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Swim Finishes Seventh At MAAC Swimming & Diving Championship

Feb. 17, 2018

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Siena Swimming finished seventh for the second straight year at the MAAC Swimming and Diving Championship in Buffalo, New York. Julianna Sebastian takes a bronze medal on final day.

Sebastian qualified for the 200 fly with a fourth place finish in the prelims and swam her way to a bronze medal with a 2:07.73 finish. Fournier took eighth in the main finals with a 2:11.00 finish.

Erica Askew qualified for the 200 breast finals with her fourth place finish in the prelims with a season-best time of 2:24.65. Both Kylie George and Larissa Nanna qualified for the consolation finals in the event with their respective times of 2:28.59 and 2:29.47.

Askew took seventh in the 200 breast finals with a 2:26.22 time. George and Nanna finished 11th and 12th in the consolations finals with respective times of 2:27.83 and 2:28.99.

In the 200 butterfly both Julianna Sebastian and Elizabeth Fournier qualified for the main finals with their respective finishes. Sebastian took fourth in the prelims with a 2:07.47 while Fournier took eighth with a 2:09.91 finish. Natalie Valachovic just missed the consolation prelims with a 2:19.38 time.

In Fiona Dretzka's final individual swim, the senior swam the 200 back in 2:12.83 for a season-best time. Fellow senior, Sinead Guy swan a career-best 2:13.53 in the event as she wraps up her collegiate career in the Green and Gold. Rachel Brown recorded a 2:14.52 time in the event.

Senior Brigid Wynne led the Saints with a career-best 55.09 in her final individual event of the 100 free. Guy finished her individual career for Siena with a 56.14 time in the same event. Francesca Tinucci finished the race in 55.11, good for a season-career. Maggie Davenport also tallied a season-best time of 55.28 in the race.

Shannon Leary finished the 200 breast in a season-best time of 2:33.77.

In the final event of the meet, Siena finished eighth in the 400 free relay with the grouping of Fournier, Wynne, Tinucci and Brown with a season-best 3:39:31 finish.

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Players Mentioned

Kylie George

Kylie George

Breast/IM/Free
5' 6"
Freshman
Shannon Leary

Shannon Leary

Breast/Free
5' 4"
Freshman
Natalie Valachovic

Natalie Valachovic

Fly/Free
5' 6"
Freshman
Rachel Brown

Rachel Brown

Free/Back
5' 8"
Freshman
Larissa Nanna

Larissa Nanna

Breast/IM
5' 6"
Freshman
Maggie Davenport

Maggie Davenport

Free/Breast
5' 9"
Freshman
Elizabeth Fournier

Elizabeth Fournier

Fly/Free
5' 2"
Freshman
Julianna Sebastian

Julianna Sebastian

Fly/Free
5' 5"
Freshman
Francesca Tinucci

Francesca Tinucci

Free
5' 6"
Freshman
Erica Askew

Erica Askew

Breast/IM
5' 7"
Freshman
Fiona Dretzka

Fiona Dretzka

Back/IM
5' 8"
Freshman
Sinead Guy

Sinead Guy

Free
5' 10"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Kylie George

Kylie George

5' 6"
Freshman
Breast/IM/Free
Shannon Leary

Shannon Leary

5' 4"
Freshman
Breast/Free
Natalie Valachovic

Natalie Valachovic

5' 6"
Freshman
Fly/Free
Rachel Brown

Rachel Brown

5' 8"
Freshman
Free/Back
Larissa Nanna

Larissa Nanna

5' 6"
Freshman
Breast/IM
Maggie Davenport

Maggie Davenport

5' 9"
Freshman
Free/Breast
Elizabeth Fournier

Elizabeth Fournier

5' 2"
Freshman
Fly/Free
Julianna Sebastian

Julianna Sebastian

5' 5"
Freshman
Fly/Free
Francesca Tinucci

Francesca Tinucci

5' 6"
Freshman
Free
Erica Askew

Erica Askew

5' 7"
Freshman
Breast/IM
Fiona Dretzka

Fiona Dretzka

5' 8"
Freshman
Back/IM
Sinead Guy

Sinead Guy

5' 10"
Freshman
Free