OSWEGO, N.Y. – Cortland earned a thrilling victory by three hundredths of a second in the "winner-take-all" final event, the 200-yard freestyle relay, and the Red Dragons defeated host Oswego, 153-147, in women's swimming and diving dual-meet action.

Cortland trailed 143-140 entering the final event but earned the 11 first-place points when Kailyn Anselment (Moreau/Glens Falls), Kelly Davey (Plattsburgh), Lily Miller (Buffalo/Starpoint) and Emma Gulbin (Wall Township, NJ/Wall) won the race in 1:43.15 compared to Oswego's time of 1:43.18.

Cortland trailed by about a second after the first 50 yards before Davey swam the second leg in 24.49 seconds, the fastest of any swimmer in the race, to give the Red Dragons the lead. Miller posted a time of 25.73 seconds on the third leg to extend the lead, and Gulbin held off a furious charge by Oswego's Riley Synan over the final 50 yards to give Cortland the win and the team title.

Davey, in addition to her performance in the final relay, also led off Cortland's winning 200-yard medley (1:54.28) relay that also featured Alana Szewczyk (South Wales/Holland), Julia Torell (Camillus/CBA) and Miller.

Davey, Marissa Kordal (Eden) and Taylor Williams (Middletown/Minisink Valley) each posted two individual victories. Davey won the 100-yard backstroke (1:02.52) and 500-yard freestyle (5:26.80), Kordal won the 100-yard freestyle (56.23) and 400-yard individual medley (4:53.60), and was second in the 100-yard butterfly (1:02.37). Williams captured both diving titles (233.90 points on 1-meter, 234.15 points on 3-meter). Szewczyk won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:11.08), while Torell was first in the 200-yard backstroke (2:15.67) and second in the 200-yard butterfly (2:13.36).

Miller notched two runner-up showings with her efforts in the 200-yard freestyle (2:06.90) and 50-yard freestyle (26.29). Rebecca Diers (Bethpage) finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:14.04), Josie LaPolt (New Paltz) was runner-up in the 200-yard backstroke (2:18.22), and Vanessa Vegder (Dansville) placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:39.78).

Cortland returns to action on Saturday at noon at the RPI Invitational.

Complete Results (PDF)

Video of the final 200-yard freestyle relay