Results
 
HAMILTON – The Colgate women's swimming and diving team hosted its first meet of the 2020-21 campaign against Bucknell.
 
First-year Zoe Stokes won her first individual collegiate event in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:18.49. Coming in second in the 500-yard freestyle was junior Kate Van Meter who finished with a time of 5:32.59.
 
In the 200-yard freestyle relay, Colgate's 'A' team of first-years Brooke Garretson, Mae Causey, Zoe Stokes and Jordan Hurt claimed the top spot with a time of 1:37.58. The time broke the first-year class record of 1:38.19 which was set in 2006.
 
Senior Beth Caruana came in second in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:00.78. In the 100-yard breaststroke, Garretson clocked in a time of 1:09.33 which was good for second place.
 
Senior Madison Sullivan finished in third in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.62. In the 100-yard butterfly, Hurt claimed a fourth-place finish with her time of 59.10.
 
Highlighting the divers for Colgate was senior Caroline LaPlante, who finished first in the 1-meter with a score of 259.72. She also came in second in the 3-meter with a score of 151.42. Also diving for Colgate was junior Sydney Dutton who scored a 179.40 in the 1-meter dive to place fourth.
 
FROM THE SOURCE
On today's meet, head coach Ed Pretre said, ""The coaching staff was extremely pleased with our progress over the last few weeks with our student athletes in and out of the pool. While being exhausted after three weeks of intense training, our team battled and improved. 
 
"Most importantly, they had fun and are starting to understand what they have to do to get to the next level. This meet was their starting point and it's going to be fun to watch what we can do over the course of the next few weeks."
 
UP NEXT
The Raiders will host Binghamton on March 27 with the divers traveling to face the Bearcats the same day.
 
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