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SWD 2022 Day 2 Podium

Women's Swimming and Diving

Three Podium Finishes Highlight Day Two of MAAC Swimming Championships

Buck, Shine, Kalac Take Home All-MAAC Honors

BUFFALO, NY – Siena Swimming & Diving saw three swimmers earn All-MAAC finishes during day two of the 2022 MAAC Swimming & Diving Championships at the Burt Flickinger Center in Buffalo, New York on Thursday.

Through two days of action in the four-day event, the Saints sit in seventh place with 134 points, five points behind sixth place Canisius. Siena saw five Saints advance to the MAAC Championship finals as the 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, and 200 free relay events took place.

Freshman Maddie Buck came away with the team's best preliminary finish of the day, placing fifth in the 500 free with a time of 5:06.45 to move into fourth all-time in program history in the event. She would finish eighth in the finals with a time of 5:11.61 to earn All-MAAC honors in the final round. Junior Reilly King also advanced to the finals with a 15th place finish, and finished the day in 14th with a time of 5:11.55.

The 200 IM featured an eighth-place finish from junior Jessica Shine with a new best time of 2:09.85 to move to third-best All-Time, while senior Isabel Harms moved into the finals with a 16th place finish and a time of 2:11.53, good for seventh all-time. Shine would improve on her prelim mark by five hundredths of a second to finish eighth in the finals for All-MAAC honors, while Harms placed 16th overall. Sophomore Audrey Shultz also put forth a best time in the preliminary round with a mark of 2:15.88.

The ever-competitive 50 free saw junior Rory Kalac swim a personal best time of 24.03 in the preliminary round to place sixth for third all-time, and later finish seventh in the finals at 24.05. Other Siena swimmers who claimed a personal best in the 50 free included Buck (25.22), senior Abigail Sheridan (25.25), freshman Shaylea Triller (25.10), Francesca Coppola (25.81), sophomore Natalie Colaizzo (25.75), and junior Kristyn Sampath (27.49).

The Saints ended the day with a sixth-place finish in the 200 free relay, with Kalac, Triller, junior Elisabeth Balicanta and, sophomore Demi Bobarakis combining for a time of 1:36.75 to come just under a second off the school record. Kalac put forth an impressive leadoff split of 23.75

Siena will continue action at the MAAC Championships on Friday, February 11 with the running of the 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, and the 3-meter diving.
 
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Players Mentioned

Elisabeth Balicanta

Elisabeth Balicanta

Back/Free
5' 4"
Junior
Demi Bobarakis

Demi Bobarakis

Fly/Free
5' 6"
Sophomore
Natalie Colaizzo

Natalie Colaizzo

Free
5' 9"
Sophomore
Isabel Harms

Isabel Harms

Free/Back
5' 4"
Senior
Rory Kalac

Rory Kalac

Free
5' 5"
Junior
Reilly King

Reilly King

Free/Back
5' 8"
Junior
Kristyn  Sampath

Kristyn Sampath

Free/Back
5' 8"
Junior
Abigail Sheridan

Abigail Sheridan

Fly/Back
5' 4"
Senior
Jessica Shine

Jessica Shine

Fly/Back
5' 6"
Junior
Audrey  Shultz

Audrey Shultz

Free/Breast/IM
6' 3"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Elisabeth Balicanta

Elisabeth Balicanta

5' 4"
Junior
Back/Free
Demi Bobarakis

Demi Bobarakis

5' 6"
Sophomore
Fly/Free
Natalie Colaizzo

Natalie Colaizzo

5' 9"
Sophomore
Free
Isabel Harms

Isabel Harms

5' 4"
Senior
Free/Back
Rory Kalac

Rory Kalac

5' 5"
Junior
Free
Reilly King

Reilly King

5' 8"
Junior
Free/Back
Kristyn  Sampath

Kristyn Sampath

5' 8"
Junior
Free/Back
Abigail Sheridan

Abigail Sheridan

5' 4"
Senior
Fly/Back
Jessica Shine

Jessica Shine

5' 6"
Junior
Fly/Back
Audrey  Shultz

Audrey Shultz

6' 3"
Sophomore
Free/Breast/IM