CLEVELAND, Ohio – Toledo freshman Leah Gentry-Tuney and sophomore Janne Slegers led the Toledo women's swimming & diving team on the first day of Cleveland State's 11^th Annual Magnus Cup Invitational on Thursday evening. Both swimmers placed in the top 10 in an individual event, as well as swimming on both of Toledo's top-10 relay teams.

Gentry-Tuney made a statement in the 50 breaststroke, finishing runner-up with a time of 28.52 to beat the former meet record (28.64) set in 2021, while Slegers finished 10th overall in the 50 freestyle with a time of 23.76.  
 
Senior Lauren Kilgore swam a 2:02.21 in the 200 IM to finish fourth, for her fastest time this season. Senior Madison Giglio led UT on the 3-meter diving boards with a fifth-place finish (263.90), followed by sophomore Annie Bartlett who finished ninth overall (245.60). Senior Jovana Duric rounded out the top 10 of the 500 freestyle clocking in at 5:01.26, her fastest time this season.

Toledo's 200 freestyle relay team of Slegers, freshman Leah Evans, senior Kennedy Lovell, and Gentry-Tuney touched the wall third overall at 1:32.97, the fastest time by the Midnight Blue and Gold so far this year. UT wrapped up Friday's schedule with a sixth-place finish in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:45.13 by junior Faith Sill, Gentry-Tuney, Evans, and Sleggers.

In the team standings, Toledo is in fifth place with 191 team points, six points behind fourth-place Tulane. The Rockets had a big turnout in the prelims to advance 13 swimmers and three divers to the finals and recorded eight top-10 finishes.

The invitational continues tomorrow with prelims at 9:00 a.m., followed by 1-meter diving at 1:00 p.m., and the finals heats at 6:00 p.m.

Magnus Cup Invitational
Cleveland, Ohio | Busbey Natatorium
Thursday-Sunday, Nov. 16-19

Toledo's Thursday Results (Finals)

50 Breaststroke
2. Leah Gentry-Tuney – 28.52 PR
23. Alicia Zarzo-Ramirez – 30.36

500 Freestyle
10. Jovana Duric – 5:01.26
22. Kennedy Lovell – 5:00.96
24. Lindsey Creek – 5:05.96
35. Clarke Doyle – 5:06.32 PR

200 IM
4. Lauren Kilgore – 2:02.21
17. Leah Evans – 2:07.19 PR
32. Paula Pavillard-Salvador – 2:08.64

50 Freestyle
10. Janne Slegers – 23.76
13. Leah Gentry-Tuney – 23.65
16. Leah Evans – 23.88
23. Kennedy Lovell – 23.77

3-Meter
5. Madison Giglio – 263.90
9. Annie Bartlett – 245.60
11. Kassie Gutierrez – 232.10

200 Freestyle Relay
3. Janne Slegers, Leah Evans, Kennedy Lovell, Leah Gentry-Tuney – 1:32.97
15. Lauren Kilgore, Sydney Conrad, Faith Sill, Mackenzie Carter – 1:36.12

400 Medley Relay
6. Faith Sill, Leah Gentry-Tuney, Leah Evans, Janne Slegers – 3:45.13
12. Gracie Pardue, Alicia Zarzo-Ramirez, Sydney Conrad, Lauren Kilgore – 3:48.61