WORCESTER, Mass. – Junior Nora Herbstzuber and freshman Sienna Plutzer both won pentathlon titles, as the Holy Cross women's swimming and diving team captured a first-place finish in the Worcester City Championship at the Hart Center at the Luth Athletic Complex. The Crusaders finished the meet with a total of 1,111.5 points.

MID-DISTANCE PENATHLON:
• Plutzer won the title with a combined time of 8:45.09 over five events, including first place finishes in the 400-yard individual medley (4:36.70) and the 100-yard freestyle (56.32).
• In the 100-yard backstroke, junior Laura Arciniegas claimed first place (58.83).

SPRINT PENTATHLON:
• Herbstzuber won the title with a combined time of 4:04.55 over five events, including first-place finishes in the 200-yard individual medley (2:11.10), the 50-yard backstroke (28.48) and the 50-yard breaststroke (30.62).
• Other Crusaders to win events included senior Devin Brindle (50-yard butterfly, 27.10) and freshman Whitney Handwork (50-yard freestyle, 24.98).

DIVING:
• Junior Brenna Short took first place in both the one-meter (295.75) and three-meter (312.85) diving.
• Short's score of 295.75 on the one-meter board set a new program record and a Hart Center pool record.

UP NEXT:
• Holy Cross will return to action when it takes part in the Harold Anderson Invitational in Kingston, R.I., from Nov. 19-22.

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