GENEVA, N.Y. - The William Smith College swimming and diving team dropped its home finale to Rochester Institute of Technology 142-94 in Bristol Pool this evening. Senior
Caroline Conboy won two events and broke two Bristol Pool Records in the final home meet of her career.
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Conboy claimed individual wins in the 200-yard individual medley and the 200 breaststroke. In the 200 IM, she cruised to a Bristol Pool record time of 2:13.53, touching the wall three seconds ahead of the Tigers' Genna Senecal. First-year
Anna Leffler finished in third place for William Smith. In the 200 breaststroke, her final individual event in Bristol Pool, she posted a facility record time of 2:25.19, winning the event by seven seconds.
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RIT opened the meet with a pool record in the 200 medley relay. The Heron relay team powered by, Leffler, Conboy, junior
Emily Haskins, and senior
Kelsey Bohl, placed second with a time of 1:53.79, which was also faster than the previous pool record. The Tigers finished 1-2 in eight of the meet's 13 events. RIT's Genna Senecal broke the Bristol Pool record in the 100 butterfly and Sedera Zbranak set a new pool record with her winning 100 backstroke.
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Sophomore
Therese Mandracchia claimed the Herons other individual victory on the night with a first place finish on the 1-meter diving board with a score of 231.60. Mandracchia finished second on the 3-meter board compiling a score of 188.60.
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William Smith will close out the dual meet portion of its schedule on Saturday when they take on Cazenovia and Wells in Cazenovia, N.Y. The double dual meet is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
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