TROY, N.Y. – The Ithaca College women's swimming & diving team bested the competition on Saturday as the team earned dual victories over Cortland, RPI and Skidmore as part of the Henry Kumpf Invitational. The Bombers saw Kailee Payne break a pool record on the 1-meter boards as she put together an 11-dive total of 306.55 as she led the way for IC as they ended up sweeping the top-3 places within both diving events.

The Bombers began their afternoon by winning the 400-yard medley relay with Katie Champagne, Spencer Carroll, Kathleen Papiernik, Samantha Bender besting the field by just nearly two seconds. In the 1000-yard freestyle Alex Eakin earned a second-place result touching the final wall with a recorded time of 11:11.20. It proved to be a super competitive 50-yard freestyle with RPI's Vera Korff (25.03) winning the race, but IC's Spencer Carroll and Samantha Bender both tied for third with their time of 23.35. 
 
Final Results (Team):
Ithaca College – 604
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – 581
SUNY Cortland – 413.5
Skidmore College – 352
The College of New Jersey – 64.5
 
Top Performances
400 medley relay
1st place (Katie Champagne, Spencer Carroll, Kathleen Papiernik, Samantha Bender), 4:08.68
 
1,000 free
Alex Eakin, 2nd place, 11:11.20
Emma Heinze, 4th place, 11:15.59
 
200 free
Naomi Fry, 3rd place, 1:58.60
Ava Palfreyman, 4th place, 2:02.91
 
50 free
Spencer Carroll, T-3rd place, 25.35 seconds
Samantha Bender, T-3rd place, 25.35 seconds
 
200 IM
Lauren Brady, 8th place, 2:21.30
 
1-meter dive
Kailee Payne, 1st place, 306.55 points
Abby Marraccino, 2nd place, 256.65 points
Angela Burke, 3rd place,, 248.95 points
 
200 butterfly
Kathleen Papiernik, 4th place, 2:18.29
 
100 free
Angela Merch, 2nd place, 54.59 seconds
 
200 back
Katie Champagne, 1st place, 2:13.34
 
500 free
Naomi Fry, 2nd place, 5:24.97
Ava Palfreyman, 3rd place, 5:25.34
 
3-meter dive
Abby Marraccino, 1st place, 277.55 points
Kailee Payne, 2nd place, 262.50 points
Angela Burke, 3rd place, 258.50 points
 
200 breast
Kathleen Papiernik, 4th place, 2:36.39
 
 
400 freestyle relays
2nd place (Angela Merch, Emma Kidd, Elke Beaumont, Naomi Fry), 3:10.54

Next up, Ithaca College will travel to Alfred University on Saturday, January 27 at 1 p.m. for a dual against the Saxons.