Ladies’s Swimming & Diving Takes Down Two-Time Liberty League Champion Ithaca

TROY, NY — The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) girls’s swimming & diving staff delivered a dominant all-around efficiency at hand reigning two-time Liberty League champion Ithaca College a 164-136 defeat this afternoon Robison Pool.

The Engineers captured first place in 9 particular person occasions and one relay whereas sweeping each boards in diving to assist the Engineers safe the upset victory.

Sierra Pargett led the cost for RPI with three particular person occasion wins. She touched first within the 200 freestyle (1:56.77), 50 freestyle (24.54), and 100 freestyle (53.60), and closed out the meet with a powerful anchor leg on the victorious 400 freestyle relay staff (3:36.84), becoming a member of Vera Korff, Theresa Funderburk, and Elizabeth Rose.

Rose additionally had a standout day, successful the 100 butterfly in 58.95 seconds, swimming the third leg of the successful 400 free relay, and serving to the Engineers place second within the 200 medley relay alongside Korff, Ellen Lorentz, and Audrey Lewis.

First-year swimmer Meera Kondal swept the backstroke occasions, successful the 100 (59.69) and 200 (2:09.85) in convincing style. Fellow rookie Kseniya Baghdasaryan posted a powerful displaying within the 200 butterfly with a first-place end in 2:11.19, whereas Gwenyth Snyder captured the 1000 freestyle (11:10.24) and later positioned second within the 500 free and third within the 200 IM.

Ella Simpson continued her excellence on the diving boards, sweeping each the 1-meter (248.70) and 3-meter (247.65) occasions to present the Engineers useful factors off the platform.

RPI will take its 3-0 twin meet report right into a street assembly at Vassar subsequent Saturday.