ORONO, Maine --
PhilAnn Dixon set a new school-record in the 1-meter dive as the University of Maine swimming and diving team defeated Providence, 152-147, on Saturday afternoon.
Dixon's record-setting mark checked in at 265.88, good for first place. Dixon went on to sweep the diving events, capturing first in the 3-meter dive at 227.93.
In all, the Black Bears tallied a pair of relay victories and five individual first place tallies.
Juliana McDonald continued her strong performances of late in the freestyle events, taking first place in both the 50-yard (23.68) and 100-yard free races (51.78).
Sabrina Nuttall had an impressive showing in the breaststroke competitions. Nuttall won the 100-yard event in 1:08.87 and was the runner-up in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:34.56.
Shayla-Rose Kleisinger had a solid performance in the distance events for the Black Bears where she captured first place in the 1000-yard freestyle with a final time of 10:55.08. Kleisinger placed third in the 500-yard free at 5:20.85 and tacked on a third place finish in the 200-yard IM (2:17.35).
Ines Khiyara rounded up the victories for Maine, taking first in the 200-yard breaststroke at 2:29.68. Khiyara took the bronze medal in the 200-yard free with a final mark of 2:00.24.
Caroline Stolic was the runner-up in the 200-yard IM at 2:15.66 and added a pair of third place finishes in the 100-yard backstroke (1:02.29) and 200-yard back event (2:14.34).
Four other Black Bears tallied runner-up finishes:
Beatrix Lavigueur in the 1000-yard freestyle (11:03.78);
Megan McGillivray in the 100-yard backstroke (1:02.28);
Emma Blair in the 50-yard freestyle (24.79) and
Rita Chen in the 100-yard butterfly (1:00.45).
Maine was able to sweep the relay events at Wallace Pool on Saturday. The team of Stolic, Nuttall, Chen and McDonald set the pace in the 200-yard medley with a winning time of 1:49.04. McDonald, Blair, Nuttall and Chen captured first place in the 200-yard freestyle relay, touching the wall at 1:37.69.
Maine returns to action on when it travels to Worcester, Mass. for the four-day America East Championships, beginning on Thursday, Feb. 14.
-UMaine-
