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Women's Swimming and Diving Wins Seven Events, But Edged 151-149 by NYU
11/20/2016 10:44:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
NEW YORK – Bucknell and NYU each won seven swimming events, but the Violets edged the Bison 151-149 in a non-conference women's swimming and diving meet held at Columbia on Sunday. Junior Julianna Foss led the Bison with three individual wins.
Bucknell fell to 3-4 overall, while NYU remained unbeaten at 4-0. The Violets have won 22 straight dual meets, including four over Division I opponents.
Foss swept the butterfly events for the second time this season and added a win in the 200 IM. Her winning times of 2:06.55 in the 200 fly and 2:08.01 in the 200 IM were both the fastest by a Bison swimmer this season.
Foss led a 1-2-3 effort by the Bison in the 100 fly, finishing first in 57.65. She was followed by teammates Lindsay Smalec and Caroline Edelman in second and third.
Bucknell swept the backstroke events for the second straight meet. Freshman Emma Hadley, who won both races at the Navy Quad, took first in the 100 back with a time of 58.34. She owns the program's 10th-fastest time (56.97) in the event. Julie Byrne was the champion in the 200 back with a time of 2:04.85.
The Bison dominated the backstroke events, taking the top two spots in the 100 back and the top four spots in the 200 back. Senior Rachel Perry finished just one one-hundredth of a second behind Hadley in the shorter of the two races. Hadley, sophomore Steph Boyd, and senior Caroline Orem were second through fourth behind Byrne.
Freshman Abby Merriman won the 1,000 free for the second time this season. She finished first by more than three seconds with a time of 10:37.32. Merriman added a runner-up finish in the 500 free, posting the fastest time (5:11.05) by a Bucknell swimmer this season.
Freshman Libby O'Hare rounded out Bucknell's individual winners, touching the wall in 1:07.55 in the 100 breast. It was her second victory in the event in the past three meets.
Brittany Bishop had a pair of runner-up swims, taking second in both the 50 free and 200 free. Sophomore Abigail Rosenberg and Edelman were third and fourth in the 200 free.
The Bison's next seven competitions will be at Kinney Natatorium, starting with the Bucknell Invitational on Dec. 2-4.
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