BUFFALO, N.Y. – Cortland set four school records – two in relays and two during individual events – and won three titles during the second day of competition at the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at Erie Community College's Burt Flickinger Center.

The Red Dragons have moved from third to second place in the team standings with one day remaining. Geneseo leads the meet with 472 points, followed by Cortland at 436.5, Fredonia at 400 and New Paltz at 337.5. Nine schools are competing.

The 200-yard medley relay team of junior Katherine Harris (Long Beach), freshman Michaela Auer (Oswego), junior Jessica Evans (Hamburg) and sophomore Sarah Culmo (West Islip) set a school record and recorded an NCAA “B” cut its winning time of 1:46.56. The Red Dragons missed the conference and meet record by 12 hundredths of a second. The previous school record of 1:48.11 was set by Krista Bergquist, Taylor Houseman, current junior Abigail MacDonald (East Amherst/Williamsville North) and Kristin Barnoski in 2010.

Evans won the 100-yard butterfly in 58.21 seconds, breaking her own school record from last season by two hundredths of a second. Auer captured the 100-yard breaststroke title in 1:07.43.

Culmo established her second individual school record in as many days with a third-place time of 1:55.76 in the 200-yard freestyle. She broke the previous school mark of 1:57.21, set by Meg Donlevy in 2009, with her 1:56.06 performance in prelims, then broke the record again in the finals.

The 800-yard freestyle relay team of Evans, sophomore Caitlin Lanigan (West Seneca/West Seneca West), freshman Krista Caputo (Staten Island/Curtis) and Culmo finished the night with a school-record and third-place time of 7:53.10. They easily eclipsed the previous record of 7:58.99 established in 2009 by Katie Molzan, Liz Neddo, Samantha Buckley and Donlevy.

Sophomore Chrisanna Hickey (Hopewell Junction/John Jay East Fishkill) finished second in the 400-yard individual medley (4:41.28), followed by MacDonald in third place (4:41.38). Senior Michelle Seeger (Oneonta) finished third in the 100-yard butterfly (59.37). All individual champions at the meet earn first-team All-SUNYAC honors. Second-place and third-place individual finishers are awarded second-team all-league status.

Harris turned in a fourth-place time of 1:08.36 in the 100-yard breaststroke and a seventh-place effort of 1:00.03 in the 100-yard butterfly. MacDonald won the 100-yad backstroke “B” final for an overall ninth-place finish in 59.74 seconds. That time would have finished third in the “A” final. Caputo was the “B” winner in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:57.86.

Five other Red Dragons scored points. Lanigan placed 11th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:58.57), freshman Ashley Sherard (Valley Stream) was 12th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:11.10, 1:10.75 in prelims) and junior Kelsey Roe (Auburn) finished 12th in the 100-yard backstroke (1:02.81). Senior Laura Bohneberg (Lockport) placed 13th in the 400-yard individual medley (4:54.05) and junior Molly Miller (Eden) finished 16th in the 100-yard backstroke (1:12.75, 1:12.27 in prelims).

Results Page


2012 SUNYAC Women's Swimming and Diving Championships

STANDINGS AFTER DAY 2

1) Geneseo - 472
2) Cortland – 436.5
3) Fredonia - 400
4) New Paltz – 337.5
5) Oneonta – 205
6) Brockport – 179
7) Oswego - 167
8) Buffalo St. - 124
9) Potsdam – 90