Complete Results
Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Women's Swimming team continued its dominance of the Skyline Conference on Saturday with a 115-88 home win over Sarah Lawrence. Saturday's win over the Gryphons was the Mount's fourth straight overall in 2016 and marked the 41
st win over a conference opponent dating back to the 2009-10 season.
Mount Saint Mary picked up four individual wins on Saturday, starting with a dominating performance in the 1,650-yard freestyle from
Jessica Daigle (Trumbull, Conn.). She swan past the field in a time of 19:34.96 and beat the runner-up by nearly 20 seconds. Daigle went on to place second for the Knights in the 500-yard freestyle race in a time of 5:52.50.
Sophomore
Harley Illingworth (Northfield, N.J.) also turned in a strong effort on Saturday, posting a win in the 400-yard individual medley and a runner-up finish in the 100-yard freestyle. Her win came in a time of 5:03.89 and missed the school record in the event by just over a second.
Senior
Regina Zeoli (Washingtonville, N.Y.) picked up a victory for the Mount in the 200-yard butterfly and added a third place finish in the 200-yard freestyle. Her triumph came in 2:35.91, while she showed a freestyle time of 2:12.90.
Sophomore
Kyra McNamee (Yonkers, N.Y.) scored a victory for the Knights in the 500-yard freestyle, swimming past the field in a time of 5:38.01. She also picked up a second place finish for Mount Saint Mary in the 200-yard race, touching out in a time of 2:07.70.
The Knights received strong efforts on Saturday from
Allison Sciucco (Middletown, N.Y.) who placed second in the 50-yard freestyle and third in the 100-yard freestyle,
Rachael Stone (Wallingford, Conn.) who earned runner-up points in both the 1,650-yard freestyle and 200-yard backstroke,
Marissa Catania (Rocky Hill, Conn.) who collected second place points in the 200-yard breaststroke and
Samantha McGregor (Highland Mills, N.Y.) who finished second in the 200-yard butterfly.
In addition to their individual success, the Knights scored wins in both relay events contested on Saturday. The team of Illingworth, Catania, Zeoli and McNamee won the 400-yard medley race in 4:17.32, while the quartet of Sciucco, Stone, Daigle and
Lauren Schroeder (Wantagh, N.Y.) took first in the 400-yard freestyle race in 4:08.42.
Saturday's win improves Mount Saint Mary to 6-3 overall and to 5-0 in conference action. The Knights will be back in the pool on November 19 when they open action in the two-day Diamond City Invitational in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
