Siena Delivers Breakthrough Performances on Championship Friday

Siena Swimming & Diving constructed momentum on Day 3 of the 2026 MAAC Swimming & Diving Championships on Friday, handing over a robust all-around efficiency highlighted by a pair of comfort warmth victories and 5 top-10 program efficiency instances. 
 
Clara Samko delivered a standout swim within the 100 butterfly, successful the C remaining to position seventeenth general. After clocking 58.29 within the morning prelims, Samko dropped a couple of second in finals with a lifetime-best 57.20—a mark that now ranks fifth on the highest 10 record. In the identical occasion, defending MAAC champion and MAAC document holder Hope Ivanovich returned to the championship remaining and positioned twelfth general in 57.39. 
 
On the diving boards, Claire Donlon captured the 3-meter B remaining title to complete ninth general. Donlon improved from a 194.85 in prelims to a 213.40 in finals, posting one among Siena’s prime diving efforts of the meet.
 
The Saints noticed success within the 100 backstroke, the place Gabrielle Rentosa positioned third within the C remaining with a time of 58.12, enhancing upon her 58.51 prelim swim, for a Nineteenth-place end. GayLynn Kirn additionally scored within the C remaining, ending fifth in it and twenty first general in 58.57 after swimming 56.27 in prelims, transferring into sixth on the highest 10 efficiency record. 
 
In the 100 breaststroke, Julia Mihok earned an eighth-place end within the B remaining and sixteenth general with a time of 1:07.64, adequate for eighth on the highest 10 record. Alice Scalmani took fourth within the 400 IM C remaining and twentieth general, touching in 4:41.59 after a 4:43.12 prelim swim to safe the ninth-best efficiency in program historical past. 
 
Siena capped the night within the 400 medley relay, because the quartet of Rentosa, Mihok, Ivanovich, and Samko mixed for a 3:54.27 to position eighth general. Rentosa led off with a 58.00 backstroke to enhance upon her earlier time for third on the highest 10 record. 
 
Through three days of competitors, Siena sits ninth within the workforce standings with 338 factors coming into Saturday’s remaining session.