Siena Swimming & Diving went 1-1 on Saturday afternoon in its tri-meet against New Hampshire (UNH) and Merrimack. UNH topped the Saints 206-87 while Siena defeated Merrimack 208-81 from Swasey Pool in Durham, NH.
Carsyn Ide was the team's lone individual winner on the afternoon, taking the 200 IM in 2:16.23. Teammate
Emme Starzman finished just behind in second, touching the wall in 2:17.33.
The Saints also had the top-two 200 free relay teams, as the unit of
Kylie Carter,
Camryn Raines,
Gabrielle Rentosa, and
Shaylea Triller (1:39.21) edged out
Natalie Blume,
Mya Reed,
Grace Neno, and
Brooke Pociask (1:42.44).
Maddie Buck was another Saint to place second in an event as the senior was the 200 free runner-up in 1:59.65. In the 50 free, Carter claimed second with a mark of 25.17 - followed by teammates
Shaylea Triller in third (25.26), and Raines in fourth (25.42). Carter later finished as the runner-up in the 200 breast with a time of 2:27.94.
Triller notched a third place showing in the 100 free (54.42), coming within two seconds of her top-10 performance time set last season.
GayLynn Kirn (third, 10:57.79) and Blume (fourth, 11:05.94) turned in top-five finishes in the 1,000 free. Rentosa and Ide also had top-five finishes in the 100 back - Rentosa taking fourth in 59.74, and Ide fifth in 1:01.13. Rentosa came within 0.28 seconds of cracking the top-10 performers list.
Other top-five showing included
Leslie Dame in the 100 breast (fourth, 1:08.82) & in the 100 fly (fourth, 1:00.42), Blume in the 100 free (fifth, 54.97), and Kirn in the 200 back (fourth, 2:11.69).
On the boards,
Claire Donlon (204.75),
Sydney Murray (193.05), and
Jenna Wyner (184.35) finished sixth-eighth in the 1m, while Donlon took fourth in the 3m with a score of 211.65, and Murray seventh with a 190.65.
The Saints are back in action next Saturday, Nov. 9 for their first home meet of the season. The team welcomes MAAC opponents Sacred Heart and Rider for a noon start from the Siena Swim Center.
