Meet Results

ITHACA, N.Y. – The State University of New York at New Paltz women's swimming team (1-1) split results at the Ithaca Invitational on Saturday edging SUNY Fredonia (0-2), 150-144, and falling to Ithaca College (2-0), 186-108.  Sophomore Chelsea Allocco (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) was a triple-event winner in the 200 freestyle (2:00.14), the 500 freestyle (5:24.03), and the 1000 freestyle (11:08.37) in the Hawks' first competition of the 2011-12 season.

Senior Christine Rieth (Penfield, N.Y./Webster Schroeder) also had a big day in the pool as she had two individual event wins and was a member of two winning relays.  Rieth swept the 50 and 100 freestyles with times of 24.67 and 53.89 seconds, respectively, and swam the anchor legs of the 200 medley relay (1:52.41) and the 200 freestyle relay (1:42.84).  Juniors Yuka Suzuka (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown), Katina Lown (Bohemia, N.Y./Connetquot), and Carly Marshall (Cornwall, N.Y./Cornwall Central) joined Rieth on the medley relay squad, while Lown, freshman Katherine Buyes (Wappingers Falls, N.Y./John Jay), and junior Anna Jakubek (Harriman, N.Y/Monroe-Woodbury) were part of the freestyle relay.

Suzuka and Marshall added second-place finishes of their own, as Suzuka clocked a time of 1:00.68 in the 100 backstroke and Marshall registered a time of 2:17.39 in the 200 butterfly.

The Hawks will have a two-week lay-off before competing at the Union Relays in Schenectady on Saturday, Oct. 29.