BUFFALO, NY – Junior Jessica Shine re-set and later re-broke her own school record in the 100-yard butterfly as Siena Swimming & Diving continued its week at the 2022 MAAC Swimming & Diving Championships at the Burt Flickinger Center in Buffalo, New York Friday.

The Buffalo, NY native placed third in the preliminary round with a time of 56.72, besting her own record set in 2020 by three hundredths of a second. Shine would later capture her second podium finish of the meet by taking third place in the finals with a 56.28, furthering her program-best mark and becoming the first Saint since 2019 to take home a top-3 individual finish at the MAAC Championships.

Through three days of action in Buffalo, the Green and Gold sit in sixth place with a team score of 238.5. Entering the final day of action, the team is poised to record its best finish since the 2015-16 campaign.

In addition to the 100 fly, the Saints took the pool for five other events Friday and placed at least one finalist in each. Senior Abigail Sheridan placed 15^th in the 400 IM with a time of 4:46.16 to advance to the final round, finishing 16^th in the evening heats.

The 200 free featured a meet-high three Saints advancing to the final heats, with freshman Maddie Buck collecting her second All-MAAC finish of the meet. The Hampden, ME native swam a time of 1:54.72 and placed fifth in the finals with a time of 1:54.58 to move to third on the All-Time Top Ten Times List. Freshman Kylie Carter's mark of 1:55.13 was good for fifth on the all-time list and a ninth-place finish in the prelims, with a time of 1:56.05 good for 12^th place result in the finals. Senior Rory Kalac advanced to her second final of the meet with a time of 1:55.57 for eighth all-time, while her time of 1:56.22 placed her 14^th in the finals. Freshman Shaylea Triller (1:58.08) and sophomore Natalie Colaizzo (2:03.49) each put forth personal bests in the event during the preliminary round.

The 100 breast featured freshman Olivia Martin moving into sixth all-time with a time of 1:06.74 and a seventh-place finish in the prelims, and also took seventh in the finals with a mark of 1:06.83. Other best times in the 100 breast came from senior Sarah Duggan (1:10.12), and junior Ellie Murphy (1:11.55).

Senior Isabel Harms went to the finals in the 100 back with a 12^th place finish and a time of 58.15 to move to second all-time in the event, and later tied for 11^th in the finals with a mark of 58.09. Junior Elisabeth Balicanta went for a time of 1:00.25 to finish 18^th in the preliminary round and tie for 10^th all-time, while Kristyn Sampath set a personal best with a time of 1:06.20.

Junior Lydia Delano walked away from the meet with her second All-MAAC finish, taking fourth in the 3-meter diving event with a score of 203.35. Sophomore Talia Spenziero finished second in the consolation final and tenth overall with scores of 180.55 and 168.20.

The Saint ended day three action with a sixth-place finish in the 400 medley relay, featuring a time of 3:54.36 from the team of Harms, Martin, Shine, and Kalac. Through three days of action, Siena has seen 11 new entries into the program's top-ten all-time performances list.

The 2022 MAAC Championships will conclude on Saturday, February 12 with the 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, and 400 free relay.