Day 3 of Women's E8 Championship
Day 3 Results
The Empire 8 women's swimming and diving teams wrapped up day three Friday night at the 2017 Empire 8 Conference Championship in Ithaca, NY. Ithaca College and Stevens Institute of Technology are currently seperated by one point.
Stevens grabbed the top spot in the 200 Butterfly for the eighth straight year. This year junior Tori Glascock earned the title with a time of 2:09.47. Hartwick freshman Emma Reining (2:09.69) was second.
Ithaca senior Grace Ayer defended her title in the 100 Backstroke; she also won in 2014. Ayer clocked a time of 56.59, two seconds ahead of Stevens sophomore Courtney Jones (58.55).
The top three finishers from 2016 in the 100 Breaststroke have repeated their finish in 2017. Senior Sam Reilly (1:04.50) successfully defended her title as she beat out Stevens' Katie Prescott (1:05.77) for the second straight year. Nazareth junior Erika Holland was not far behind in third at 1:08.15.
In 1-meter diving, Ithaca sophomore Anna Belson completed the sweep of the diving events as she previously won the 1-meter board on Thursday. Her score in the 3-meter on the night was 482.80. Teammate Lindsey Suddaby took second with a score of 458.50 and ithaca sophomore Katie Helly rounded out the top three (433.60).
The Ithaca women continued to dominate the diving well during day 3 of the competition. Both Nickie Griesemer and Alyssa Wishart smashed the E8 record, with Griesemer taking home the title with a score of 526.85 in the final. Wishart scored a 493.00 to take runner-up honors. Lindsey Suddaby scored a 477.10 to take third place, while Katie Helly rounded out the Top-4 with a 473.05.
Wrapping up the night was the Stevens 800 Free Relay team, which swam to a time of 7:39.19. Jones, Sam Geyer, Sarah Jurczyk and Danielle Caruso beat out Hartwick by over seven seconds (7:46.37).
The final day of competition begins tomorrow with prelims at 10 a.m. The finals start at 6 p.m.
TEAM SCORES
Ithaca - 709
Stevens - 521
Hartwick - 441
Nazareth - 356
Alfred - 194
Utica - 148
Saturday's Schedule:
100 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
200 Breaststroke
400 Free Relay
1650 Freestyle