ROCHESTER, NY – Siena Swimming & Diving rebounded from a hard-fought loss in its home opener with a pair of road wins on Saturday afternoon. The Saints (3-1, 2-0) remained perfect in MAAC dual meet action with a 177-111 win over Canisius, and also collected a 198-101 victory over the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.
The Green and Gold collected ten event wins, beginning with the group of freshman
Mea Amedio, senior
Audrey Shultz, freshman
Camryn Raines, and graduate student
Rory Kalac taking the win in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:50.49. Siena would also finish out the day with a relay win in the 200 free relay by way of the team of Raines, freshman
Natalie Blume, junior
Shaylea Triller, and Kalac swimming a time of 1:39.70.
Freshman
Hope Ivanovich (10:48.29), freshman
Maria Candelora (11:15.09), and Blume (11:18.98) went 1-2-3 in the 1,000 free, while Ivanovich also collected wins in the 200 fly (2:12.47) and the 500 free (5:22.58).
Kalac once again dominated sprint races with wins in the 50 (24.38) and 100 free (53.48), while Amedio took second in the 100 free (54.51) and the 200 IM (2:15.12). Shultz claimed victory in the 200 breast (2:26.57), while freshman
Carsyn Ide won the 100 fly (1:00.28). Senior diver
Talia Spenziero added depth with a first-place finish in the one-meter diving event (237.06).
Both of Siena's MAAC victories have come against teams that were selected to finish ahead of them in the 2023-24 MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll.
Following a weekend off from competition, the Saints will next head to Loretto, Pennsylvania for annual dual meet action against Saint Francis (PA) on Saturday, November 4 before returning home to host New Hampshire at the Siena Swim Center the following day.