DAY FOUR
10:45 p.m.
Rhode Island Swimming & Diving finished ninth after the final day of events in Geneva, Ohio. The University of Richmond won for the fifth straight year and 13th time since 2002.
- Jenna Kirchoff earned two points with a 15th-place finish in the 1650-yard freestyle, finishing in 17:22.16.
- Lauren Folkert picked up four points in the 200-yard backstroke, finishing in 2:02.92.
- Chaya Zabludoff finished 11th in the 100-yard freestyle, earning six points with a finals time of 51.08s.
- Jessica Andruzzi and Carly Deliberty combined for seven points in the 200-yard breaststroke, finishing in 2:21.32 and 2:22.00, respectively.
- The 400-yard freestyle relay team of Zabludoff, Whalen, Haggan, and Ferrell placed eighth, swimming 3:28.35, and picking up 22 points.
5:09 p.m.
- Lauren Folkert qualified for the consolation finals in the 200-yard backstroke, finishing 14th in the prelims, with a time of 2:03.35.
- Chaya Zabludoff qualified for the consolation finals in the 100-yard freestyle, finishing 10th in the prelims, with a time of 51.38s.
- Jessica Andruzzi qualified for the consolation finals in the 200-yard breaststroke, finishing ninth in the prelims, with a time of 2:20.01.
- Carly Deliberty qualified for the consolation finals in the in the 200-yard breaststroke, finishing 14th in the prelims, with a time of 2:22.17.
9:49 a.m.
Chaya Zabludoff picked up her second fourth-place finish of the weekend, swimming the 200-yard freestyle in 1:49.79. She was 0.4 seconds out of second place.
Today's morning session preliminary events and competitors are:
- 200-yard Backstroke - Lauren Folkert, Emily Thomesen, Hannah Homans, Kelsey Lynch
- 100-yard Freestyle - Chaya Zabludoff, Porshe Ferrell, Bridget Whalen, Carly Deliberty, Caitlin Haggan, Sarah Keshishian, Lauren Folkert, Shelby Stang, Colette Aubin, Tessa Brouillard, Kelsey Lynch
- 200-yard Breaststroke - Jessica Andruzzi, Carly Deliberty, Rachel Revolinski, Kenna Melkonian, Becca Kosakowski
- 200-yard Butterfly - Bridget Whalen, Kate Snyder, Sydney Williams
DAY THREE
12:10 p.m.
- Hannah Homans wins Heat 4 of the 100-yard backstroke prelims!
11:20 a.m.
- Caitlin Haggan comes on strong late in her heat of the 200-yard freestyle to finish fourth in Heat 4 of the prelims.
11:00 a.m.
Rhode Island enters today in ninth place.
Chaya Zabludoff had Rhode Island's best finish so far, coming in fourth place in the 500-yard freestyle finals last night. The senior swimmer finished the race in 4:52.18.
Zabludoff also swam with the 200-yard freestyle relay team that finished in ninth place in the event. Porshe Ferrell, Caitlin Haggan, and Bridget Whalen made up the other three legs of the relay.
In the morning session of Day Three, the following five women's preliminary events will take place, all of which include Rhode Island competitors:
- 400-yard Individual Medley - Sydney Williams & Jenna Kirchoff
- 100-yard Butterfly - Bridget Whalen, Kate Snyder, Colette Aubin, Hannah Homans
- 200-yard Freestyle - Chaya Zabludoff, Porshe Ferrell, Sarah Keshishian, Lauren Folkert, Caitlin Haggan, Shelby Stang, Sydney Williams, Kate Snyder, Jenna Kirchoff, Tessa Brouillard, Kesley Lynch
- 100-yard Breaststroke - Carly Deliberty, Jessica Andruzzi, Rachel Revolinski, Kenna Melkonian, Becca Kosakowski
- 100-yard Backstroke - Emily Thomesen, Lauren Folkert, Hannah Homans, Colette Aubin
The Women's 3-meter Diving preliminaries will be the only event of today's afternoon session. Julie Coleman, Kate Middleton, and Cara Brown will dive for Rhody.
Tonight will feature the finals in all six of today's events, as well as the 400-yard medley relay.
Follow this blog, @RhodySwimDive on Twitter, or the A10 Live Results for constant updates throughout the weekend.
DAY TWO
3:04 p.m.
Rhode Island's Chaya Zabludoff will compete in the finals of the 500-yard freestyle event tonight at the Atlantic 10 Swimming and Diving Championships. Zabludoff was the only Rhody swimmer to qualify for a finals heat during day two.
The evening session for February 19 will consist of finals heats in the following events:
- W/M 500-yard Freestyle
- W/M 200-yard Individual Medley
- W/M 50-yard Freestyle
- Men 1-meter Diving
- W/M 200-meter Freestyle Relay
11:25 a.m.
Day two of the 2015 Atlantic 10 Swimming and Diving Championships began at 10:00 a.m. with the 500-yard freestyle prelims. Rhode Island's Chaya Zabludoff qualified for the finals with a fourth-place time of 4:54.56.
The rest of the morning will consist of prelims in the Men's 500-yard freestyle, W/M 200-yard IM, and W/M 50-yard freestyle.
The afternoon session for February 19 will consist of time trials in the following events:
- Women's 500-yard Freestyle
- Women's 200-yard Individual Medley
- W/M 50-yard Freestyle
- W/M 100-yard Breaststroke
- Men's 100-yard Backstroke
The Men's 1-meter diving prelims will take place at 1:00 p.m. today.
DAY ONE - 9:30 p.m.
The Massachusetts Minutewomen lead the way after day one of the 2015 Atlantic 10 Swimming and Diving Championships in Geneva, Ohio.
Following Massachusetts in the standings after day one are Richmond (101), La Salle (78), Davidson (69), Duquesne (64), Fordham (60), George Mason (54), Saint Louis (44), Rhode Island (42) and George Washington (14).
Rhode Island's 200-yard medley relay team of Thomesen, Revolinski, Aubin, and Ferrell took seventh in the event, finishing in 1:43.99, a half-second behind fifth-place Massachusetts.
The 800-yard freestyle relay team, made up of Zabludoff, Keshishian, Kirchoff, and Folkert came in ninth place, in a time of 7:32.70.
In other Championship action, competing in their first A-10 Swimming Championship, the Davidson women's 800-yard freestyle relay team set a new A-10 Conference and Championship record with a time of 7:16.81. The time was also a SPIRE Institute pool record.
The championships resume Thursday morning with the preliminary events beginning at 10:00 am followed by finals at 6:30 pm. Live results can be found HERE.