Swimming & Diving Completes First Day Of Dual With UNH

The Central Connecticut State swimming and diving team completed the first night of a two-day dual at the University of New Hampshire on Friday. The Catamounts lead the event 123-44.

CCSU opened the meet with a win the 200-freestyle relay, coming from behind at the midway point to pull away to capture the event by more than a second. The Blue Devils mounted five top-three finishes in the individual races that were competed Friday evening.

The two teams are back in the pool for the conclusion of the meet Saturday at 11:00 am. The meet can be streamed live on America East.TV

RELAYS

• Grace M. Young (24.77), Megan Dunningan (24.71), Katrine O'Leary (24.40) and Lauryn Cowing (24.27) won the opening 200 freestyle relay, as O'Leary turned a .18 second deficit into a lead that Cowing extended to win at 1:38.15
• Katie Suchowiecki (26.20), Lauren Lord (26.11), Jillena Plowucha (27.53) and Amelia Cieslik (36.09) finished third in the opening event  
• Sophie Milhomens (58.41), Grace Young (1:08.21) Francesca Fusco (59.11) and Grace M. Young (53.04) swam to a third-place finish in the final event of night one, the 400-medley relay

FREESTYLE

• Gabby Spaciano placed third to lead the 200 freestylers, with a swim of 1:57.75, while Sophie Milhomens was fifth at 1:59.31
• O'Leary (24.51) and Grace M. Young (24.61) captured second and third place respectively in the 50-freestyle
• Maggie Rutledge led the 1,000 group with a fourth-place effort in a time of 10:52.03

STROKES

• Reigning league rookie of the week Addison Kenney took silver in the 100-backstroke, with a time of 59.36, while fellow rookie Francesca Fusco was fifth, stopping the clock at 1:00.93 in the 100 backstroke
• Grace Young (1:08.63) took third in the 100 breaststroke, with Veronica Okurowski (1:11.43) capturing fifth
• Milhomens was the fastest Blue Devil in the 200-butterfly, with a 2:12.29
• Dunningan (2:12.51) and Gabi Wroblewski (2:13.18) were fourth and fifth in the 200 IM