Youngstown State University
Niagara
Swimming and Diving Improves to 2-0 By Defeating Niagara
10/23/2010 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
Youngstown -- The Youngstown State swimming and diving team brings its record to 2-0 as it won Saturday afternoon's meet against the Purple Eagles of Niagara University, 191-109.
In the 200-yard medley relay, YSU's "A" squad earned first place with a time of 1:53.09. The team was comprised of Nishani Cicilson, junior; Angela Diorio, freshman; Laura Paz, freshman; and Kirstin Walker, junior. The "B" squad also ranked third with a time of 1:58.23. Their squad was Claire Reynolds, freshman; Sam Roberts, sophomore; Caitlin Cook, senior; and Alana Kane, senior.
Roberts earned first place in the 100-yard breaststroke, swimming a time of 1:09.80. Liseli Baich, sophomore, came in third with a time of 1:13.98. In the sixth event, the 200-yard butterfly, Paz finished first with a time of 2:11.80. Cook took second in the same event, finishing 2:13.70. Cicilson finished in first in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.70, while Kane came in second with a time of 25.74.
In the 100-yard freestyle, Cicilson captured first place with a time of 54.79, and Kane came in second with a time of 56.10. Roberts snagged first place in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:29.51 while Diorio finished third with a time of 2:36.90. For the 500-yard freestyle, Walker took the top spot finishing with a time of 5:22.42, and in second was Brittany Vigar, freshman, with a time of 5:30.80. Paz finished in first in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:00.64 and Cook took third with a time of 1:02.53.
Top honors in the 200-yard freestyle went to the Penguins' "A" team, which consisted of Cicilson, Walker, Audy Grubbs, junior, and Kane, with a time of 1:41.60. The "B" squad brought third place for the Guins with a time of 1:46.60. On their squad was Paz; Therese Stevens, freshman; Baich; and Megan Ciampa, freshman.
In the 1000-yard freestyle, Ciampa came in second with a time of 10:53.45 and Vigar finished in third place with a time of 11:06.12. Walker placed second in the 200-yard freestyle; her time was 1:59.46. In the same event, Grubbs took the third spot with a time of 2:02.61. Diorio swam to a second place finish in the 100-yard backstroke with her time of 1:02.84. Cook and Ciampa took second and third in the 200-yard backstroke with times of 2:18.57 and 2:18.59. Ciampa also took second in the 400-yard IM with a time of 4:52.52.
In the one-meter dive, Casey Hill, sophomore, dove for first place with a score of 267.52. As a result of that dive, Hill qualified for the NCAA Zone C Championship. Tricia Vallinger, freshman, came in second with a score of 248.02. Sweeping the first three spots in the three-meter dive were Hill, Vallinger, and Amanda Carpin, senior, with scores of 260.40, 216.75, 208.65.
The Penguins return to Beeghly Center Natatorium on Nov. 12 versus Bowling Green. YSU's next meet is Nov. 6 at Marshall.
