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Women's swimming and diving picks up third win of season over St. Lawrence

Meg Oliphant

Women's Swimming & Diving | 11/8/2014 4:18:00 PM

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ROCHESTER, NY – The RIT (3-2) women's swimming and diving team cruised to a 123-96 win over St. Lawrence University (2-1) in dual meet action from Judson Pool on the campus of RIT Saturday afternoon. The Tigers picked up wins in six individual events led Genevieve Senecal (Westfield, MA/Westfield), who won two events.
 
RIT opened the meet with a win and a third place finish in the 200-yard medley relay. The team of Brenna Woodling (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville East), Megan O'Connor (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts), Senecal and Alex Timberlake (Churchville, NY/Churchville-Chili) won the event in a time of 1:56.55. Amy Zuccaro (Queensbury, NY/Queensbury) teamed with Ryan Shannon, Britney Merriman (Delhi, NY/Delware Academy) and Jenny Genovese (Lincoln, MA/Lincoln-Sudbury) to take home third in a time of 2:04.63.

Colleen Manning (Farmingdale, NY/St. Anthony's) won the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 2:04.64. Woodling finished second in a time of 2:05.58, followed by Caitlin Foster (Bath, ME/Morse) was third in a time of 2:06.11.

Senecal picked up her first win of the meet in the 200-yard individual medley, winning in a time of 2:19.26. Jill Sirkis was second in a time of 2:22.65, while Rachel Kobel (Bergen, NY/Byron-Bergen) was fourth in a time of 2:37.32. Senecal won her second event in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing in a time of 1:01.15. Sirkis was third in the event finishing in a time of 1:06.39.

Woodling was one of three Tigers to finish in the top four in the 100-yard backstroke, winning the event in a time of 1:03.90. Zuccaro was third in a time of 1:06.31, and Allison Crim (Manchester, MD/Manchester Valley) was fourth in a time of 1:07.01.

Foster took home the win in the 500-yard freestyle, finishing in a time of 5:36.75. Carol Anderson (Silver Spring, MD/Albert Einstein) was third (5:50.30) and Grace Morales (South Riding, VA/Freedom) was fourth (5:50.42).

Sophomore Patsy Hayes (San Jose, CA/Abraham Lincoln) won the 3-meter diving event with a score of 162.15.
 
RIT will be back in action on Saturday, Nov. 15 when the Tigers face LeMoyne College at 1 p.m. in Syracuse, N.Y.
 

Players Mentioned

Carol Anderson

Carol Anderson

Distance
5' 8"
Sophomore
Caitlin Foster

Caitlin Foster

Freestyle
5' 8"
Senior
Patsy Hayes

Patsy Hayes

Diving
5' 2"
Sophomore
Rachel  Kobel

Rachel Kobel

Breaststroke
5' 8"
Sophomore
Colleen Manning

Colleen Manning

Free/Backstroke/IM
5' 6"
Senior
Britney Merriman

Britney Merriman

Freestyle
5' 7"
Senior
Megan  O

Megan O'Connor

Breaststroke
5' 4"
Sophomore
Genevieve Senecal

Genevieve Senecal

Butterfly/IM
5' 4"
Sophomore
Alex Timberlake

Alex Timberlake

Sprint Freestyle
5' 6"
Junior
Brenna  Woodling

Brenna Woodling

Backstroke/Distance
5' 5"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Carol Anderson

Carol Anderson

5' 8"
Sophomore
Distance
Caitlin Foster

Caitlin Foster

5' 8"
Senior
Freestyle
Patsy Hayes

Patsy Hayes

5' 2"
Sophomore
Diving
Rachel  Kobel

Rachel Kobel

5' 8"
Sophomore
Breaststroke
Colleen Manning

Colleen Manning

5' 6"
Senior
Free/Backstroke/IM
Britney Merriman

Britney Merriman

5' 7"
Senior
Freestyle
Megan  O

Megan O'Connor

5' 4"
Sophomore
Breaststroke
Genevieve Senecal

Genevieve Senecal

5' 4"
Sophomore
Butterfly/IM
Alex Timberlake

Alex Timberlake

5' 6"
Junior
Sprint Freestyle
Brenna  Woodling

Brenna Woodling

5' 5"
Sophomore
Backstroke/Distance