WASHINGTON (October 29, 2021) – Howard University women's swimming & diving team had several outstanding individual performances Friday night, but was not enough as the Bison fell to crosstown foe American, 144-79.
 
In front of a packed house at Burr Pool, HU earned a pair of victories while seeing multiple Bison land on the school's all-time performance list.
 
Sophomore Alana Josey (York, Pa.) won the 1000 Free, fall just short of setting the all-time mark with a 10:58.29 time (second-best in program history). Fellow classmate Kaliyah Albury (Nassau, Bahamas) joined Josey in the 1000 Free where she registered the 10^th-fastest in school history (11:42.09).
 
Josey also competed in the 200 Fly, finishing runner-up with the fifth-fastest time in school history (2:13.89).
 
In the 200 Back, juniors Courtney Connolly (White Lake, Mich.) and Breyahna Tyme (Ontario, Canada) placed third (2:16.99) and fourth (2:17.83), respectively. As a result, both Bison sit eighth and ninth, respectively, in the program's record book.
 
Second-year Bison Isabella Fountain (White Plains, N.Y.) saw success in the 50 Free (24.38) and 100 Free (53.68), finishing runner-up in both events. The New York product clocked the eighth and 10^th best marks in school history, respectively.
 
Other notable performances in the pool included sophomore Michaela Spears (Chicago) competing in the 400 IM and recording the sixth-fastest time in program history (4:51.05) and newcomer Zaylie-Elizabeth Thompson (Nassau, Bahamas) taking second in the 500 Free (5:25.10) with the ninth-best mark in school history.
 
On the board, junior Teyana Johnson (San Antonio) won the 1-meter dive with a score of 204.83.
 
On Nov. 6, Howard competes in its first road dual meet of the season at Virginia Military Institute. First race starts at 1 p.m.
 
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