Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Women's Swimming team hosts Hunter College in a non-conference meet on Saturday at 1 p.m.
MSMC Women At A Glance: Last time out, the women finished with a sixth place finish and 272 total points at the two-day Diamond City Invitational in Wilkes-Barre, P.A. on November 17-18.
Kyra McNamee (Yonkers, N.Y.) picked up the team's best individual finish, posting a third place showing in the 1,650-yard freestyle. She finished the final event of the competition in a time of 19:00.58 and was one of three Knights to pick up points in the event.
Daley O'Keefe (Glastonbury, C.T.) also finished within the top-10 in the race, swimming to an eighth place finish in 19:32.98.
Katie Barber (Shelton, C.T.) rounded out the day with a fourth place finish for the Mount in the 200-yard butterfly, while
Shayla McCarroll (Clifton Park, N.Y.) placed ninth in the 200-yard backstroke. Barber swam a time of 2:24.32, narrowly missing her own school record of 2:.23.83, while McCarroll posted a time of 2:20.09.
O'Keefe added an 12th place finish for the Mount in the 200-yard backstroke with
Samantha Gangemi (Brooklyn, N.Y.) following in the 15th position. O'Keefe produced a time of 2:23.22, while Gangemi finished up in 2:27.56.
Jillian Bunch (Newburgh, N.Y.) finished 13th in the 100-yard freestyle on Sunday, while
Taylor Hollis (East Hartford, Conn.) placed 15th in the 200-yard breaststroke and
Sophia Reinhardt (Port Ewen, N.Y.) finished 16th in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Bunch posted a time of 58.55 seconds, with Hollis and Reinhardt swimming times of 2:52.61 and 21:38.76, respectively.
The Mount picked up fifth place points on Sunday in the 400-yard freestyle relay, the only relay event of the day. The quartet of McNamee, McCarroll, O'Keefe and Bunch touched out in a time of 3:55.0.
What's Next: Both Mount Saint Mary College Swimming Teams return to action in a Skyline Conference dual meet on Friday, December 7 on the road against Maritime at 6 p.m.