By Matt Faulkner
(Vestal, NY – Jan. 18, 2013) The Colgate women’s swimming and diving team won all 16 events in an impressive performance at Binghamton in a 200-93 victory on Friday afternoon.
The Raiders got three wins from Morgan Cohara, while four others won two events. Colgate also finished first and second in six events.
The meet started off with Lia Kunnapas, Emma Santoro, Jenna Jacoby and Lindsey Sagasta, winning the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:49.98. Most of the team was also back in the pool for the 200 free relay with Kunnapas, Jacoby and Sagasta joining Sami Wary to win the event, clocking in at 1:39.73.
Cohara was the big performer of the day for the Raiders with three wins. It started with the 100 backstroke. She took the top spot with a time of 58.91 seconds, which was a couple of seconds faster than Jacoby, who took second at 1:00.73. Cohara continued with wins in the 200 back and 500 free. She clocked in at 2:09.94 in the backstroke and won by over 10 seconds in the 500 free with a time of 5:08.97.
Sagasta was one of the four swimmers to earn two wins during the meet as she won the longest swim of the day. She finished with a time of 17:37.35 in the 1650 free, which was over 20 seconds ahead of Melanie Lockard, who took second at 17:59.29. Sagasta then added to her win total by winning the 100 free, clocking in at 52.45 seconds and Kunnapas took second at 53.86 seconds.
The next Raider to win twice was Becca Murray. She won both breaststroke events, starting with the 100 breast as she edged out teammate Cammie Kirby with a time of 1:09.31. Kirby finished second by just .15 seconds, clocking in at 1:09.46. Murray won the 200 breast in more of a convincing fashion with a time of 2:28.91, which was three seconds ahead of second.
Santoro made her mark on the meet in the butterfly events with both victories. She won the 200 fly by 10 seconds, finishing in the top spot at 2:11.27. Santoro then earned the sweep in the fly events by taking the 100 fly at 59.94 seconds.
Kim Pilka continues to dominate on the board as she swept both diving for the third time since coming back from break. She won the 3-meter dive with a score of 265.12, while Chloe Russack took second with 237.60 points. Pilka won the 1-meter dive with a score of 258.90, which was over 30 points ahead of second.
Colgate had three swimmers take home wins in other events. Kunnapas swam to a first-place finish in the 200 free with a time of 1:55.51, edging out Ryan Marynowski, who ended up second at 1:56.93. Wary joined Kunnapas in the win column with her victory coming in the 50 free as she clocked in at 25.10 seconds and Megan Jex took home a win in the 200 individual medley, clocking in at 2:10.97, and her win completed the sweep of all individual events.
The Raiders will be back in the pool on Jan. 26 with a visit to West Point to take on Army and Lafayette, in what will be a good tune up for Patriot League Championships. The meet is set for a 1:00 p.m. start.