By: by Matt Palisin
RESULTS
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Following Day 1 of the SUNYAC Swimming and Diving Championships, the Blue Devil women sit atop the team standings, while the men are third overall.
The day's events saw the Devils crown a pair of SUNYAC Champions, both in the diving tank.
Sarah Ficarro won the women's 3-meter, while
Ryan Fuller owned the 1-meter board for the men.
The Blue Devil women divers took five of the top eight spots, earning a total of 93 points for the team. Ficarro,
Ashley Keller,
Leanne Kies,
Katelyn Haley and
Heather Colby finished one through five, respectively.
Breena Cogliandro finished eighth.
Fuller turned in a command performance with a total score of 488.75 off the 1-meter board.
John Rodman and
Joshua Croft finished fifth and seventh, respectively.
A number of team records fell for both teams. The men and women set new 200-freestyle-relay standards. The men were third overall in the event, finishing in 1:26.19.
John Estanislau,
Andrew Case,
David Adamczak and
Rob Sweeny made up that squad. The fourth-place women's team was made up of
Rachel Morgano,
Katie Donnelly, Jennifer Smith and
Elizabeth Schake and finished in 1:39.00.
Schake placed sixth in the finals of the 50 freestyle in a time of 24.55, breaking her own school mark she established in the morning session by four-onehundreths of a second.
Lizzie Lodinsky broke the 500-freestyle mark finishing in 5:16.27 and in fifth place. The previous mark was set in the preliminaries earlier in the day by
Emily Ginty (5:16.58).
Stephanie Andrasek set a Blue Devil record in the 200 IM with a time of 2:11.70 while finishing sixth.
The Devils wrapped up the evening by setting two more school records in the 400 medley relays. The women finished fourth in a time of 4:00.28. Steph Rosa, Andrasek, Schake and Smith made up that squad. For the men, the quartet of
Eric Jordan, Estanislau, Case and Sweeny finished in a time of 3:34.06 and in fifth place overall.
In other swimming events,
Adrian Van Hall finished eighth in the 500 freestyle in 4:57.15.
Rob Sweeny finished eighth in the 50 freestyle in 22:19.
Women - Team Rankings - Through Day 1
1. Suny Fredonia 235
2. Suny Geneseo 214
3. Suny Cortland 193.5
4. Suny New Paltz 147.5
5. Suny Oneonta 87
5. Suny Brockport 87
7. Buffalo State 63
8. Oswego State 61
9. Suny Potsdam 40
Men - Team Rankings - Through Day 1
1. Suny Geneseo 214
2. Suny Cortland 210
3. Suny Fredonia 134
4. Suny Oneonta 115
5. Suny New Paltz 112
6. Oswego State 110
7. Buffalo State 85
8. Suny Brockport 72
9. Suny Potsdam 70
