Day Three of Women's Swimming and Diving Championship
Day 3 Results
The Empire 8 women's swimming and diving teams wrapped up day three Friday night at the 2018 Empire 8 Conference Championship in Ithaca, NY. Nazareth College currently holds a 21-point lead over Stevens Institute of Technology.
Hartwick College grabbed the top two spots in the 200 Butterfly, marking the first time a Hawk swimmer has won the event since 2005. Sophomore Emma Reining touched first in 2:09.07 finishing just ahead of teammate Tori Argentieri. This was Reining's second victory in as many days, having won the 100 butterfly yesterday.
Stevens junior Courtney Jones improved on her runner-up finish from a year a ago to take the top spot in the 100 Backstroke. Jones and Alfred’s Lauren Serotta each clocked a sub-one-minute time as Jones finished in 58.61 and Serotta touched in 59.69.
Stevens also claimed first in the 100 Breaststroke event as senior Katie Prescott won her first individual title of the Championship. Prescott finished in 1:05.70. Nazareth’s Erika Holland and Brittany Heffler finished second and third in 1:06.92 and 1:07.23, respectively.
Wrapping up the night was the Stevens 800 Free Relay team, which swam to a time of 7:40.79. Isabella Fairman, Sam Geyer, Samantha Zdesar and Courtney Jones beat out Hartwick by 27 seconds (7:57.74).
The final day of competition begins tomorrow with prelims at 10 a.m. The finals start at 5:30 p.m.
TEAM SCORES
Nazareth – 602
Stevens – 581
Hartwick – 556
Alfred – 330
Utica - 289
Saturday's Schedule:
1650 Freestyle
100 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
200 Breaststroke
3-meter Diving
400 Free Relay