Meet Results

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – The State University of New York at New Paltz women's swimming team was unable to overcome diving points and top-end swims from Vassar College on Friday night at Kresge Pool, falling by a 163-128 final to the Brewers.
 
Taking out the diving points, Vassar edged the Hawks, 134-128, in the swimming events by taking second and third on the final relay of the meet. New Paltz's depth kept the score close, as the Hawks overcame nine Vassar first-place finishes in the swimming events.
 
New Paltz drops to 0-1 with the loss and hosts Ramapo College tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. in its home opener. Vassar rises to 2-0 with the victory and next visits Skidmore College on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 1 p.m.
 
Freshman Jaimie Kaefer (North Bellmore, N.Y./W.C. Mepham) posted the Hawks' first win of the evening in the 200 freestyle, clocking a 2:00.63, while freshman Nicole Lee (Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale) charted the top time in the 100 backstroke (1:04.40). Sophomore Molly McCulloch (Rome, N.Y./Holland Patent) touched first in the 50 freestyle (25.59), while senior Cassidy Griger (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown Central) won the 100 freestyle (55.07).
 
The foursome of Lee, senior Casey O'Connor (New Fairfield, Conn./New Fairfield), junior Aimee Del Favero (Auburn, N.Y./Home School) and senior Krista VerMeersch (Newark, N.Y./Newark) closed out the meet with a winning time of 3:47.36 in the 400 freestyle relay.
 
Second-place finishes came from Griger in the 1,000 freestyle (11:02.58), freshman Katie Donlevy (Bayside, N.Y./The Mary Louis Academy) in the 200 freestyle (2:02.29), senior Ella Graffin (Ithaca, N.Y./Ithaca) in the 100 backstroke (1:05.94), senior Kim Kallansrude (Muttontown, N.Y./Jericho) in the 200 butterfly (2:22.42), Lee in the 200 backstroke (2:21.12), O'Connor in the 500 freestyle (5:36.31), senior Maggie Heaton (New Milford, Conn./New Milford) in the 100 butterfly (1:00.83) and Kaefer in the 400 individual medley.