UTICA, NY - The Utica College men's and women's swim & dive teams will travel to Cazenovia, NY on Friday, December 3 for a 6 p.m. meet against Cazenovia College.
Last Time Out: The teams each split their tri-meets on November 20 against Roberts Wesleyan College and Wells College at the Utica College Pool. The men fell to Roberts Wesleyan, 125-66, and beat Wells, 103-49, while the women's team also lost to Roberts Wesleyan, 135-109, but picked up a win against Wells as well, 169-63.
Bringing Out the Hardware: Jackson Sorbello (Rome, NY/RFA) and Kira Seaman both enter Friday's meet fresh off of earning Empire 8 Swim & Dive Athlete of the Week honors. Sorbello picked up a pair of individual wins last time out while helping the team defeat Wells College, 103-49. Sorbello touched the wall first in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 58.39 while later winning the 50-yard butterfly in 26.36, just .12 seconds ahead of second place. He also finished runner-up in the 100-yard free (25.17) and the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:58.17) along with teammates
Coleman Barry (Levittown, NY/Division),
Nick Massa (New Hartford, NY/New Hartford) and
Michael Colocho (Utica, NY/Proctor). Seaman took home the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:21.82 and while also assisting in the team's 200-yard medley relay win along with Amelia Laible, Kelly Waryncia and Katie Delgado. The senior also finished third in the 50-yard breaststroke (36.31) and the 100-yard individual medley (1:16.49).
Big Showings All-Around: While Sorbello and Seaman stood out in UC's last meet on November 20, plenty of others had wonderful performances that may have been overlooked.
Coleman Barry (Levittown, NY/Division) is coming off of two individual wins after taking the 200-yard freestyle in 2:02.17 and the 100-yard backstroke in 1:03.83. Liable went on to win the 50-yard backstroke in 31.59, Madison West took home the 50-yard freestyle in 27.00 while teammate Bailey Simmons finished .16 seconds behind her. Simmons also finished runner-up in 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:13.88 while Sara Kuiken and Kimmy Serio finished third and fourth in the event, respectively.
About Cazenovia: The Wildcats women's team will carry a 4-3 record into Friday after defeating Herkimer Community College and SUNY Cobleskill in its last meet on November 13. Utica came away with a 138-71 win over Cazenovia the last time the teams met on November 5. In that meet, Maddie Sauro claimed the Wildcats' lone individual win in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:09.72 while the team of Sauro, Emily Rees, Nikki Menz and Morganne Tighe won the 200-yard freestyle relay in 2:22.40.
Up Next: Both teams will be off until after the new year rolls around with the next meet coming at 1 p.m. on Friday, January 14 at Alfred University.
