Meet Results

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. – The State University of New York at New Paltz women's swimming team posted a number of strong times Saturday on the second day of the 2012 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Winter Championships at the Nassau County Aquatics Center. After two days of competition, the Hawks rank third out of 13 teams with 704.5 points.

Senior Yuka Suzuka (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown) led the way with two NCAA “B” qualifying times. She won the 200 backstroke in the morning session with a time of 2:03.17 before placing second in the 100 backstroke in the evening session with a time of 57.20. Her 200 backstroke performance cleared the 2012 selection time, but that does not guarantee her a spot in the 2013 championships. In addition, Suzuka finished 11th in the 100 butterfly (1:00.23).

Junior Victoria Scalise (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton) had a standout day as well, claiming second in the 200 freestyle (1:55.36), fifth in the 100 freestyle (53.20) and 12th in the 100 backstroke (1:01.88). Also placing second individually was senior Carly Marshall (Cornwall, N.Y./Cornwall Central), who did so in the 200 butterfly (2:11.66). Marshall also competed in the 200 breaststroke (2:29.94; eighth) and the 100 butterfly (59.75; ninth).

Junior Chelsea Allocco (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) charted a swift fifth-place time of 4:38.50 in the 400 individual medley and added a ninth-place performance of 2:30.09 in the 200 breaststroke. Freshman Cassidy Griger (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown Central) continued to have a strong meet as well, nabbing fifth in the 200 freestyle (1:57.59) and ninth in the 100 freestyle (54.55).

Sophomore Colleen Stewart (Shelton, Conn./Shelton) proved herself as one of the top breaststrokers in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) on Saturday, as she took seventh in both the 100 breaststroke (1:08.96) and 200 breaststroke (2:29.26) events. In addition, senior Anna Jakubek (Harriman, N.Y./Monroe-Woodbury) did well in those events, placing 12th in the 100 breaststroke (1:10.99) and 13th in the 200 breaststroke (2:34.10).

A trio of freshmen all had exemplary meets as well. Maggie Heaton (New Milford, Conn./New Milford) was sixth in the 200 butterfly (2:13.32) and 20th in the 100 butterfly (1:01.93), Kim Kallansrude (Muttontown, N.Y./Jericho) was eighth in the 200 butterfly (2:15.35) and 16th in the 400 individual medley (4:55.89) and Ella Graffin (Ithaca, N.Y./Ithaca) was 14th in the 200 freestyle (1:59.83), 14th in the 100 butterfly (1:00.62) and 21st in the 100 freestyle (56.19).

Both Hawk relays placed second overall. The 800 freestyle relay team of Scalise, Griger, sophomore Kat Buyes (Wappingers Falls, N.Y./John Jay) and Allocco charted a 7:50.16, while the 200 freestyle relay squad of senior Katina Lown (Bohemia, N.Y./Connetquot), Graffin, Griger and Scalise went a 1:38.81.

New Paltz finishes up action at the meet tomorrow morning at 10 a.m.