BUFFALO, N.Y. – Senior Angelica Ford (Elk Grove Village, IL/Elk Grove) shattered the school record in the 200-yard individual medley to win the league title in the event during Day 1 of the SUNYAC Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. The three-day event is being held at Erie Community College's Flickinger Center.
 
Cortland sits fourth in the team standings after the opening day. Geneseo leads the meet with 315 points, followed by New Paltz (163.5), Brockport (126.5), Cortland (122) and Oneonta (117) in the top five of the nine-team championship.
 
Ford won the 200 IM in 2:08.72, more than two seconds faster than the previous school record of 2:10.91 set by Chrisanna Hickey in 2012. Senior Emily McGurk (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury) finished fifth in the event in 2:11.82 (2:11.67), convincingly establishing a personal best in the process.
 
Freshman Caroline Tighe (East Meadow) qualified for the NCAA Division III Diving Regionals with her prelim score of 413.95 points in 3-meter diving. She finished in seventh place with her finals score of 409.20 points.
 
The Red Dragon 400-yard medley relay team of sophomore Natalie Johnson (Canandaigua/Marcus Whitman), freshman Alana Szewczyk (South Wales/Holland), McGurk and Ford finished fourth in 4:03.25. The combination of junior Kalee Walden (Dryden), Johnson, freshman Darby LaFlamme (Niskayuna) and freshman Kelly Davey (Plattsburgh) placed fifth in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:41.08.
 
Also during the opening day, freshman Rachel Noach (White Plains) won the "B" final in the 500-yard freestyle (5:25.74) to finish ninth overall. Freshman Jasmine Elmassry (Queens/Francis Lewis) tied for 13th in the 500 freestyle (5:32.17, 5:30.18 prelims), junior Jacqueline Lang (Middletown/Pine Bush) placed 13th in 3-meter diving (326.45 points) and Davey tied for 15th in the 50-yard freestyle (25.68, 25.45 prelims).
 
2017 SUNYAC Women's Swimming and Diving Championships

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STANDINGS AFTER DAY 1  (Feb. 16)

1) Geneseo - 315
2) New Paltz – 163.5
3) Brockport – 126.5
4) Cortland - 122
5) Oneonta - 117
6) Fredonia - 80
7) Oswego - 79
8) Potsdam - 73
9) Buffalo St. - 23