PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The St. Bonaventure women's swimming and diving team began their season this weekend at the Rutgers Invitational.  

Competition began Friday night, and the Bonnies were led by a couple of fifth-place finishes from junior Phoebe McClaren and the 200-free relay team. McClaren placed fifth in the 500-yard free with a time of 5:00.22. The 200-free relay team of Kate Hill, Isabella Giupatto, Laila Chance and Sophie Baker also recorded a fifth-place finish, touching the wall in 1:34.80. 

The Bonnies collected eight more top-10 finishes on Saturday. AnnDaleigh Rutledge-Jukes swam a time of 4:35.18 that gave her an eighth-place finish. Giupatto also collected an eighth-place finish in the 100-yard fly with a time of 56.04. Junior Alessandra Ren swam 1:53.51 in the 200-yard free which had her touching the wall in seventh place. 

Baker was the Bonnies' top finisher of the day; she placed fourth in the 100-yard back with a time of 56.69. 

Sophomore Sarah Malcolm led SBU on the diving board. She finished seventh in the 1-meter with a score of 250.65 and finished sixth in the 3-meter after scoring 248.90. 

The 400-yard free relay of Baker, Grace Purtell, Giupatto and Hill posted another top ten finish with a time of 3:50.92. 

Corinne Hayes collected another top ten finish in the 1000 free after a 10:17.81 time finished tenth.  

The 200-medley relay team of Hill, Baker, Purtell and Giupatto capped off the meet by finishing in fourth with a time of 1:44.68. 

QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH ALEC KANDT 
"I couldn't be more proud of this group. This season so far has been about finding our identity and believing in our abilities. They showed a tremendous amount of grit with the ability to race fast at any time! I'm very excited to see what we can do this year.

UP NEXT 
The Bonnies will be back in action on October 24th when they host Cleveland State on Oct. 24.

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