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Women's swimming tops Canisius, 172-44.5

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – The St. Bonaventure women's swimming & diving team took first place in all 12 events to beat Big 4 rival Canisius 172-44.5 on Friday afternoon at the Reilly Center.

Senior Allison Smith led the way with two individual first place finishes and one in the 200-yard freestyle relay, clocking in at 1:43.90. In the 1000-yard free, Smith touched in at 10:41.51 beating the competition by more than a minute. She clocked in at 54.66 in the 100-yard freestyle to finish first.

Junior Jamie Noonan also picked up a first place finish in the 200-yard freestyle and joined Smith, Natalya Ghostlaw and Julie Brezinsky in the 200 free relay. Noonan touched in at 2:02.32 just ahead of Brezinsky who picked up a second place finish at 2:03.05.

Also adding to the list of first place finishes for the Bonnies was sophomore Kayla Cobb who finished first in the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:09.47. Cobb, junior Kathryne Valentine, and seniors Taylor Merena and Lauren Ely picked up the first win of the afternoon in the 200-yard medley relay, finishing at 1:53.50.

Ely finished first in the 50-yard free clocking in at 25.99 while Valentine won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:00.84.

Sophomore Jaelyn Thurner led the Brown and White in diving taking first in the 1-meter and 3-meter dives with 224.03 and 227.18 points, respectively. Classmate Alycia Gossett had 194.18 points in the 1-meter for a third place finish and 188.18 points for a second place in the 3-meter.

The Bonnies take a month off from competition and return to action next year against Buffalo on January 16 at the Reilly Center Pool.

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