Stockwell turned was part of three top two finishes, while being scored with a second first, to lead the Skyhawks at Siena (PHOTO BY Bob Blanchard) |
Saints notch 171-98 victory, while Stockwell and Belanger earn event wins to lead Skyhawks
LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. (January 20, 2024) – Stonehill College picked up two event wins to highlight its second dual meet of the week, battling Siena College which notched a 171-98 victory in a dual meet at the Siena Swim Center this afternoon.
Senior Sydney Stockwell led the way again for Stonehill with two individual top three finishes, while also helping Stonehill's 200-yard medley relay to a close second place finish. Stockwell and freshman Grace Idowu swept the top two positions in the 100-yard backstroke. Stockwell finished in 59.92-seconds, while Idowu posted a time of 1:00.72 and then sophomore Mazy Karuzis finished fifth in 1:04.47.
Stockwell followed up her 100-yard win with a second-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke in 2:11.48, with postgrad Nika Sokolova right behind in third in 2:16.19.
Sophomore Taylor Belanger earned a win in the 100-yard breaststroke, finishing in 1:09.14, edging Siena's Mea Amedio (1:09.52) by 0.38-seconds.
Stockwell, Belanger and Idowu were also part of Stonehill's 200-yard medley relay that was narrowly edged by Siena (1:50.00) by less than a half second in 1:50.48. Stockwell opened with a 27.98-second opening backstroke leg, followed by Belanger's 30.85-second breaststroke leg, and then Idowu competed the butterfly leg in 25.24-seconds before sophomore Kristy Barry finished the freestyle anchor leg in 25.24.
Stockwell capped her day by being scored first in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:19.77, while junior Sharlotte Lundell was scored second in a season-best 2:28.66. Stockwell opened with a 30.27-second split for the lead butterfly leg, before completing the backstroke leg in 35.11-seconds and then added a 41.83 split for the breaststroke before finishing the freestyle anchor in 32.56-seconds. Lundell turned in splits of 31.20, 39.07, 42.15 and 36.24-seconds.
Belanger added an event win, finishing first in the 100-yard breaststroke today (PHOTO BY Bob Blanchard) |
Sophomore Azia Koser added three top three finishes for Stonehill, placing second in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:18.69. She also finished third in the 1000-yard freestyle in 11:41.57 and third in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:02.49 – just 0.33 behind Siena's Demi Bobarakis (1:02.16) in second. Senior Katie Keating followed in fourth in the 100-yard fly in 1:04.27.
Freshman Isabella Rodriguez posted a top three finish in the 500-yard freestyle, taking third in a personal-best 5:37.73, while sophomore Kristy Barry finished fourth in a personal-best 5:41.93.
More Results
- Lundell finished fourth in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:30.74, while Rodriguez was fifth in a collegiate best 2:38.28.
- Idowu finished fifth in the 50-yard freestyle in 26.36-seconds. Sophomore Isabel Nelson finished sixth in 26.91-seconds and Belanger seventh in 27.35.
- Idowu was also fifth in the 100-yard freestyle in 56.83-seconds, followed by Keating in sixth at 59.45.
- Barry, Sokolova and Rodriguez were scored in fifth through seventh in the 200-yard freestyle. Barry clocked in at 2:04.94, while Sokolova posted a time of 2:05.91 and Rodriguez finished in 2:11.64.
- Senior Maddie Conley finished fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:44.13, while junior Jami Hepburn was fifth in 2:44.60 and senior Morgan Gangi sixth in 2:49.76.
- Hepburn also finished fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:14.44, while Conley finished sixth in a season-best 1:15.74.
- Stonehill's 800-yard freestyle relay capped the afternoon by being scored first in 8:35.78. Koser opened with a 2:08.89 leg, followed by Sokolova (2:07.07), Conley (2:12.87) and then Barry (2:06.95).
Up Next
Stonehill returns to the pool next Saturday when it hosts Northeast Conference rival Merrimack College for Senior Day at Massasoit Community College at 1 p.m.
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