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Swimming 2018

Knights Overwhelm College Of Staten Island

Knights win eight events

Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Women's Swimming team remained unbeaten in dual meet competition on Saturday with a convincing 124-46 non-conference home win over the College of Staten Island. The Knights won eight events in the meet led by two from senior Kyra McNamee (Yonkers, N.Y.).
 
McNamee picked up victories for the Knights in the 200-yard individual medley and the 500-yard freestyle on Saturday. Her individual medley win came in a time of 2:32.06, winning the event by over 20 seconds. She later scored first place points for the Mount in the 500-yard freestyle, touching out in 5:49.26, taking the race by over a half minute.
 
Sophomore Daley O'Keefe (Glastonbury, Conn.) picked up a win for the Mount in the first individual event of the day. She topped the field in the 1,000-yard freestyle in a time of 12:24.62 and was followed by classmate Katie Barber (Shelton, Conn.) in second place with a time of 12:26.24.
 
Newcomer Amanda Daigle (Trumbull, Conn.) followed with a win in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 2:23.52 and was followed by Stephanie Adams (Liverpool, N.Y.) who collected second place points in the event with a time of 2:30.12.
 
Shayla McCarroll (Clifton Park, N.Y.) and O'Keefe went first and second in the 100-yard backstroke against the Dolphins, with McCarroll taking first in 1:07.84 and O'Keefe following in second place with a time of 1:09.36.
 
Jillian Bunch and Taylor Hollis (East Hartford, Conn.) also picked up individual wins for the Mount on Saturday. Bunch scored a victory in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 27.58 seconds with Hollis besting the field in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:22.74.
 
Megan Prendergast (Southbury, Conn.) and Brigit Gardner (Staten Island, N.Y.) had strong swims on Saturday and each picked up second place finishes. Prendergast finished second in the 100-yard freestyle in 1:08.02, with Gardner taking the runner-up position in the 500-yard freestyle.
 
The Mount opened the meet with a win in the 200-yard medley relay to get the meet off to a strong start. The team of McCarroll, Hollis, Barber and Bunch won the race for the Knights in a time of 2:06.08, winning the event by better than 10 seconds.
 
At 3-0 on the season, Mount Saint Mary will host Sarah Lawrence on November 10 for the Skyline Conference meet. Events with the Gryphons are scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.
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