ONEONTA, N.Y. -
Natalie Johnson (Canandaigua/Marcus Whitman) earned two of Cortland's seven individual victories as the Red Dragons defeated host Oneonta, 166-131, in women's swimming and diving dual-meet action.
Johnson won the 100-yard backstroke in 1:04.53 and the 200-yard backstroke in 2:22.22. She also swam a leg on the winning 200-yard freestyle relay team (1:44.51).
Kalee Walden (Dryden) led off that race, followed by Johnson,
Heidi Simpfenderfer (Poughkeepsie/Roy C. Ketcham) and
Lily Miller (Buffalo/Starpoint).
Simpfenderfer took top honors in the 1,000-yard freestyle (11:28.30).
Kelly Davey (Plattsburgh) won the 50-yard freestyle (26.09) and was runner-up in both the 200-yard freestyle (1:59.24) and 500-yard freestyle (5:36.25). She was edged out in the 200 free by just 12 hundredths of a second.
Alana Szewczyk (South Wales/Holland) won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:12.63) and was second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:41.55), while
Vanessa Vegder (Dansville) won the 200-yard breaststroke (2:40.51) and placed second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:15.55).
Marissa Kordal (Eden) posted three second-place finishes with times of 2:15.34 in the 200-yard butterfly, 1:02.30 in the 100-yard butterfly, and 4:57.32 in the 400-yard individual medley.
Becca Kanoza (Syracuse/West Genesee) earned second-place finishes in the 100-yard backstroke (1:05.45) and 100-yard freestyle (58.10), and
Rachel Noach (White Plains) placed second in the 200-yard backstroke (2:24.16).
The combination of Johnson, Szewczyk, Kordal and Davey opened the meet with a second-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay (1:55.49).
In diving action, since Oneonta only has a 1-meter board, team points were awarded for both a six-dive score on the board and a five-dive score as each competitor took a total of 11 dives.
Rachel Pinsky (West Hartford, CT/Hall) earned first-place honors in the five-dive portion of the 1-meter board with a score of 139.60 points.
Jacqueline Lang (Middletown/Pine Bush) finished second in the six-dive section with a score of 187.60 points.
Cortland closes its regular-season schedule next Saturday, Feb. 10 with a 1 p.m. dual meet at Fredonia.
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