BABSON PARK, Mass. (November 15, 2024) – Freshman Lilith Peterson and junior Kristy Barry spearheaded 20 top three finishes for Stonehill College as it visited Babson College for a dual match at Morse Pool tonight.

Peterson won both breaststroke events to account for Stonehill's two event wins on the night. She started by taking first in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:09.25, finishing ahead of junior Jami Hepburn in second at 1:11.21. Freshman Rena Gilligan placed fourth in 1:13.11.
 

Peterson won both breaststroke events to lead the Skyhawks at Babson tonight (PHOTO BY Schuyler Meyer/Stockton Photo)

Peterson followed that up with a first-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:32.03, while Hepburn finished third in 2:37.42 and Gilligan placed fourth in 2:46.36.

Peterson swam the breaststroke leg for a Stonehill relay that finished second in the 400-yard medley relay in 4:08.75. Freshman Elizabeth Weston swam the lead backstroke leg, followed by Peterson, and then senior Sharlotte Lundell completed the butterfly leg before Idowu swam the freestyle anchor leg. Stonehill's B-relay of freshman Maddie Gomez, Hepburn, postgrad Katie Keating and Gilligan finished third in 4:16.20.

Barry started with a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle by less than a half second with her time of 2:02.69. Gomez finished fourth in 2:09.35.

Barry and sophomore Grace Idowu finished second and third, respectively, in the 100-yard freestyle. Barry clocked in at a season-best 56.39 seconds, while Idowu posted a time of 56.45. Freshman Chihiro Bringman clocked in in less than a minute with her time of 59.76 seconds for sixth overall.

Barry rounded out her second-place finishes in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:16.49. She swam the opening butterfly leg in 28.50 seconds, followed by a 34.96-second split for the backstroke, 40.62-seconds for the breaststroke, and then swimming the freestyle anchor leg in 31.93. Lundell finished fourth in a season-best 2:22.93, while Gomez took fifth in 2:24.51.

Barry also swam the anchor leg for Stonehill's 200-yard freestyle relay that finished second in 1:44.29. Sophomore Sherri Danforth swam the lead leg in 26.70 seconds, followed by Idowu completing the second leg in 25.37 seconds and Hepburn completing the third leg in 26.38 before Barry finished the anchor in 25.84.
 

Barry was a part of four second place finishes for the Skyhawks on Friday night, including three individual finishes (PHOTO BY Schuyler Meyer/Stockton Photo)

Weston posted a second-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:03.03, while classmate Sorina Cheng was fourth in 1:03.55 as the top four were separated by a mere 1.08-seconds, with a 0.52-second split between Weston and Cheng in second and fourth.

Weston followed that up with a second-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke in 2:19.19, while Cheng finished third in 2:20.98.

Babson took the head-to-head win over Stonehill 182-97.
 
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Stonehill is right back in action next weekend when it competes at the Harold Anderson Invitational, hosted by the University of Rhode Island, at Tootell Aquatics Center in Kington, Rhode Island, Thursday through Sunday, November 21-24.
 
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