Day Two at E8 Women's Championship
Day Two Results
Ithaca College and Stevens Institute of Technology remain at the top of the standings after the second day of competition at the Empire 8 Conference Women's Swimming & Diving Championships.
In the 200 Freestyle Relay, Stevens won for the eighth consecutive season. The Ducks' team, which consists of Courtney Jones, Katlyn Christenson, Jenn Rutledge and Danielle Caruso finished in 1:37.42, 0.62 seconds ahead of second-place Ithaca and 1.31 seconds in front of third-place Hartwick.
The 400 Individual Medley finals produced the first E8 champion from Hartwick since 2004. Senior Imma Rutigliano claimed the title with a Bcut performance of 4:30.24, a full seven seconds in front of second-place Kimberly Pedrotti of Nazareth (4:37.66). The 2014 champ Elizabeth Heinback of Stevens was third (4:38.42).
Stevens sophomore Sarah Jurczyk won the 100 Butterfly for the second straight year with a B-cut time of 55.55 which also set a new E8 meet record. Stevens freshman Caroline Shusta clocked a time of 1:00.08.
Danielle Caruso won her second title of this season's championships and third straight crown in the 200 Freestyle event. Her B cut time of 1:52.92 bested teammate Courtney Jones (1:54.91) who took second and Hartwick's Rachel Bellis (1:55.31) in third.
Ithaca won the 1-meter diving event for the sixth consecutive season. The top mark of 434.25 went to sophomore Anna Belson and teammate Katie Helly posted a score of 4:23.30. Ithaca's Alyssa Wishart scored a 405.50 and Nazerth's Desiree Kline complied a mark of 388.
The evening's races came to a close with a nail-bitter in the 400 Medley Relay. Ithaca finished .03 hundreths of a second ahead of Stevens. Grace Ayer, Sam Reilly, Megan Zart and Erin Hackett combined for the victory in 3:55.25 as Stevens clocked a time of 3:55.28. Hartwick took third (4:00.50).
Day three begins Friday with preliminaries at 10 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.
Team Scores Through Day 2
Ithaca - 451.5
Stevens - 392.5
Hartwick - 295
Nazareth - 229
Alfred - 159
Utica - 97
Friday's Schedule:
200 Butterfly
100 Backstroke
100 Breaststroke
800 Freestyle Relay