The Syracuse swimming and diving team opened what could be its final season with a sweep at Colgate on Friday. The Orange was impressive in every event against the Raiders. The men won 13 events en route to a 160-61 win, while the women won 10 for a 129-94 victory.
Colgate freshman Caren Guyett (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) provided plenty of excitement in the first individual event of the meet by breaking the varsity, freshman and pool records in the 1,000 free with a time of 10:24.32. Guyett’s time is more than two seconds faster than that of the previous record-holder, junior Lisa Marchi (Scottsdale, Ariz.), who set her record as a freshman.
Guyett also won the 200 IM, beating her closest competitor, Syracuse’s Dani Stein, by less than a second and finishing in 2:09.91. Guyett added a second-place finish in the 500 free later in the day, posting a time of 5:04.40, which is the eighth-fastest time in school history.
For the Syracuse men, sophomore Ryan Corcoran, sophomore Boldizsar Kiss, freshman Kuba Kotynia and junior Alex Taraskin each won two events. Corcoran won the 50 free (22.26) and the 100 free (48.82). Kiss finished first in the 200 free (1:46.66) and the 200 fly (1:57.05). Kotynia earned victories in the 200 IM (1:57.84) and the 200 Breast (2:08.16). Taraskin placed first in the 1000 free (9:59.46) and the 500 free (4:50.43). Along with Kotynia, freshman Berk Kahraman earned his first career victory ? he was first in the 200 back (2:07.69).
The Orange women got a strong performance from newcomer Natalie Mazzetta. The freshman earned victories in the 200 free (1:53.35), the 200 fly (2:05.40) and the 500 free (5:02.01). Other first timers, freshman Bridget Flora and freshman Katlin O?Hara also had success. Flora won the 1000 free (10:56.44) and O?Hara finished first in the 100 free (52.87). Junior Catrina Roth took home first in the 200 back (2:07.69) and sophomore Masha Glukhova won the 200 breast (2:24.28).
In relay action, both the men and women were victorious in the 400 medley and the 400 free relays. The men?s times in the events were 3:32.93 and 3:15.71. The women posted times of 3:59.24 and 3:33.96.
The Raiders claimed the top two spots in the 50 free, with junior Emily Murphy (Syracuse, N.Y.) winning the event in 24.47, and classmate Beverly Walker (Marietta, Ga.) coming in right behind her in 24.69. Emily Murphy was second in the 100 free, finishing in 53.10 behind SU’s Katlin O’Hara. In the 200 back, school record-holder Walker finished second with a time of 2:09.81.
SU will host the Orange Invitational on Friday, Oct 19th and on Saturday, Oct. 20th. The Raiders are at Boston College on Saturday, Oct. 20, for a 1:00 p.m., dual meet.
