The St. Mary's College of Maryland women's swim team picked up two wins at the quad meet hosted by York College of Pennsylvania Saturday afternoon. The Seahawks (5-2, 2-0 CAC) posted a 125-79 Capital Athletic Conference victory over York and a 104-100 triumph over St. Vincent College before dropping a 104-83 non-conference decision to Dickinson College.
Junior captain Brooke Raab (Parkton, Md./Hereford) continued her strong performance as Raab won all three of her events. She notched gold medals in the 200 individual medley (2:16.62), the 200 butterfly (2:19.67), and the 200 breaststroke (2:33.71).
Junior Elaina Kohles (Bel Air, Md./John Carroll School) tallied a gold medal of her own in the 1000 freestyle with a winning time of 11:02.50. Senior captain Erin O'Connor (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) picked up a third-place finish in the same event with a time of 11:15.97.
The foursome of sophomore Karlie Straight (Ocean City, Md./Stephen Decatur), senior captain Stefania D'Ambrosio (Chevy Chase, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase), sophomore Cara Machlin (Rockville, Md./Walter Johnson), and sophomore Zoe McIlmail (Frederick, Md./Urbana) swam a 4:18.43 to claim a second-place finish in the 400 medley relay.
McIlmail grabbed a second-place finish in the 200 freestyle in 2:02.55 while O'Connor came in second to Raab in the 200 breaststroke in 2:36.65. Straight notched a third-place finish in the 200 backstroke in 2:22.47 while Kohles was third in the 500 freestyle (5:30.29) followed by O'Connor in fourth less than two seconds later.
Kohles took fourth in the 200 individual medley (2:20.44) while Machlin placed fourth in the 200 butterfly (2:19.67). The Seahawks staked a fifth-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay (4:10.54) behind the efforts of senior Hanna Rizkallah (Frederick, Md./Urbana), first-year Samantha Liming (Silver Spring, Md./JFK), sophomore Katie Andersen (Clarksville, Md./River Hill), and senior Claire Huckenpoehler (Towson, Md./Towson).
D'Ambrosio led the Seahawks in the 50 freestyle with a sixth-place finish (26.34) while McIlmail finished sixth in the 100 freestyle in 57.56.
St. Mary's will be back in action on Friday, November 15th as the Seahawks travel to Westminster, Md. to take on McDaniel College in a non-conference dual meet at 4:00 pm.
The St. Mary's College of Maryland men's swim team took part in the Saturday's quad meet hosted by York College of Pennsylvania. The Seahawks (2-5, 1-1 CAC) dropped a 112-92 Capital Athletic Conference decision to York while falling 134-53 to Dickinson College and 110-92 to St. Vincent College.
Sophomore Grant Burgess (Fallston, Md./Fallston) claimed St. Mary's highest finish of the day as Burgess staked a second-place finish in the 1000 freestyle in 10:37.97. Burgess also notched a pair of fifth-place finishes in the 200 butterfly (2:05.78) and the 500 freestyle (5:10.99).
Senior captain Thor Petersen (Germantown, Md./Northwest) garnered a third-place finish in the 200 freestyle in 1:50.27 while picking up a sixth-place finish in the 200 butterfly as Petersen was a second behind Burgess.
Junior Dylan Cope (Scottsdale, Ariz./Chaparral), Petersen, first-year Matt Walchuck (Middletown, Md./Middletown), and sophomore Michael Speer (Springfield, Va./West Springfield) led the Seahawks to a third-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay in 3:20.71.
Senior captain Jimmy Forest (Columbia, Md./Atholton) grabbed a pair of third-place finishes in the 200 individual medley (2:06.92) and the 200 backstroke (2:07.71). Speer came in third in the 100 freestyle in 49.53 and fourth in the 50 freestyle in 22.68.
Walchuck paced the team in the 500 freestyle with a fourth-place finish (5:10.67) as he out-touched Burgess by 0.32 seconds while senior Ryan Wilson (Jarrettsville, Md./North Harford) placed seventh in the 200 breaststroke in 2:32.10.
The foursome of sophomore Zach Lilley (Myersville, Md./Middletown), Wilson, sophomore Kian Karimi (Kensington, Md./Walter Johnson), and first-year Andrew Braker (Olney, Md./Sherwood) posted a time of 4:03.11 to take seventh in the 400 medley relay.
The Seahawks will be back in action on Friday, November 15th as St. Mary's travels to Westminster, Maryland to take on McDaniel College in a non-conference dual meet at 4:00 pm.
