ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College women's swimming and diving team opened the 2014 campaign with a home tri-meet against Fredonia and Brockport Saturday afternoon at the A&E Aquatics Pavilion. Ithaca recorded 10 first-place finishes on the day, giving the Bombers two victories in the tri-meet. Ithaca outscored Brockport, 200-100, and defeated Fredonia, 177-123. 
 
The Bombers opened with a win in the 200-yard medley relay, as the team of Kylie Bangs, Grace Ayer, Lyndsay Isaksen and Lake Duffy took the top spot with a time of 1:52.71.
 
Ayer carried her momentum through the rest of the meet, as she also took first in the 50-yard backstroke with a time of 28.35. She also took the top spot in the 50-yard butterfly (28.08) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:12.83), giving her three individual first place finishes on the day.
 
Bangs, Isaksen and Duffy also secured individual first-place finishes later in the meet. Bangs took first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:01.46, while Duffy recorded a time of 25.42 in the 50-yard freestyle to pace the field. Isaksen rounded out the finishes with the top spot in the 100-yard butterfly, thanks to a time of 1:03.71.
 
Newcomer Nilza Costa earned two top finishes in her first collegiate meet. She finished first in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:09.42, and paced the field with a time of 5:25.40 in the 500-yard freestyle.
 
Ithaca returns to the pool on Saturday, Oct. 25 with a home meet against RPI. The meet is scheduled to start at 1 p.m.


Complete Meet Results