FINAL RESULTS
WEST POINT, N.Y. (1/29/11) – The Colgate women's swimming and diving team had another dominating performance as the Raiders scored 200 or more points against Lafayette and Army to finish the regular season undefeated in three Patriot League meets.
The Raiders beat Lafayette with its highest point total of the season with a 223-75 win over the Leopards. They also had no trouble against Army with a 200-98 win.
Senior captain
Erin McGraw led the way with three individual victories and was part of the 400-yard freestyle team that earned the win in the final event of the day with a time of 3:31.53.
Emma Santoro,
Claire Hunter and fellow captain
Caren Guyett also chipped in on the relay.
McGraw earned her first individual win in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:52.37, beating out Hunter by half of a second. She followed that with a win in the 200-yard backstroke at 2:02.8. Her final win came in the closest race of the night. The event was the 100-yard butterfly and she took the win with a time of 56.49 seconds, but Army's Alyssa Tran made it interesting with a second-place mark at 56.56 seconds.
Guyett and
Erica Derlath contributed on the individual side with a pair of wins. Guyett started the meet for the Raiders with a win in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 17:00.5 and then came out with the win in the 500-yard freestyle at 4:58.19. Derlath got started with a win in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:04.9. She won her second of the day in the 200-yard individual medley with a finish of 2:08.18.
Lia Kunnapas chipped in with a win in the 100-yard backstroke with a mark of 57.48 seconds, beating out teammate
Jenna Jacoby by a pair of seconds. Hunter earned her win in the 200-yard backstroke at 53.16 seconds, while Santoro scored a victory at 2:24.2 in the 200-yard breaststroke.
Kim Pilka swept both diving events for the sixth time this season with a score of 268 in the 1-meter dive and then followed that with a win in the 3-meter dive with a mark of 274.20.
The Raiders will be on a lengthy break from now on until the team travels to the Patriot League Championship on Feb. 17-19 at Bucknell.
