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Women's Swimming Captures 10 Events in Season-Opening Dual vs. UMBC
10/1/2016 5:09:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
LEWISBURG, Pa. -- The Bucknell women's swimming and diving team opened up its 2016-17 season with a non-scored dual against UMBC, and the Bison came away with 10 event wins. Sophomores Julie Byrne and Brittany Bishop both won two individual events, and Byrne also contributed to a first-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay.
Byrne won the 200 backstroke in a time of 2:05.63, finishing just ahead of teammate Emma Hadley (2:05.72). Byrne later captured the 100 individual medley -- one of several non-traditional events in this early season meet -- in a time of 1:02.18.
Bishop's victories came in the 200 freestyle (1:56.47) and 50 free (24.78). In the 200, she led a 1-2-3 Bison finish, with freshman Katherine O'Shea and junior Caroline Edelman following. O'Shea was also runner-up to Bishop in the 50.
Byrne led off with the backstroke leg in Bucknell's victorious 200 medley. freshman Libby O'Hare, junior Julianna Foss and senior Rachel McGoff followed, helping the Bison to a winning time of 1:48.16.
Foss enters her junior year as the school-record-holder in the 200 fly, and she won that event in 2:08.59. Hadley, a freshman, continued her strong debut meet with a win in the 100 back (58.69) and second-place efforts in the 100 IM, 50 back, and 200 back.
Other event winners for Bucknell were sophomore Lindsay Smalec in the 100 fly (59.55), O'Hare in the 50 breaststroke (30.81), and junior Christine Kehrli in the 3-meter diving (215.5). Freshman Paige Schoelkopf was runner-up in both diving events.
The Bison will be back in action on Oct. 15, hosting Boston University and Richmond at 1 p.m. at Kinney Natatorium.
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