Oneonta, NY - The Utica College women's swim & dive team topped Cazenovia (156-69) and SUNY Cobleskill (120-107) on Saturday in the Hartwick Quad meet, but fell to Hartwick (218-42) and Saint Rose (207-51).
The Pioneers started the day strong, as Sara Kuiken (Valley Falls, NY/Tamarack), Kira Seaman (Fort Edward, NY/Hudson Falls), Rebecca Merrill (Chelmsford, MA/Chelmsford) and Katie Delgado (Greene, NY/Broome CCC) finished the 200 yard medley relay in fifth place overall with a time of 2:10.71. Emma Ormsby (Potsdam, NY/Potsdam), Emma Blenis (Norwich, NY/Norwich), Kelly Waryncia (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa) and Daniela Hannah (Dalton, GA/Northwest Whitfield) also posted a sixth place finish in the 200 yard freestyle relay with a time of 2:03.27.
Delgado notched the best individual finish on the day, placing fourth overall in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 27.87.
Merrill was also very consistent all day for the Pioneers, finishing in sixth place in both the 200 yard butterfly and 200 yard backstroke with times of 2:35.99 and 2:39.22, respectively. Hannah added a sixth-place finish in the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 6:19.19, and she also added seventh-place finishes in both the 1000 and 200 yard freestyle.
The women's swim & dive team returns home to host Hamilton College on Friday, November 16 at 5:30 p.m., before heading back on the road the following day for the Roberts Wesleyan Invitational in Rochester, New York.
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