Complete Results
VESTAL, N.Y. – The Colgate women's swimming and diving team won all 16 events in an impressive performance at Binghamton, rolling to a 200-93 victory Friday afternoon.
The Raiders got three wins from
Morgan Cohara, while four others won two events. Colgate also finished first and second in six races.
The meet started with
Lia Kunnapas,
Emma Santoro,
Jenna Jacoby and
Lindsey Sagasta winning the 200 medley relay in a time of 1:49.98. Most of that combo was also back in the pool for the 200 free relay, as Kunnapas, Jacoby and Sagasta joined
Sami Wary to win the event with a clocked time of 1:39.73.
Cohara was the big performer of the day for the Raiders with three wins. It started with the 100 backstroke. She took the top spot with a time of 58.91 seconds, which was a couple of seconds faster than Jacoby's second-place result of 1:00.73. Cohara continued with wins in the 200 back and 500 free. She clocked in at 2:09.94 in the backstroke and won by more than 10 seconds in the 500 free with a time of 5:08.97.
Sagasta was one of the four swimmers to earn two wins during the meet as she captured the longest swim of the day. She finished with a time of 17:37.35 in the 1650 free, which was more than 20 seconds ahead of
Melanie Lockard, who took second at 17:59.29. Sagasta then added to her win total by claiming the 100 free, clocking in at 52.45 seconds. Kunnapas took second at 53.86 seconds.
The next Raider to win twice was
Becca Murray. She won both breaststroke events, starting with the 100 as she edged teammate
Cammie Kirby with a time of 1:09.31. Kirby finished second by just 0.15 seconds, clocking in at 1:09.46. Murray won the 200 breast a more convincing fashion with a time of 2:28.91, which was three seconds ahead of second.
Santoro made her mark on the meet in the butterfly events with a pair of victories. She won the 200 fly by 10 seconds, finishing at 2:11.27. Santoro then earned the sweep by taking the 100 fly at 59.94 seconds.
Kim Pilka continues to dominate on the board as she swept both diving competitions for the third time since coming back from break. She won the 3-meter with a score of 265.12, while
Chloe Russack took second with 237.60 points. Pilka won the 1-meter dive with a score of 258.90, which was 30-plus points ahead of second.
Colgate had three swimmers take home wins in other events. Kunnapas swam to a first-place finish in the 200 free with a time of 1:55.51, edging out
Ryan Marynowski, who ended up second at 1:56.93. Wary joined Kunnapas in the win column, with her victory coming in the 50 free as she clocked in at 25.10 seconds. And
Megan Jex took home a win in the 200 individual medley, clocking in at 2:10.97. Jex's victory completed a Colgate sweep of all individual events.
The Raiders are back in the pool Jan. 26 with a visit to West Point to take on Army and Lafayette in what will be a good tune up for Patriot League Championships. The meet is set for a 1 p.m. start.