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Women's swimming and diving cruises to 149-80 win over William Smith

Rugile Kaladyte

Women's Swimming & Diving | 1/21/2014 5:02:00 PM

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ROCHESTER, NY – The RIT women's swimming and diving team (4-6) handled Liberty League foe William Smith (6-4) in a 149-80 win on Tuesday afternoon. The meet opened wth a thrilling 200-yard medley relay, where the Tigers just edged out the Herons by two hundreths of a second, and RIT never looked back.

It was the team of #Brenna Woodling (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville East)#, #Megan O'Connor (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts)#, Genna Senecal and #Alex Timberlake (Churchville, NY/Churchville-Chili)# that won the opening relay with a time of 1:55.93. Hobart finished in a close second with a time of 1:55.95. Woodling would then go on to win the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:03.52. #Colleen Manning (Farmingdale, NY/St. Anthony's)# was a close second in the race finishing in 2:04.50.

#Katie Baldwin (Phelps, NY/Midlakes)# had a solid meet earning first place finishes in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle. Senecal went on to win two more races herself taking the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:18.49, and the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:17.54. Woodling would wrap up here day with a win in the 500-yard freestyle while #Carol Anderson (Silver Spring, MD/Albert Einstein) grabbed second place.

In the diving it was all RIT as #Sam Huselstein (Olean, NY/Olean) took first place in the one meter dive with a score of 212.20 and the three meter dive with a score of 223.40. (Endicott, NY/Maine Endwell)Lori Liebman (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Lakeland) and Patsy Hayes (San Jose, CA/Abraham Lincoln)# were next in line finishing in second and third respectively in both diving events.

It was an all around team effort in the win, as RIT had a first place finisher in 10 of the 13 events on the day.

The Tigers will stay home for a meet this upcoming Saturday, Jan. 25 with crosstown rival Rochester, with the meet set to begin at 1 p.m.

Players Mentioned

Katie Baldwin

Katie Baldwin

Sprint Freestyle
5' 7"
Senior
Sam Huselstein

Sam Huselstein

Diving
5' 8"
Junior
Lori Liebman

Lori Liebman

Diving
5' 1"
Senior
Colleen Manning

Colleen Manning

Free/Backstroke/IM
5' 6"
Junior
Alex Timberlake

Alex Timberlake

Sprint Freestyle
5' 6"
Sophomore
Carol Anderson

Carol Anderson

Distance
5' 8"
First Year
Patsy Hayes

Patsy Hayes

Diving
5' 2"
First Year
Megan  O

Megan O'Connor

Breaststroke
5' 4"
First Year
Brenna  Woodling

Brenna Woodling

Backstroke/Distance
5' 5"
First Year
Amanda Drake

Amanda Drake

Diving
5' 5"
First Year

Players Mentioned

Katie Baldwin

Katie Baldwin

5' 7"
Senior
Sprint Freestyle
Sam Huselstein

Sam Huselstein

5' 8"
Junior
Diving
Lori Liebman

Lori Liebman

5' 1"
Senior
Diving
Colleen Manning

Colleen Manning

5' 6"
Junior
Free/Backstroke/IM
Alex Timberlake

Alex Timberlake

5' 6"
Sophomore
Sprint Freestyle
Carol Anderson

Carol Anderson

5' 8"
First Year
Distance
Patsy Hayes

Patsy Hayes

5' 2"
First Year
Diving
Megan  O

Megan O'Connor

5' 4"
First Year
Breaststroke
Brenna  Woodling

Brenna Woodling

5' 5"
First Year
Backstroke/Distance
Amanda Drake

Amanda Drake

5' 5"
First Year
Diving