TROY, N.Y. – The Ithaca College women's swimming & diving team ended up finishing second on Saturday as the team competed at RPI against the Engineers, SUNY Cortland, Skidmore College and William Smith as part of the Henry Kumpf Invitational. The Bombers scored 532 points finishing behind RPI who scored 562.5 as Ithaca produced solid all-around individual finishes along with a pair of program records in the mixed relay events, which was the first-time this season they took part in.
 
The teams competed in mixed relays, the Ithaca 200-yard medley "A" relay squad of Samantha Bender, Sydney Koehler, Matthew Mitros and Spencer Alderson took second with a time of 1:43.64. That time set an Ithaca program record within the event. A program record would also be reset in the 200-yard mixed freestyle relay with Matthew Mitros, Spencer Carroll, Elke Beaumont and Spencer Alderson with a time of 1:33.52, which was also good for a second-place finish.
 
The Bombers swept the diving events with Kailee Payne winning on both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events. Payne would top the field in the 1-meter with a finals score of 279.75 over teammate Angela Burke who scored a 262.65. Payne would also best Burke on the 3-meter boards with scores of 287.55 and 274.35, respectively.
 
In individual events, first year Sydney Koehler won the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:28.07, which was over 3 seconds faster than the nearest finisher in RPI's Audrey Lewis. The Bombers also saw second place finishes in the 200-yard butterfly (Kathleen Papiernik), the 100-yard freestyle (Elke Beaumont) and Samantha Bender in the 200-yard backstroke.
 
 
200-yard Mixed Medley Relay:
2. Samantha Bender, Sydney Koehler, Mathew Mitros and Spencer Alderson – 1:43.64
 
1000-yard freestyle:
4. Ava Palfreyman – 11:11.78 
5. Caroline Armistead – 11:30.67
 
200-yard freestyle:
5. Samantha Bender – 2:04.08
 
50-yard freestyle:
3. Spencer Carroll – 25.40
 
100-yard IM:
3. Sydney Koehler – 1:03.06
4. Kathleen Papiernik – 1:03.60
 
1-meter diving:
1. Kailee Payne – 279.75
2. Angela Burke – 262.65
3. Janell Slesser – 255.70
 
200-yard butterfly:
2. Kathleen Papiernik – 2:18.31
 
100-yard freestyle:
2. Elke Beaumont – 55.27
 
200-yard backstroke:
2. Samantha Bender – 2:14.45
4. Elizabeth Bodie – 2:17.58
 
500-yard freestyle:
4. Ava Palfreyman – 5:28.33
5. Naomi Fry – 5:30.91
 
3-meter diving:
1. Kailee Payne- 287.55
2. Angela Burke – 274.35
4. Jenell Slesser – 259.30
 
200-yard breaststroke:
1. Sydney Koehler - 2:28.07
4. Claire Weppler – 2:32.74
 
200-yard Mixed Freestyle Relay:
2. Matthew Mitros, Spencer Carroll, Elke Beaumont and Spencer Alderson – 1:33.52