BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Cortland women's swimming and diving team finished in sixth place out of nine schools at the 2015 SUNYAC Championships, which were held at Erie Community College's Burt Flickinger Center.
Geneseo won its eighth straight league crown with 953 points, followed by Oneonta (489), New Paltz (481), Fredonia (430), Brockport (420), Cortland (362), Oswego (170), Potsdam (150) and Buffalo St. (137).
Senior
Krista Caputo (Staten Island/Curtis) finished third in the 1,650-yard freestyle in 18:00.15. 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.
Sophomore
Angelica Ford (Chicago, IL/Elk Grove Village) placed seventh in the 200-yard backstroke (2:15.25, 2:13.28 in prelimis) and junior
Chelsey Simon (Oneida) was eighth in the 200-yard butterfly (2:15.20, 2:14.95 in prelims).
Sophomore
Amanda Grossman (Schaghticoke/Hoosic Valley) won the "B" final in the 200-yard backstroke (2:15.92) to finish ninth overall. Other Red Dragon individual scorers included: junior
Chloe Freideman (Whitney Point) 12th in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:33.93); senior
Kara Mance (Poughkeepsie/Arlington) 15th in the 1,650-yard freestyle (19:42.05); sophomore
Emily McGurk (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury) 15th in the 100-yard freestyle (55.63, 55.36 in prelims); sophomore
Kelly Lambkin (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury) 15th in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:36.23; 2:35.97 in prelims); and junior
Ally Baraban (Melville/Half Hollow Hills East) 16th in the 200-yard backstroke (2:23.41; 2:22.69 in prelims).
In Saturday's lone relay event, the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Grossman, McGurk, Caputo and senior
Lauren Kaplowitz (Stamford, CT/Westhill) finished in sixth place (3:41.60).
COMPLETE RESULTS (All Days) 2015 SUNYAC WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
FINAL STANDINGS 1) Geneseo – 953
2) Oneonta – 489
3) New Paltz – 481
4) Fredonia – 430
5) Brockport – 420
6) Cortland – 362
7) Oswego – 170
8) Potsdam – 150
9) Buffalo St. – 137
