Meet ResultsOSWEGO, N.Y. – The State University of New York at New Paltz women's swimming team won 10 of the 11 events contested in its first dual meet of the season on Saturday against SUNY Oswego, downing the Lakers by a 150-53 final.
New Paltz rises to 1-0 with the win and hosts Vassar College in its 2014-15 home opener on Saturday, Nov. 22, at 1 p.m. Oswego drops to 1-4 with the loss and visits The College at Brockport next on Saturday, Nov. 22, at 1 p.m.
Individually, seniors
Kat Buyes (Wappingers Falls, N.Y./John Jay-East Fishkill) and
Samantha Granan (Hyde Park, N.Y./Franklin D. Roosevelt) each posted two victories. Buyes won the 200 freestyle (2:03.59) and the 500 freestyle (5:31.59), while Granan took first in the 200 individual medley (2:20.33) and the 100 breaststroke (1:10.74). Sophomore
Ann Fici (Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge) won the 1,000 freestyle (11:25.87), freshman
Megan Joseph (Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge) touched first in the 50 freestyle (25.80), junior
Casey O'Connor (New Fairfield, Conn./New Fairfield) claimed the 100 freestyle (57.52) and freshman
Molly McCulloch (Rome, N.Y./Holland Patent) topped the field in the 100 backstroke (1:03.79) to round out the Hawks' individual winners.
The 200 medley relay team of O'Connor, Granan, junior
Maggie Heaton (New Milford, Conn./New Milford) and junior
Cassidy Griger (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown Central) charted a winning time of 1:54.97, while the 200 freestyle relay squad of McCulloch, Joseph, junior
Ella Graffin (Ithaca, N.Y./Ithaca) and junior
Krista VerMeersch (Newark, N.Y./Newark) clocked the top standard of 1:42.91.
Second-place finishes came from Graffin in the 200 freestyle (2:05.32), McCulloch in the 50 freestyle (25.91), senior
Colleen Stewart (Shelton, Conn./Shelton) in the 200 individual medley (2:26.75) and the 100 breaststroke (1:13.85), Heaton in the 100 butterfly (1:03.00) and sophomore
Aimee Del Favero (Auburn, N.Y./Home School) in the 100 freestyle (58.69).
