Women's Swimming & Diving Defeats Bridgewater State

LOCATION: Bridgewater, Mass. (BSU Campus)

THE RUNDOWN:

The Wheaton College women's swimming & diving program returned to action Wednesday evening with a non-confernece meet against the Bears of Bridgewater State. The Lyons, who hit the road for the fifth consecutive meet, collected a 133-72 victory.
Wheaton started the meet strong with a win from the 200 medley relay with Kathryn Cole, Elizabeth Bernardy, Maggie Lawler, and Lydia DaCorte touching in 1:54.88. The Wheaton 'B' team was close behind, finishing second in a time of 1:55.02.
First-year Emma Flesher picked up a second place finish in the 1000 freestyle (11:53.09), while Holly Cohan finished third.
Caitlin Daley dominated the 200 free, finishing in 2:07.28, which was nearly five seconds faster than the next competitor.
Cole added an individual win, taking the top spot in the 50 free with a time of 26.15. Lawler took fourth.
The Lyons took the top two spots in the 200 IM with Chloe Deubner finishing in the top spot with a time of 2:23.80. Nika Dadoly finishing in second place with a time of 2:27.93.
Wheaton swept the 100 butterfly with DaCorte leading the way with a time of 59.53. Eva Pet and Sophia Hatzikos were the next Lyons to touch in 1:03.07 and 1:07.02 respectively.
Holding a strong lead, the Lyons kept adding points, this time with Julia Centola adding more with a second place finish in the 100 free (59.06).
Wheaton collected another sweep, this time in the 100 backstroke with Kate Dransfield, Jessica Love, and Dadoly finishing in order. Dransfield paced the field with a time of 1:03.30.
The 19^th event, the 500 free, saw Delia MacLaughlin finish first with a time of 5:23.95 and Daley take third (5:51.71).
In the final individual event, the Lyons earned yet another sweep this time paced by Bernardy. Bernardy won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:14.17, while Caroline Genther finished second in 1:15.89 and Rowan Rice in third with a time of 1:16.08.
Wheaton ended the meet with a second place finish in the 400 free relay (Pet, Katherine Vitello, Lawler, Shannon Connolly) with a time of 58.78.