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Women's Swimming and Diving Wins Five Events in Quad Meet at Navy
11/7/2015 10:36:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Bucknell women's swimming and diving team posted a 2-1 record in a quad meet with host Navy, Lafayette and American on Saturday at Lejeune Hall. The Bison recorded a 244-53 win over Lafayette and a 231-68 victory over American, while falling to Navy 180-112.
Bucknell, which improved to 2-3 on the season, won five events overall. Senior Emma Levendoski paced the Bison with a pair of first-place finishes, sweeping the backstroke events. She won the 100 back in 55.94, a full second ahead of her teammate Rachel Perry in the runner-up spot. Levendoski also won the 200 back by more than a second ahead of Navy's Casey Lawson.
Sophomore Julianna Foss was also a two-event winner for the Bison, taking first among scored swimmers in both the 100 fly and 100 IM. She won the 100 fly with a time of 57.54, while Lindsay Smalec took second. Her win in the 100 IM came with a time of 1:00.88, and she was followed by Julie Byrne, Jasmine Spinelli and Diana Hanson in the next three spots.
The Bison added a victory in the 200 free relay. Perry, Maddie Marcheskie, Abigail Rosenberg and Brittany Bishop made up the relay, which finished in 1:38.05.
Every event was won by swimmers from either Navy or Bucknell. The Bison improved to 34-2-2 in the all-time series with Lafayette and 12-1 in the series with American.
Bucknell now turns its attention to the Bucknell Invitational, which it will host at Kinney Natatorium on Nov. 20-22.
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