Women's Swimming & Diving | 1/23/2016 4:53:00 PM
Meet Results
ROCHESTER, NY – Despite a pair of school records from senior diver
Natalie Snyder (Rockville, MD/Rockville), the RIT women's swimming and diving squad (6-4) dropped a tough decision to Genesee River rival Rochester (6-3), falling by a score of 199.5-96.5 at Judson Pool on Saturday afternoon.
Snyder began the day by crushing her own school record (previously 293.15, set last season) in the 1-meter diving by just under 35 points with an incredible score of 328.05. She won the event by nearly 55 points. In the 3-meter, Snyder broke former teammate
Sam Huselstein (Olean, NY/Olean)'s school mark of 256.95 with a score of 264.75. Incredibly, Synder did not earn the outright win, as Danielle Neu of Rochester recorded an identical score of 264.75 for the tie.
Olivia Phillips (Louisville, CO/Fairview) and
Amy Adams (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy) were the only other swimmers to record victories for the Tigers on Saturday. Phillips won the 200-yard backstroke by just under a second in a time of 2:15.33, while Adams won the 200-yard breaststroke nearly five seconds in a time of 2:35.07. Adams also had a second place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:09.45) and was third in the 200-yard individual medley (2:23.63). Phillips was third in the 100-backstroke in 1:04.10.
Daylen Smith (Lockwood, NY/Waverly) and
Sarah Evans (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna) were second and third in the 50-yard freestyle, finishing with times of 26.23 and 26.37 seconds, respectively. Smith was also third in the 100-free (57.35).
Adeline Maykish (Caldwell, NJ/Caldwell) picked up a second place finish in the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 5:35.75 and was third in the 1,000-yard freestyle (11:10.34).
Megan O'Connor (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts) placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 1:13.24, while
Grace Morales (South Riding, VA/Freedom) recorded a third place finish in the 200-fly (2:34.97).
Both RIT relay teams (200-yard medley relay and 400-yard free relay) placed third on the afternoon.
RIT wraps up the regular season with a home dual meet against Nazareth on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 1 p.m. The Tigers will honor its senior class before the meet.
