WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – Competing in a conference-only tri-meet for the first time this season, Siena Swimming & Diving saw more steady improvement against MAAC rivals Monmouth and Manhattan Friday afternoon. The Saints picked up their first conference dual meet win of the year over the Jaspers, 209-32, while dropping a narrow 146-113 loss to the host Hawks at the Richard E. Steadman Natatorium in West Long Branch, New Jersey.
The Green and Gold compiled its 15th consecutive win over Manhattan while Monmouth also rolled the Jaspers, 220-28. The Saints saw swimmers take home nine collegiate best and 20 season best times, with sophomore Audrey Shultz leading the way. The Chester, NJ native won both the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke events, posting a personal best time of 1:08.06 in the 100 that put her at eighth on the program's All-Time Top-Ten Performers list. Shultz also recorded an impressive mark of 2:29.15 in the 200 breast, with the times giving her the fifth and sixth best times in the MAAC this season, respectively.
Shultz was one of three Saints to post multiple collegiate bests during the meet, with freshman Kylie Carter doing so in the 100 free (55.24), 200 free (1:59.01) and 500 free (5:19.37), while placing second in the latter. Classmate Shaylea Triller recorded best times in the 50 free (25.63) and 100 free (54.57), coming in four hundredths of a second behind junior Rory Kalac in the 100, who took second at 54.53. Kalac also placed second by one one-hundredth of a second in the 50 with a time of 24.60, while recording an impressive anchor split of 24.40 to help the Saints win the 200 free relay at the end of the meet.
Other Saints who posted collegiate best times on the day included freshman Maddie Buck in the 500 free (5:32.01) and classmate Francesca Coppola in the 200 fly (2:17.75). Senior Abigail Sheridan won the 200 IM with a time of 2:15.16, while freshman Olivia Martin took second in the 100 breast with a mark of 1:10.67.
Siena will stay on the road for what will be its third straight weekend of competition next week, heading to Long Island to face Stony Brook in dual meet action on Saturday, November 20 at 11 AM.
