Schenectady, N.Y. – The Ithaca College women's swimming & diving program traveled to Union College for its final dual meet of the season as the Bombers secured the 238-52 win inside Alumni Gym Pool.
In the pool, the Bombers began the day by winning the 200-yard medley relay with a combined time of 1:52.79. Their were 11 total first place finishes including impressive performances from seniors
Lauren Brady who won the 200-yard butterfly and then
Katie Champagne in the 100-yard freestyle.'
Abigail Ignagni won both the breaststroke events with a pair of good swims.
Karalyn Pawcio took home first in 1-meter diving with a total of 277.20 and then once again won on the 3-meter boards, besting teammates
Abby Marraccino and Janell Slesser.
Top Performances
200 medley relay
1st place (
Sonia Mlakar,
Emma Kidd,
Emily VanderSleen and
Jane Pfeufer), 1:52.79
1,000 free
Erin Kiley, 1st place, 11:10.08
Emma Heinze, 2nd place, 11:19.97
Caroline Armistead, 3rd place, 11:21.80
200 free
Jane Pfeufer, 1st place, 1:59.84
Jo Holman, 2nd place, 2:05.16
Chelsie Friedland, 3rd place, 2:06.88
100 back
Emily VanderSleen, 2nd place, 1:03.44
Norah Polonsky, 3rd place, 1:04.15
100 breaststroke
Abigail Ignagni, 1st place, 1:10.67
Jenna Molnar, 3rd place, 1:14.52
200 butterfly
Lauren Brady, 1st place, 2:22.45
Kerry O'Brien, 3rd place, 2:35.45
50 free
Emily VanderSleen, 1st place, 24.92 seconds
Olivia Rubino, 2nd place, 26.38 seconds
Elke Beaumont, 3rd place, 26.71 seconds
3-meter dive
Karalyn Pawcio, 1st place, 301.95 points
Abby Marraccino, 2nd place, 268.72 points
Janell Slesser, 3rd place, 244.43 points
100 free
Katie Champagne, 1st place, 56.11 seconds
Anna Rubino, 2nd place, 57.79 seconds
Josephine Holman, 3rd place, 58.36 seconds
200 back
Willa Sarcone, 1st place, 2:16.36
Chelsie Friedland, 2nd place, 2:17.98
Norah Polonsky, 3rd place, 2:19.33
200 breast
Abigail Ignagni, 1st place, 2:32.37
Jenna Molnar, 2nd place, 2:35.30
500 free
Sonia Mlakar, 1st place, 5:24.47
Erin Kiley, 2nd place, 5:28.69
Emma Heinze, 3rd place, 5:37.87
100 fly
Naomi Fry, 1st place 1:01.33
Norah Polonsky, 2nd place, 1:04.70
Natalie Nelson, 3rd place, 1:06.88
1-meter dive
Karalyn Pawcio, 1st place, 277.20 points
Abby Marraccino, 2nd place, 274.79 points
Eliza Salus, 3rd place, 245.92 points
200 IM
Angela Merch, 1st place, 2:17.93
Katie Champagne, 2nd place, 2:18.13
400 freestyle relays
Sonia Mlakar,
Naomi Fry,
Jane Pfeufer and
Emily VanderSleen, 1st place, 3:42.18
Divers will return to action next Saturday hosting the Genaca Diving Invitational at 12:00 p.m. and the entire program will take part in the four-day Liberty League Championships beginning on Wednesday, February 15.