEWMAC Championships. She finished second in the 1-meter diving event (363.60) behind event winner and league rival Veronica Nikolaki of WPI (455.92).

The scenario was the same in the 3-meter, where Nikolaki (444.81) edged not only Tucker (393.44) but Leah Guliasi (San Rafael, Calif.) who finished fourth (296.85).

Clark will return to the pool on Saturday with a home meet against Coast Guard.

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Players Mentioned

Leah Guliasi

Leah Guliasi

Graduate Student
Melissa Orzechowski

Melissa Orzechowski

Sophomore
Breanna Tucker

Breanna Tucker

5' 4"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Leah Guliasi

Leah Guliasi

Graduate Student
Melissa Orzechowski

Melissa Orzechowski

Sophomore
Breanna Tucker

Breanna Tucker

5' 4"
Senior