Morus leads swimming & diving on Day 2 of Liberty League Championships

ITHACA, N.Y. – The Hobart and William Smith swimming & diving groups concluded motion on Day 2 of the Liberty League Championships this night. After a number of robust showings from each the Statesmen and the Herons, each Hobart and William Smith sit in ninth within the staff standings after two days of competitors.
 
On the lads’s facet, the Statesmen have been led by first-year Joseph Thompson’s spectacular exhibiting within the 100-yard butterfly. Thompson swam to a time of 58.40 within the preliminary rounds, securing a spot within the “C” finals. In the night’s finals occasion, he swam to a twenty fourth place end after touching the wall at 58.26.
 
In the 200-yard freestyle relay, two Hobart groups certified for the finals after placing collectively robust performances within the prelims. Hobart’s “A” relay staff made up of sophomore Gerard Humiston, senior Randall Dominguez, first-year Caleb Halpine and sophomore Payton Owens secured a spot within the Heat 3 ultimate after securing a time of 1:35.50 within the prelims. They went on to complete ninth within the finals with a time of 1:36.56.
 
On the ladies’s facet, junior Mackenzie Morus led the Herons for the second straight day. Morus clinched a spot within the ladies’s 400-yard particular person medley “B” ultimate after touching the wall at 4:51.89 within the prelims. She went on to complete second within the “B” finals, securing a tenth place end with a time of 4:48.83.
 
In the ladies’s 200-yard freestyle, William Smith produced two finalists and one alternate for the night finals. Senior Lea Doufekias Emanuel touched the wall at 2:03.64 within the prelims, securing a spot within the “C” finals. First-year Amalia Olivieri additionally secured a spot within the “C” finals after stopping the clock at 2:06.92 within the prelims. Senior Marguerite Woodruff was named an alternate for the night finals after touching the wall at 2:07.46 within the prelims. In the “C” finals, Doufekias Emanuel swam to a twenty second place end with a time of two:03.36, whereas Olivieri completed in twenty fourth with a time of two:05.42.
 
First-year Lark Sallade continued to impress for the Herons, securing a spot within the 100-yard butterfly “C” finals after stopping the clock at 1:03.35 within the prelims. Senior Hali Seidberg and sophomore Boglarka Olah have been named options for the finals after robust preliminary showings. In the “C” finals, Sallade swam to a nineteenth place end after touching the wall at 1:01.84. Seidberg ended up racing within the finals occasion and completed twenty third with a time of 1:03.77.
 
In the ladies’s 200-yard freestyle relay, William Smith’s “A” relay staff of Olivieri, Morus, Doufekias Emanuel and first-year Keelyn Brink secured a spot within the Heat 2 finals after stopping the clock at 1:44.54 within the prelims. The Herons went on to complete eighth within the “C” finals with a mixed time of 1:42.57. William Smith’s “B” relay staff of Sallade, sophomore Aurora Donta-Venman, Woodruff and sophomore Jenna Flihan completed in twenty third with a time of 1:46.91.
 
From the 1-meter diving board, sophomore Fiona Garfield completed in thirteenth within the preliminary rounds with a rating of 344.65. Senior Haley Levine adopted carefully behind in sixteenth with a rating of 295.10.

COACHES CORNER:

 

“Day two of the Championships brought great momentum for our team, highlighted by an incredible showing from our finalists tonight,” stated Head Coach Elizabeth Bernardy. “We are excited to carry this energy into the second half of the meet!”

 

UP NEXT:

The Statesmen and the Herons will take part in Day 3 of the Liberty League Championships tomorrow within the Kelsey Partridge Natatorium. Action will start at 10 a.m. within the prelims and can cowl the 200-yard Medley Relay, 200-yard butterfly, 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard breaststroke, males’s 1-meter diving, and the 800-yard freestyle relay.