Women’s Swimming & Diving Athlete – Ithaca
Grace Ayer, Senior – Delmar, NY/Bethlehem
 
Grace Ayer had several strong performances over the weekend as the nationally-ranked Ithaca College women's swimming & diving team took second place at the sixth annual Bomber Invitational. Ayer notched two individual NCAA B cut performances over three days and had seven finishes in the top six overall. The senior finished second overall in the 200 IM in 2:07.03, which was a B standard time and would go on to notch another qualifying time with a fourth place finish in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:05.29. Ayer was also part of three relays including two record-setting performances. In the 200 medley relay, she swam the third leg as the group set a new team record in the event with a time of 1:44.47, which also qualified as a B cut time. She was also part of a winning 400 medley relay squad which set a new pool record after posting a winning time of 3:51.49. Ayer was also part of the winning 400 free relay. Additionally, Ayer finished second in the 100 IM, and fifth in the 200 backstroke.