GENEVA, N.Y. - The William Smith College swimming and diving team fell to Rochester Institute of Technology 144-94 in Bristol Pool this afternoon. Sophomore Caroline Conboy led the way for the Herons notching two individual wins and swimming on a victorious relay.
 
William Smith (8-2) jumped out to an early lead notching a win in the 200-yard medley relay.  The Herons relay, powered by, sophomore Kelsey Bohl, Conboy, senior Samantha Burnett, and first-year Katie Storch turned in a time of 1:55.07, 21 hundredths of a second faster than RIT's "A" team.  The William Smith "B" team of first-year Emily Haskins, first-year Kate Moreau, junior Brooke Adams and first-year Ava Lillian earned third place points.
 
Storch's first individual win of the day came in the 200 freestyle. Her time of 2:02.14 was two seconds faster than RIT's Caitlin Foster. Storch added a second place finish in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:15.43. She dropped three seconds off of her personal best time that she swam on Saturday at the RPI Invitational.  Brenna Woodling won the event for the Tiger's out touching Storch by two hundredths of a second.
 
Conboy collected the other two individual victories for William Smith. After falling behind in the butterfly leg, she went on to win the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:16.15. She narrowly missed the Bristol Pool record. Conboy continued her record setting season winning the 200 breaststroke with a new Bristol Pool record time of 2:26.34 blowing the field out of the water. She won the event by 15 seconds.
 
Bohl added second place finishes in the 50 freestyle and the 200 butterfly for the Herons.  
 
William Smith won five events to RIT's eight. The Tigers finished in the top three spots in both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events. .
 
The Herons will be right back in Bristol Pool on Saturday, Jan. 24, when they host Cazenovia and Wells in a double dual meet. The meet is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.