Meet Results

TROY, NY (November 12, 2011) -- Although the Vassar College women's swimming and diving team suffered its first loss of the season Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) by a score of 174-126 on Saturday; the team posted numerous in-season best times.

"Going into the meet we knew it could be a close one,” said head coach Lisl Prater-Lee  We raced well but RPI was able to step up in some events and gain some points that we just couldn't answer today.  We can use this meet as motivation for next Saturday's meet with New Paltz where, once again, we can expect everyone to get up and give it everything they have."

The Brewers (2-1) host the cross-river rival SUNY New Paltz on Saturday, November 12, at 1:00 p.m. at Kresge Pool.

Vassar took 1st, 2nd, and 4th on both 1-meter and 3-meter diving, the biggest point-earning events for Vassar today with 15 points in each event.  Kelly Wilkinson had a banner day winning her first college diving event in 3-m (218 points) and taking 2nd in 1-meter (203.20 points).  Christie Musket had a big diving day herself as she captured 1st in 1-meter (231.50 points, just surpassing her in-season best score) and 2nd in 3-meter (209.80 points).

RPI opened up the meet with strong 1st and 3rd finishes in the 200 yd medley relay. Behind 13-4 after the relay, Vassar had its work cut out for it.

Distance swimmers Olivia Harries and Alison Burns kicked off the individual events, earning season-best times in the 1000 yd freestyle (2nd, 11:08.55 and 3rd, 11:21.16, respectively) in which Harries battled with eventual RPI winner Tina Belletete (11:01.75) for the first half of the race.

The next two races, the 200 yd free and 100 yd backstroke, cut back on the lead that RPI had started to build. Shannon Sara and Caroline Shannon were 1st (2:00.45) and 4th (2:05.98), respectively, in the 200 yd free. 

Harries (1st., 1:04.86) and Lizzy Balter (3rd, 1:06.74) teamed up for 11 points to give Vassar momentum heading into the 100 yd breaststroke.

McKenzie Quinn (1:13.39, 3rd) and Juliana Struve (1:13.45, 4th) netted in-season best times with their efforts. 
  
Countering a very fast 200 yd RPI fly swimmer, Hayley Lemoine (2:24.79, 2nd), Burns (2:25.71, 3rd), and Zoe Fullerton (VC '15, 2:26.07, 4th) teamed up for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th to help Vassar stay close in the overall team score. 

Sydnie Alquist had a banner day, winning the 100 yd free in a lifetime best time (55.90) and anchoring the 200 yd free relay A team with an in-season best 25.53.