Saturday, October 17
Lynchburg, Va.
10:00 AM ET
Liberty University
166
vs
184
Rutgers
Liberty Goes 1-1 at Alumnae Weekend Meet
10/17/2026 12:04:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Liberty swimming & diving team posted a 1-1 record at its alumnae weekend meet, which finished Saturday at Liberty Natatorium.
The Lady Flames beat JMU 233-120 while falling to Rutgers 184-166. The Scarlet Knights defeated the Dukes 225-124.
Liberty now holds a 2-2 record on the season, while Rutgers is 2-0 and JMU, 0-2.
The meet has special significance to the program, as the Lady Flames are raising awareness for cancer research. It is also the team's alumnae recognition meet, thanking alumnae for their contributions in building a championship program. There was an alumnae relay immediately following the final swimming event today.
Liberty Top 3 Finishers
The Lady Flames will head to Miami next weekend for the Dual-A-Pool-Ooza. Liberty will compete against Miami (Fla.) on Friday at noon in Coral Gables, Fla., before facing Vanderbilt (10 a.m.) and host FIU (3 p.m.) in separate dual meets on Saturday in Doral, Fla.
The Lady Flames beat JMU 233-120 while falling to Rutgers 184-166. The Scarlet Knights defeated the Dukes 225-124.
Liberty now holds a 2-2 record on the season, while Rutgers is 2-0 and JMU, 0-2.
The meet has special significance to the program, as the Lady Flames are raising awareness for cancer research. It is also the team's alumnae recognition meet, thanking alumnae for their contributions in building a championship program. There was an alumnae relay immediately following the final swimming event today.
Liberty Top 3 Finishers
- 400 medley relay – 2nd place: 3:45.09 (Gwyneth Frick – 56.61; Aly Bozzuto – 1:02.47; Carly Larson – 55.89; Sadie Huenefeld – 50.12)
- So. Emma Herrera – 1000 freestyle – 2nd place: 10:22.82
- Jr. Aly Bozzuto – 100 freestyle – 1st place: 51.14; 200 breaststroke – 2nd place: 2:20.07
- Jr. Natalie Colarossi – 100 freestyle – 3rd place: 51.62
- So. Gwyneth Frick – 200 backstroke – 2nd place: 2:02.15
- So. Riley Leach – 200 butterfly – 1st place: 2:02.32; 200 IM – 1st place: 2:05.19
- Fr. Elizabeth Ann Hobby – One-meter diving (6) – 2nd place: 268.90
- Sr. Shannon Icard – One-meter diving (6) – 3rd place: 268.75
- 400 freestyle relay – 2nd place: 3:27.44 (Aly Bozzuto – 52.79; Natalie Colarossi – 51.19; Carly Larson – 50.93; Sadie Huenefeld – 52.53)
- This weekend's meet features a two-day format, with team point totals carrying over until tomorrow.
- For the meet as a whole, Rutgers won all four relays, four individual swimming events and three-meter diving. The Lady Flames claimed nine swimming races, while JMU won one-meter diving.
- Liberty's Riley Leach (200 fly, 200 IM, 400 IM) and Aly Bozzuto (100 free, 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke) both won three individual events, while Emma Herrera (500 free), Gwyneth Frick (100 back) and Sadie Huenefeld (200 free) won one event each.
- Elizabeth Ann Hobby (268.90) and Shannon Icard (268.75) both qualified for the 2027 NCAA Division I Zone A Diving Championships, both surpassing the standard of 265.00 for one-meter diving.
- Rutgers edged Liberty in the 400 medley relay, 3:44.85 to 3:45.09.
- In the 100 freestyle, Aly Bozzuto won in 51.14, followed closely by Rutgers' Anna Vlachou (51.37) and Liberty's Natalie Colarossi (51.62).
- Hobby's 268.90 from this morning is ranked eighth on the program's all-time top 10 performers list for one-meter diving.
- Liberty is 7-3 all-time against James Madison in dual meets, with the Lady Flames winning the last five meetings.
- Current Liberty associate head coach Jessica Barnes served as an assistant coach at Rutgers before coming to Liberty as its first swimming & diving assistant coach in 2010.
- Rutgers is 1-0 all-time in dual meets against Liberty. However, Liberty competed in midseason invitationals hosted by Rutgers in both 2016 and 2017.
The Lady Flames will head to Miami next weekend for the Dual-A-Pool-Ooza. Liberty will compete against Miami (Fla.) on Friday at noon in Coral Gables, Fla., before facing Vanderbilt (10 a.m.) and host FIU (3 p.m.) in separate dual meets on Saturday in Doral, Fla.
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