ITHACA, N.Y. - Despite turning in several season-best performances against Cornell, St. Bonaventure women's swim and dive team came up short in their first action of the New Year as the Bonnies scored 96 points to the Big Red's 147.

Two of those season bests were Phoebe McClaren's 10:22.20 first-place finish in the 1000-free and her 5:05.99 third-place finish in the 500-free. Samantha Schnappauf claimed third in that 1000m race, with another season-best finish of 10:31.90.

Sophie Baker's 23.69 runner-up finish in the 50-free was another Bonnies season-best time.

Kate Hill and Anna Bojana Forjan picked up where they left off in the first half of the season, both claiming winning finishes and season-best times. Hill finished the 100-free in 51.78 seconds, Forjan finished the 200-back in 2:02.01.

Katie Lyons and Paris Christie's 2:23.68 and 2:24.37 200-breast performances held the second and third-place finishes behind Cornell's Katherine Ferreira's 2:21.02. Grace Purtell and Nele Vetter occupied the 200-fly podium in the same fashion: Purtell's 2:07.87 finish and Vetter's 2:08.85 were second and third to Cornell's Isabel Peng's 2:06.68.

The 200-freestyle relay team of Kate Hill, Mia Hill, Anna Bojana Forjan and Sophie Baker posted a runner-up performance, touching in 1:35.62, while the 400-medley relay of Sophie Baker, Paris Christie, Isabella Giupatto and Kate Hill earned a third-place finish with a time of 3:49.74.

Dhavgely Mendoza and Lia Doskoris claimed first-place finishes in their respective events, Mendoza scoring 288.23 from the 1-meter board and Doskoris scoring 269.33 from the 3-meter board.

QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH MIKE SMIECHOWSKI
"Our women did a great job today. We stole some races and competed well against a very good Ivy league squad. Our divers had a very good performance and continue to progress well. Our goals are still for February's Atlantic 10 Championship meet, but to swim and dive this well at this point in the season is a good sign."

UP NEXT
The Bonnies return home for their Senior Meet against the Colgate Water Raiders on Jan. 24.


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