By Chandler Brandes, ACC Beat Writer
Notre Dame hosted Iowa, Illinois State, Grand Canyon, and Missouri State in the annual Shamrock Invitational at the Rolfs Aquatic Center on Jan. 29-30.
The Irish men beat Missouri State 230-128, but fell to Grand Canyon 224.5-145.5 and Iowa 220-150. The Notre Dame women defeated Iowa 258-111, Illinois State 312-58, and Grand Canyon 254-115.
Day One
The Notre Dame team of Catherine Mulquin, Cat Galletti, Tayde Revilak, and Ella Moynihan won the women’s 200 free relay (1:23.53). The team of Mulquin, Danielle Margheret, Galletti, and Moynihan also won the 400 medley relay (3:43.47).
The Fighting Irish team of Justin Plaschka, Tabahn Afrik, Reed Fujan, and Daniel Speers took second in the 200 free relay (1:21.25). Bogac Ayhan, Andrew Jensen, Matthew Grauslys, and Afrik finished third in the 400 medley relay (3:20.20).
Notre Dame swept the women’s 1 diving, led by Emma Gaboury (284.65), followed by Lindsey Streepey (276.30) and Annie Crea (275.30).
The Fighting Irish also swept the women’s 500 free, won by Moynihan (4:55.07). Teammates Alice Treuth (4:59.30) and Molly Treble (5:01.53) finished second and third, respectively.
Day Two
Both the women’s 200 medley relay (1:42.41) and 800 free relay (7:31.05) won on day two. Revilak led Notre Dame’s sweep of the women’s 100 fly, winning in 54.95.
Moynihan won the women’s 200 free (1:51.35), followed by teammate Kyra Sarazen (1:52.65). Trent Jackson won the men’s 200 free (1:40.00).
Other Notre Dame event winners included Mulquin in the women’s 100 free (50.42), Nicole Smith in the women’s 200 fly (2:02.06), and Katie Miller in the women’s 400 IM (4:23.91).
The team of Mulquin, Moynihan, Galletti, and Revilak concluded the meet by winning the 400 free relay (3:20.29), breaking the previous pool record of 3:21.16 set back in 2013.
The Fighting Irish compete next at the ACC Championships in Greensboro.
Full meet results: 2016 Shamrock Invitational – Results