Women's Swimming and Diving Defeat Clark and Mount Holyoke

LOCATION: Norton, Mass. (Balfour Natatorium)

THE RUNDOWN:

The Wheaton College women's swimming and diving program earned their 7th and 8th wins of the season, defeating Mount Holyoke College, 166-73, and Clark University, 167-57, this evening at Balfour Natatorium.
The Lyons opened the events by taking the top two spots in the 400 yard medley relay, as Kathryn Cole, Elizabeth Bernardy, Karen Iizuka and Caitlin Daley touched first with a time of 4:09.99 and Kate Dransfield, Chloe Deubner, Erin Kean and Kayleigh Foley followed close behind in 4:12.26.
Foley and Lydia DaCorte claimed the top two spots in the 200 yard freestyle, with DaCorte coming in first in 1:56.60 and Foley coming in second in 2:03.13.
Wheaton earned spots 1-3 in the 200 yard IM as Delia McLaughlin, Rowan Rice and Kean recorded times of 2:16.86, 2:22.77 and 2:23.52, respectively.
Dacorte picked up two other first place victories over the course of the evening including a 2:32.12 finish in the 200 yard breast stroke and a 2:12.06 finish in the 200 yard butterfly. McLaughlin picked up another first place win as well, this time in the 100 yard freestyle.
Julia Centola, Nika Dadoly, Deubner and Jesse Stewart owned the top half of the 200 yard backstroke event, taking home the top 4 spots in that order.
Foley swam to victory in the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 5:36.38.
Maddy Morrison picked up points for the Lyons in the lone diving category for the women with a 2nd place finish in the 3-meter.