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Women's Swimming & Diving

Women's Swimming & Diving Sweeps Cortland

CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Ithaca College women's swimming and diving remained unbeaten on Saturday as the Bombers defeated SUNY Cortland, 217.5 – 82.5, at Harriet Holsten Pool.  With the win, Ithaca, which won all 16 events, improved to 4-0 overall while Cortland fell to 0-2 on the young season.

Ithaca began the day with a win in the 400 medley relay as Justine Wantz, Samantha Reilly, Grace Ayer and Lake Duffy beat the field by more than 11 seconds with a winning time of 4:05.28.  Ithaca also finished second in the same event as Jaclyn Pecze, Ashley Warren, Alex Estanislau and Cassie Papaleo completed the race in 4:16.81.

The Bombers would take the top two spots in the 1000 free as well with Hannah Parbst finishing first out of six competitors with a mark of 11:17.06.  Nilza Costa was runner-up after touching the wall in 11:19.19.  Parbst would also win the 200 breaststroke by over four seconds with a mark of 2:38.11.  Casey Koenig finished second after touching the wall in 2:42.33.

In the 200 free, Duffy placed first in 2:01.36 and would later place second in the 100 free (56.13).

Reilly won the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:03.04 and later the 200 backstroke (2:17.03) while Warren posted a time of 1:11.03, which was good for a first place finish in the 100 breaststroke.

Emily Altchiler posted a top finish in the 200 fly with a winning time of 2:16.56 and the 200 IM (2:19.36) before the Bombers took the top two spots in the 50 free with Genevieve Tripler finishing first (25.88) and Pecze finishing close behind in second place (25.92).

Ayer continued her dominance in the 100 free after beating the field by nearly a second with a winning time of 55.63.  Wantz finished third overall behind Ayer and Duffy with a time of 58.17.  Ayer would also take first in the 100 fly after posting a time of 1:01.27.

In the 500 free, Brenna Dowd and Catherine Tompkins finished first and second, respectively.  Dowd's mark of 5:31.17 was over three seconds ahead of the pack.

Ithaca capped the swimming portion of the meet with a win in the 200 free relay after completing the race in 1:42.42.

In the diving portion of the meet, Ithaca posted the top three spots in the 1-meter with Alyssa Wishart pacing the field with 246.90 points.  Lindsey Suddaby and Katie Helly finished second and third, respectively.

On the 3-meter board, Suddaby's 260.40 points took first place overall while Helly claimed second place with 257.10.

Ithaca will look to make it five wins in a row at 7 p.m. on Tuesday when it hosts William Smith inside the A&E Center Aquatics Pavilion.   
 
 
 

Players Mentioned

Grace Ayer

Grace Ayer

Free/IM
Senior
Nilza Costa

Nilza Costa

Free
Junior
Brenna Dowd

Brenna Dowd

Free
Senior
Lake Duffy

Lake Duffy

Free
Senior
Katie Helly

Katie Helly

Dive
Junior
Casey Koenig

Casey Koenig

Breast/Butterfly/IM
Sophomore
Cassie Papaleo

Cassie Papaleo

Free
Senior
Hannah  Parbst

Hannah Parbst

Free/Breast
Sophomore
Jaclyn Pecze

Jaclyn Pecze

Free
Sophomore
Samantha Reilly

Samantha Reilly

IM/Breast
Senior

Players Mentioned

Grace Ayer

Grace Ayer

Senior
Free/IM
Nilza Costa

Nilza Costa

Junior
Free
Brenna Dowd

Brenna Dowd

Senior
Free
Lake Duffy

Lake Duffy

Senior
Free
Katie Helly

Katie Helly

Junior
Dive
Casey Koenig

Casey Koenig

Sophomore
Breast/Butterfly/IM
Cassie Papaleo

Cassie Papaleo

Senior
Free
Hannah  Parbst

Hannah Parbst

Sophomore
Free/Breast
Jaclyn Pecze

Jaclyn Pecze

Sophomore
Free
Samantha Reilly

Samantha Reilly

Senior
IM/Breast