Colgate Women Swim to Victory with Seven First-Place Finishes

The men pick up four victories in Wednesday’s dual meet

CLINTON, N.Y. - With seven first-place finishes on Wednesday night, the Colgate women's swimming team earned a victory over Hamilton College.

The Raiders' 159 points bested the Continentals (129) inside Bristol Pool.

Nora Bergstrom claimed first in the 1000 yard freestyle with a time of 11:01.33. The freshman also swam the second leg of the 200 yard freestyle relay that swam to victory with a time of 1:41.05. Elke Ambach (lead leg), Danielle McNerney (third leg) and Dana Witte (anchor leg) rounded out the winning relay.

Witte's time of 2:11.30 earned the freshman the victory in the 500 yard freestyle.

Zoe Stokes earned a first-place finish in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:59.84, while Emma Senglaub's time of 2:11.30 was good enough for a victory in the 200 yard butterfly.

Colgate impressed with 1-2-3 finishes in both the 100 yard butterfly and 200 yard IM. In the 100 fly, Jordan Hurt led the way with a time of 59.41, followed by Ambach (1:00.23) and Alexandra Mehos (1:00.37). In the 200 yard IM, Brooke Garretson earned the first-place finish with a time of 2:16.37, followed by Senglaub (2:17.19) and Maggie DeLillo (2:18.14).

On the men's side, Colgate picked up four first-place swims, but fell short in the team total. The Raiders fell to Hamilton, 156-123.

Peyton Wray was victorious in the 1000 yard freestyle with a time of 10:05.03. Ryan Blumenfeld picked up the win in the 200 yard butterfly (1:57.35), while Justin Song earned the victory in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 50.01. Neil Nejame's 2:03.10 was good enough to pick up a win in the 200 yard backstroke.

Sydney Dutton and Lucas Austin earned victories for the Raiders in the women's and men's 3 meter diving events, respectively.

FROM THE SOURCE
Mark S. Randall Head Swimming & Diving Coach Ed Pretre

"Both teams showed incredible grit and fight this evening with their races. After a few weeks of hard training and a tough push-ups, pull ups and squat routine this morning, the team swam very smart and definitely their best performance of the year. This is really going to put us in a nice situation mentally for our conference meet in a few weeks."

UP NEXT
Colgate is scheduled to host Holy Cross at Lineberry Natatorium at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.

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Players Mentioned

Lucas Austin: Dive; 6' 3"; Junior

Neil Nejame: Back/IM; 6' 0"; Sophomore

Justin Song: Fly/IM; 6' 0"; Senior

Sydney Dutton: Dive; 5' 5"; Senior

Brooke Garretson: IM; 5' 9"; Sophomore

Jordan Hurt: Sprinter; 5' 8"; Sophomore

Alexandra Mehos: Fly/Free; 5' 4"; Sophomore

Zoe Stokes: Free/Fly; 5' 4"; Sophomore

Ryan Blumenfeld: Free/Fly; 5' 10"; First Year

Peyton Wray: Back/Free; 6' 2"; First Year

Players Mentioned

Lucas Austin
: 6' 3"; Junior
: Dive

Neil Nejame
: 6' 0"; Sophomore
: Back/IM

Justin Song
: 6' 0"; Senior
: Fly/IM

Sydney Dutton
: 5' 5"; Senior
: Dive

Brooke Garretson
: 5' 9"; Sophomore
: IM

Jordan Hurt
: 5' 8"; Sophomore
: Sprinter

Alexandra Mehos
: 5' 4"; Sophomore
: Fly/Free

Zoe Stokes
: 5' 4"; Sophomore
: Free/Fly

Ryan Blumenfeld
: 5' 10"; First Year
: Free/Fly

Peyton Wray
: 6' 2"; First Year
: Back/Free