UTICA, NY - Originally set to travel to Rochester on Saturday, the Utica College men's and women's swim & dive teams will now host Roberts Wesleyan College and Wells College at noon on Saturday for its second home meet of the season.
Last Time Out: The teams hosted Cazenovia, SUNY Cobleskill and SUNY Delhi at the Utica College Pool on Friday, November 5 in what was the first home meet of the season for both the men and women. The women's team went a perfect 3-0 on the night with wins of 143-45 over SUNY Cobleskill, 138-71 over Cazenovia and 138-28 over SUNY Delhi. The men went 2-1 with wins of 54-0 over Cazenovia, 54-30 over SUNY Delhi while the single blemish was a 73-49 loss to SUNY Cobleskill.
Simmons' Big Night: Bailey Simmons (Vernon Center, NY/Vernon-Verona-Sherrill ) won her first individual events of the season in style as the sophomore took home three different individual events. Among her wins was the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:15.12 and the 50-yard butterfly, clocking in at 33.14.
Colocho Coming Through: Michael Colocho aided the team's wins last meet with three individual wins of his own in what were his first of the season. The Utica native finished first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:42.85, the 100-yard breaststroke (1:17.62) and the 50-yard breaststroke (35.83).
The Jackson Two: Just like his teammate Colocho, Jackson Sorbello secured his first individual wins of the season. The Empire 8 preseason swimmer to watch for UC finished first in the 50-yard freestyle (24.38) as well as the 50-yard backstroke (30.58). He came up just shy of a trifecta himself after placing second in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 52.53, a fraction of a second behind first place.
About Roberts Wesleyan: The Robert Wesleyan men's team enters the weekend 3-1 overall while the women's team owns a 3-2 mark with both teams having already defeated Utica on October 30. The men's team fell to Le Moyne College on November 6, 201-65, and the women's team was also defeated by Le Moyne on the same day, 205-64. Collin Webb finished first in the 100-yard backstroke while also placing second in the 50-yard free. Caleb Larchar was the other winner on the men's team, taking first place in the 100-yard butterfly. Three different swimmers on the women's team also took home wins; Paige Siebold was the winner of the 100-yard backstroke, Daniela Rodriguez took the 200-yard backstroke and Katelyn Rakiey was first in the 100-yard butterfly.
A Look at Wells: Both the men's and women's teams secured their first wins last weekend at Medaille College. The women's team claimed a 64-23 victory while the men came away 39-23 winners. Both teams also competed at the Cortland Relays and at Alfred State against Franciscan University (OH) earlier this season.
Up Next: The teams will have nearly two weeks off before their next meet at 6 p.m. on Friday, December 3 at Cazenovia College.
