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SWD MAAC 2022

Women's Swimming and Diving

Siena Swimming Places Sixth at 2022 MAAC Championships

Saints Take Home Highest Finish Since 2016

BUFFALO, NY – After years of struggling to maintain place within the MAAC, Siena Swimming & Diving finished off a competitive week at the 2022 MAAC Swimming & Diving Championships with a sixth-place finish, recording its highest finish in the conference tournament since 2016. The Saints scored 299.5 points at the Burt Flickinger Center in Buffalo, New York.

Niagara took home the team title on the women's side, while Rider captured the men's MAAC Championship.

The final day of action featured five swimmers advancing to MAAC final heats, beginning with senior Isabel Harms in the 200 back. The Maine native moved to second on the all-time top-ten list with a fourth-place finish of 2:04.89 in the preliminary round, later to take fifth in the finals. Junior Elisabeth Balicanta placed 19th in the preliminary round with a time of 2:12.02 to enter the All-Time Top-10 List in the event.

Freshman Maddie Buck earned her third trip to a MAAC final to close out a fantastic rookie performance with a tenth place finish in the 100 free with a time of 53.02 for sixth all-time in the prelims, later to finish 16th with 53.35 in the finals. Junior Rory Kalac swam a time of 53.24 for 14th and later finished 12th in the finals with a time of 52.71 for fifth all-time.

Sophomore Audrey Shultz placed 15th in the 200 breast with a mark of 2:28.28 and moved into the top-10 in the finals with a 15th place finish of 2:27.89. Junior Jessica Shine's time of 2:08.82 placed her tenth in the 200 fly prelims, while her mark of 2:06.82 allowed her to move to ninth in the final round.

The meet ended with the 400 free relay group of Kalac, freshman Kylie Carter, freshman Shaylea Triller, and Buck placing seventh with a time of 3:32.96.

Siena concludes the 2021-22 season with one school record broken and over half of its current roster holding at least one entry on the All-Time Top-Ten Performers List.
 
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Players Mentioned

Elisabeth Balicanta

Elisabeth Balicanta

Back/Free
5' 4"
Junior
Isabel Harms

Isabel Harms

Free/Back
5' 4"
Senior
Rory Kalac

Rory Kalac

Free
5' 5"
Junior
Jessica Shine

Jessica Shine

Fly/Back
5' 6"
Junior
Audrey  Shultz

Audrey Shultz

Free/Breast/IM
6' 3"
Sophomore
Maddie Buck

Maddie Buck

Free/Fly
5' 5"
Freshman
Kylie Carter

Kylie Carter

Free/Breast
5' 10"
Freshman
Shaylea Triller

Shaylea Triller

Free
5' 9"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Elisabeth Balicanta

Elisabeth Balicanta

5' 4"
Junior
Back/Free
Isabel Harms

Isabel Harms

5' 4"
Senior
Free/Back
Rory Kalac

Rory Kalac

5' 5"
Junior
Free
Jessica Shine

Jessica Shine

5' 6"
Junior
Fly/Back
Audrey  Shultz

Audrey Shultz

6' 3"
Sophomore
Free/Breast/IM
Maddie Buck

Maddie Buck

5' 5"
Freshman
Free/Fly
Kylie Carter

Kylie Carter

5' 10"
Freshman
Free/Breast
Shaylea Triller

Shaylea Triller

5' 9"
Freshman
Free