Meet ResultsSCHENECTADY, N.Y. – The State University of New York at New Paltz women's swimming team won six events, but the Hawks were done in by host Union (N.Y.) College's 14 points in diving, placing second out of four teams at the Union Relays on Saturday with 106 points in their season opener.
The Hawks had just two non-first place finishes across the nine events all afternoon: a second-place result in the 300 backstroke relay and a disqualification in the 200 medley relay. Union won with 112 points, while Montclair State University and Mount Saint Mary College placed third and fourth with 76 and 56 points, respectively.
New Paltz now has a two-week break from competition before swimming at the NYU Invitational from Friday-Saturday, Nov. 7-8. Friday's session at the NYU Invitational is slated to begin at 5 p.m., while Saturday's session is slated for 10 a.m.
The 400 medley relay foursome of junior
Casey O'Connor (New Fairfield, Conn./New Fairfield), senior
Samantha Granan (Hyde Park, N.Y./Franklin D. Roosevelt), junior
Maggie Heaton (New Milford, Conn./New Milford) and junior
Cassidy Griger (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown Central) kicked off the meet with a first-place finish, clocking a 4:10.93. After a second-place result in the 300 backstroke relay, the 300 breaststroke relay team of Granan, freshman
Megan Joseph (Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge) and senior
Colleen Stewart (Shelton, Conn./Shelton) got the Hawks back on track with a first-place time of 3:35.32.
Heaton, freshman
Molly McCulloch (Rome, N.Y./Holland Patent) and junior
Ella Graffin (Ithaca, N.Y./Ithaca) teamed up to chart a first-place time of 3:09.01 in the 300 butterfly relay, while junior
Krista VerMeersch (Newark, N.Y./Newark), O'Connor, senior
Kat Buyes (Wappingers Falls, N.Y./John Jay-East Fishkill) and Griger combined for a first-place 4:52.50 in the 500 crescendo relay.
Joseph, McCulloch, VerMeersch and Graffin won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:41.31, while the 600 individual medley relay team of Granan, Joseph and Griger tied for first (6:57.59). Finally, the 400 freestyle relay squad of Joseph, McCulloch, Buyes and Griger posted a winning standard of 3:46.36.
