DURHAM, N.H. – The Maine Black Bears women's swimming and diving team traveled to rival New Hampshire on Friday night, falling 167-106 to the Wildcats at Swasey Pool.
Maine won three events on the night, including 100-yd butterfly, when
Victoria Kingston hit the touchpad in a time of 59.08.
In the 200-yd freestyle relay, the team of
Emily Borger,
Emma Blair,
Sabrina Nuttall, and
Juliana McDonald earned a first place finish, recording a time of 1:38.69.
The Black Bears also took first in the 500-yd freestyle, with
Gabrielle Murphy taking first place with a time of 5:19.21. Murphy led the group of the Black Bears competing in the event, with Beartrix Lavigueur (5:25.09), and
Alexandria Bromley (5:34.06) placing second and third, respectively.
Other top performances include the 200 medley relay, as the group of Blair, Nuttall,
Rita Chen, and McDonald finished with a time of 1:50.00 to earn runner-up honors. The squad of
Megan McGillivray,
Ines Khiyara, Kingston, and Borger followed less than two seconds later for a third place finish (1:51.84).
Blair earned two more second-place finishes, with a season-best swim in the 50-yd freestyle (24.48), and followed that performance two events later with a 54:36 in the 100-yd freestyle. McDonald took third in the latter, with a time of 54.62.
McGillivray picked up a runner-up in 100-yd backstroke, registering a time of 1:00.21.
Caroline Strolic finished just after McGillivray, placing third with a time of 1:01.73, and also picked up a runner-up swim a few events later in the 200-yd breaststroke (2:30.49).
The 100-yd breaststroke saw Nuttall pick up her second runner-up swim of the day (1:08.35).
In two events on Friday night, Shayla-Rose Kleisinger took second in the 500-yd freestyle (5:13.80), and third in the 200-yd freestyle (1:58.66).
The men's and women's teams are back in action tomorrow, with a dual meet at Providence. Tomorrow's meet marks the last competition before the America East Championships on Feb. 18.
-UMaine-
