Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Women's Swimming team remained unbeaten in dual meet competition on Saturday afternoon with a spirited 103-98 non-conference win over visiting Hunter. The Knights scored eight victories in the meet, including two each from
Jillian Bunch (Newburgh, N.Y.) and
Kyra McNamee (Yonkers, N.Y.).
Bunch finished with wins for the Mount in both the 50 and 100-yard freestyle races, while McNamee controlled the 500 and 1,000-yard freestyle events. Bunch's victories on Saturday came in times of 27.18 seconds and 59.04 seconds. Bunch was the lone swimmer in the 100-yard event to finish in under 60 seconds.
McNamee continued her stellar senior campaign on Saturday with first place points in the two longest events of the meet. She took first place in the first individual event of the day, winning the 1,000-yard freestyle by nearly 13 seconds with a time of 11:34.54 before rounding out a strong individual day with a time of 5:38.94 in the 500-yard race, winning by better than six seconds.
A trio of sophomores also had big days for the Knights, with
Daley O'Keefe (Glastonbury, Conn.),
Shayla McCarroll (Clifton Park, N.Y.) and
Katie Barber (Shelton, Conn.) each scoring individual victories. O'Keefe won the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 2:12.83 with McCarroll scoring the victory in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:29.01 and Barber taking the top spot in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:26.91. Barber added a second place swim in the 200-yard freestyle, while McCarroll picked up fourth place points in the 200-yard backstroke.
With the team score tied heading into the last event, the Knights earned the meet win with a victory in the 400-yard medley relay. The team of Bunch, McCarroll, O'Keefe and McNamee pulled away from the runner-up with a time of 3:59.75, winning the race by just over three seconds.
At 5-0 overall on the season, Mount Saint Mary will return to Skyline Conference action on December 7 when it travels to Maritime. Meet time with the Privateers is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
