Women's Swimming & Diving | 1/18/2017 10:41:00 PM
GENEVA, NY – The RIT women's swimming and diving team won its sixth straight dual meet and moved to 7-1 in 2016-17 after defeating William Smith College (7-2), 142-94 at Bristol Pool on Wednesday evening.
RIT won nine of the first 11 events and set three Bristol Pool records en route to the win. RIT opened the meet with 13 points in the 200-yard medley relay, as the quartet of
Sedera Zbranak (Austin, TX/Lake Travis),
Amy Adams (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy),
Genevieve Senecal (Westfield, MA/Westfield), and
Daylen Smith (Lockwood, NY/Waverly) took first by nearly three seconds in a pool record time of 1:51.01. The relay squad of
Eleanor O'Gorman (Yarmouth, ME/Yarmouth),
Megan O'Connor (Spring City, PA/Owen J. Roberts), Katie Ward, and
Sarah Evans (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna) finished third in 1:57.99.
Zbranak, who was named to the Liberty League Women's Swimming and Diving Honor Roll after winning three individual events in last Saturday's win over Hamilton, garnered two more wins tonight, taking the 200-yard freestyle by just over five seconds over teammate
Brenna Woodling (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville East) in 1:59.99 and the 100-yard backstroke over O'Gorman in a pool record time of 59.31 seconds.
Adeline Maykish (Caldwell, NJ/Caldwell) also won two individual events for the Tigers, first taking the 1,000-yard freestyle in nearly 11 seconds in 11:11.86 and the 500-freestyle by just over a second in 5:32.27. Senecal and
Olivia Phillips (Louisville, CO/Fairview) highlighted a 1-2 finish for the Tigers in the 100-yard butterfly, with Senecal coming out on top in a pool record time of 1:00.19. Phillips was also the runner-up in the 1,000-free
Smith won the 50-yard freestyle by seven one-hundredths of a second over O'Gorman in 26.37 seconds, while
Emily Lederman (Morgantown, WV/Morgantown) edged Smith in the 100-free by 14 one-hundredths of a second in 56.02 seconds.
Rachel Kobel (Bergen, NY/Byron-Bergen) completed a 1-2-3 sweep for the Tigers in the 100-free.
Amanda Drake (Endicott, NY/Maine Endwell) won the 3-meter diving event for the Tigers with a score of 213.55, while
Megan Smith (Monroe, CT/Masuk) placed third. Drake and Smith finished second and third in the 1-meter.
RIT is right back in action at 1 p.m. Saturday, with a road contest at Liberty League Champion Rochester.
