Senior Julianna Sebastian became the first Siena swimmer to break a program record since 2016 Saturday evening, earning a bronze medal in the 200-yard butterfly with a new best time of 2:06.04, erasing an eight-year-old mark set by Siena Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee Brittany Pavolko in 2011.

The accomplishment highlighted another day of personal benchmarks for the Saints, who took eighth place with 219 points at the 2019 MAAC Championships at the Burt Flickinger Center on the campus of Erie Community College in Buffalo, NY. Fairfield successfully defended their championship by taking the title with 776 total points, while Marist finished second with 646. Siena edged out Saint Peter's (90 points) and Manhattan (81 points), both of whom they defeated during the regular season.

Sebastian was joined by six other swimmers in making the cut for the final heat of an event in Saturday's action, with senior captain Elizabeth Fournier also doing to in the 200 fly, grabbing fourth with a best time of 2:07.08. Junior Larissa Nanna carved out an All-MAAC finish by placing seventh in the 200-yard breaststroke with a personal mark of 2:28.83, while sophomore Shannon Leary took 16th with a 2:33.77, also a best time. Junior Rachel Brown concluded a stellar meet with a 13th place finish in the 100 free, swimming a best time of 53.33.

Rounding out career performances for the Saints in day 4 were freshman Isabel Harms and junior Carrie Bonvissuto, who did so in the 200-yard backstroke and 1650-yard freestyle, respectively. Harms advanced to her second final of the meet and placed ninth with a 2:08.01, while Bonvissuto beat out her old mark in the mile by over 120 seconds, finishing 11th with a 17.52.37. Additionally, the team saw an improvement in the 400-yard freestyle relay, with the group of Fournier, Francesca Tinucci, Bonvissuto and Brown placing eighth with a mark of 3:37.55.

Following four days of competition at this year's conference championship meet, Siena Swimming & Diving closes the book on its 20^th season of competition and looks forward to the 2019-20 campaign in the fall.