DAY 2 RESULTS
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Liberty League Swimming and Diving Championships continued Thursday at the Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium at Ithaca College with five women's events and four men's events.
DAY 2 TEAM SCORES:
WOMEN: 1. Ithaca 801; 2. RPI 719; 3. RIT 554; 4. Skidmore 380; 5. Vassar 286; 6. Clarkson 209.5; 7. St. Lawrence 200.5; 8. Union 185; 9. William Smith 156; 10. Bard 36.
MEN: 1. RIT 824; 2. Ithaca 776; 3. RPI 572; 4. Skidmore 364; 5. Clarkson 318; 6. Vassar 222; 7. Union 176; 8. Bard 93; 9. Hobart 44; 10. St. Lawrence 13.
Highlights from Thursday's championship action:
WOMEN
- Ithaca College first-year swimmer Claire Weppler cruised to victory in the 400-yard individual medley, finishing in 4:33.78. Weppler finished comfortably ahead of two other first year swimmers. Anna Little from Vassar took second (4:39.46) followed by Corinne Boyle from RPI (4:40.94).
- Ithaca College sophomore Kathleen Papiernik was a repeat champion in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing in a meet record and NCAA B-cut time of 55.70. She edged RPI senior Colleen Whittaker who took second in 56.12.
- RPI senior Shannon Brown was also a repeat champion. She won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:52.69, finishing just ahead of sophomore teammate Sierra Pargett who took second in 1:52.75.
- Ithaca took three of the top four spots in the 1-meter diving event. Senior Kailee Payne was a repeat champion as she crushed the meet and association records with a finals score of 553.65. Payne held both the championship (533.40) and association (536.25) records.
- The RPI 200-yard freestyle relay consisting of Vera Korff, Sierra Pargett, Colleen Whittaker and Shannon Brown recorded an NCAA B-cut time of 1:34.24, winning the event by more than two seconds over second-place Ithaca (1:36.53). RPI came up just short of the meet record of 1:34.15.
MEN
- Skidmore College senior Ryan Delfico was a repeat champion in the 400-yard individual medley. The top qualifier in the prelims (4:07.10), Delfico shaved nearly four seconds off his morning time, finishing in 4:03.19. He edged Matthew Janssen of Ithaca (4:04.05) by nearly a second.
- RIT senior Drew Scheib recorded meet and association records in winning the 100-yard butterfly in 47.60. Scheib, who won the event last year, was the association record-holder in the event with a time of 47.84 set at last year's NCAA championship. His time tonight was also an NCAA B-cut time.
- RPI graduate student Mike Dowd earned his third straight championship victory in the 200-yard freestyle, winning the event in an NCAA B-cut time of 1:38.36. He broke his own meet and association record of 1:39.41, set at last year's Liberty League championship. Dowd won by more than a second ahead of Ithaca junior Ryan Cooke (1:39.74).
- The RIT 200-yard freestyle relay team consisting of Mike Atanasoff, Eric Noga, Ryan Clancy and Drew Scheib set a meet and association record with an NCAA B-cut time of 1:20.83. RIT broke the mark of 1:20.85 set last year by Ithaca. Second-place RPI (1:21.05) also recorded a B-cut time.