LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. (January 18, 2025) – Stonehill College competed in a dual meet with Siena College, earning six event wins, but the Saints took a 238.5-128.5 head-to-head decision in women's swimming action at the Siena Swim Center this afternoon.
Stonehill's 200-yard medley relay shined with a first-place finish to start the meet in 1:49.65. Freshman
Maddie Gomez opened with a personal-best 27.68-second backstroke leg, before junior
Taylor Belanger swam the breaststroke leg in 30.70 seconds and sophomore
Grace Idowu finished the butterfly leg in 26.36-seconds before junior
Kristy Barry completed the freestyle anchor leg in 24.91.
Freshman
Elizabeth Weston shined in the backstroke events for Stonehill, starting with a first-place finish at 100 yards in a personal-best 59.66-seconds, while Gomez finished third in 1:00.44.
Belanger won the 100-yd for the Skyhawks (PHOTO BY Maggie Gallagher '27) |
The 50-yard sprint events were competed as "skins" events with half the entries eliminated after a run. Weston later added a second-place finish in the 50-yard backstroke "skins" event with a final round time of 29.86 seconds. She was also second in the first round in a personal-best 28.02 seconds and semifinals in 28.48.
Senior
Sharlotte Lundell won the 100-yard butterfly in 1:00.26, while postgrad
Katie Keating placed third in 1:01.59 and junior
Azia Koser was fourth in a season-best 1:02.16.
Belanger and fellow junior
Jami Hepburn swept their way to first and second in the 50-yard breaststroke, respectively. Belanger took the head-to-head final with Hepburn in 31.34 seconds, with Hepburn finishing in 32.58. Belanger opened with a 30.88 split in the first round, with a mere 0.04 behind in second in a season-best 30.92 seconds. Belanger also won the semifinal heat in 31.24 seconds, with Hepburn second in 31.57.
Barry followed up a school-record performance in the 100-yard individual medley relay at Brandeis on Wednesday with a second-place finish in the event today in 1:09.90, while Gomez finished off a solid afternoon with a fourth-place finish in 1:03.08.
Barry also took second in the 400-yard individual medley in 4:47.93. She finished the butterfly leg in 1:03.73, before swimming the backstroke leg in 1:13.14, finishing the breaststroke leg in 1:26.23 and the freestyle anchor leg in 1:07.72.
Lundell won the 100-yard butterfly today (PHOTO BY Bob Blanchard) |
Freshman
Lilith Peterson and Hepburn turned in strong performances in the 100-yard breaststroke and were separated by just a tenth of a second. Peterson finished second in 1:09.23, while Hepburn placed third in a season-best 1:09.23.
More Results
- Freshman Chihiro Bringman led four Skyhawks in the 200-yard freestyle with a third-place finish in a season-best 2:03.50.
- Idowu finished third in the 100-yard freestyle in 54.87 seconds to lead four Skyhawks in the event. Senior Julie Mastroianni placed sixth in 58.69.
"Skins" Results
- Lundell reached the second round of the 50-yard butterfly, finishing fourth in the opening heat in 27.38 seconds and then tied for third in the semifinal heat in 27.37.
- Idowu placed fifth in the 50-yard freestyle in 25.31 seconds to lead four Skyhawk entries.
Up Next
Stonehill returns to action next Saturday for its Senior Meet against Merrimack College at Massasoit Community College Poll at 1 p.m. The Skyhawks are gearing up for the 2025 Northeast Conference Championships at Spire Academy in Geneva, Ohio, February 19-22.
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