Ladies’s Swimming & Diving: Norwich collects three occasion victories in highway twin at Saint Michael’s

COLCHESTER, Vt. – The Norwich University girls’s swimming & diving crew returned to motion on Saturday morning, gathering three occasion victories in a 207-78 setback to Saint Michael’s College on the Ross Sports Center Natatorium.

Reilly Laitala (Sterling, Mass.) remained a standout drive on the boards, sweeping each diving occasions for the Cadets.  She opened her day with a 28-point margin of victory on the 3-meter board, scoring 170.20 to prime Saint Michael’s Ashley Silveira.  Laitala adopted with one other win on the 1-meter board, incomes a 202.45 to outpace a area of 4, ending practically 28 factors away from the closest competitor.

Burgan Danger (Wadsworth, Ohio) delivered Norwich’s lone swim victory with an exhilarating end within the 100-yard backstroke, edging the Purple Knights’ Livy Waranis by simply six-hundredths of a second (1:08.85 to 1:08.91).

Delaney Allen (Gibsonia, Pa.) picked up a pair of second-place efforts, ending runner-up in each the 50-yard freestyle (26.45) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:51.81).  The Cadets additionally recorded a powerful displaying within the 200-yard freestyle relay, because the crew of Maria Piekarczyk (Dudley, Mass.), Alannah Kelliher (Middleboro, Mass.), Deanna Parot (San Diego, Calif.), and Allen took second in 1:49.48, simply two seconds behind the highest Saint Michael’s quartet.

Additional top-three finishes got here from Danger (third – 2:28.92, 200 again), Vivian Buntin (Middlebury, Conn.) in each breaststroke occasions (third – 1:21.09 within the 100 and a couple of:58.25 within the 200), Parot (third – 1:02.54, 100 free), and Anna Gosselin (Lisbon, Conn.), who claimed third within the 200 free (2:13.69) and fourth within the 200 IM.

“We competed with heart today,” mentioned Head Coach Jennifer Cournoyer.  “We were missing some of our teammates and recovering from a busy week, but it is always rewarding to see the team race with passion and intensity.  We did that today.  Our focus now shifts to getting a bit of rest before next weekend’s invitational and hoping for some strong times.”

LEADERS:

• 200 Yard Medley Relay
  
  
• 1000 Yard Freestyle
  
• 200 Yard Freestyle
  
• 100 Yard Backstroke
  
• 100 Yard Breaststroke
  
• 50 Yard Freestyle
  
• 3 Meter Diving
  
• 100 Yard Freestyle
  
• 200 Yard Backstroke
  
• 200 Yard Breaststroke
  
• 500 Yard Freestyle
  
• 100 Yard Butterfly
  
• 1 Meter Diving
  
• 200 Yard IM
  
• 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
  

Norwich will head to SUNY Potsdam subsequent weekend for the two-day North Country Invitational, set to start Friday, Nov. 21, at 4:00 p.m., and proceed by way of Saturday, Nov. 22.