BUFFALO, N.Y. – Sophomore Jessica Evans (Hamburg) and freshman Chrisanna Hickey (Hopewell Junction/Honeoye Falls-Lima) each broke schools records during the second day of competition at the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Women's Swimming and Diving Championships.

Cortland is in third place in the team standings with one day remaining. Geneseo leads the nine-team field with 516.5 points, followed by New Paltz (454.5), Cortland (387), Fredonia (291) and Oswego (222) in the top five.

Evans won the league title in the 100-yard butterfly with a school-record time of 58.23 seconds. The previous school record was 59.46 seconds by Nikki LaBarge in 2006. Hickey shattered the school mark in the 400-yard individual medley with her third-place time of 4:40.70. The previous best Red Dragon time was 4:45.54 by Kat Gregory in 2002.

Senior Rachel Phillips (Eden) finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke with her time of 1:06.77. Only one swimmer in program history has been faster in the event – All-American Taylor Houseman recorded sub-1:06 times three times last year, including a school-record 1:04.87.

Sophomore Abigail MacDonald (East Amherst/Williamsville North) was the runner-up in the 100-yard backstroke in 59.74 seconds. She is only the second Cortland woman to swim the event in less than one minute and was only 0.17 seconds shy of Krista Bergquist's school record set last season.

Sophomore Katherine Harris (Long Beach) finished fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:08.89) and fifth in the 100-yard butterfly (1:00.04). Harris also swam the leadoff backstroke leg of Cortland's third-place 200-yard medley relay that finished in 1:49.27. Phillips followed Harris in the breaststroke, with Hickey swimming the butterfly and freshman Sarah Culmo (West Islip) the freestyle.

The 800-yard freestyle relay team of Evans, Culmo, MacDonald and freshman Caitlin Lanigan (West Seneca/West Seneca West) finished third in 8:00.11. In addition, three Red Dragons won “B” finals – junior Michelle Seeger (Oneonta) in the 100-yard butterfly (1:00.59), Lanigan in the 200-yard freestyle (1:58.52) and freshman Pam Rebholz (Northport) in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:10.45).


STANDINGS AFTER DAY 2

1) Geneseo – 516.5
2) New Paltz – 454.5
3) Cortland – 387
4) Fredonia – 291
5) Oswego – 222
6) Oneonta – 172
7) Buffalo St. – 118
8) Potsdam – 100
9) Brockport - 85