SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Skidmore College swimming & diving teams began the 2023-24 season with a dual sweep of St. Lawrence on Friday afternoon at home. The women grabbed a 160-128 victory over the Saints, and the men won 223-30.
 

• It is the eighth consecutive win for the men against SLU, and fourth in a row for the women.
• Skidmore won a total of 23 events out of the 32 competed on the afternoon.
• Ella Palmet, Faye Mooney, Gretchen Gwitt, and Kelly Hsu joined forces to win the opening 200-yard medley relay in 1:54.22.
• Gwitt won three times on Friday. In addition to the relay, she captured first in the 200-yard butterfly (2:19.24) and the 100-yard butterfly (1:01.93).
• Mooney was also the winner in the 100-yard breststroke (1:12.34), while Hsu claimed honors in the 50-yard freestyle in 25.82 seconds.
• The men's team of Nicolas Sodi, Liam Keating, Henry Brien, and Gavin Schiavi also grabbed the medley relay win. They did it in 1:40.31.
• Sodi won four times including twice as part of a relay. He captured first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:51.20) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:05.55).
• To close the meet, Sodi joined with Ryan Delfico, Brendan Lu, and Schiavi for a finishing time of 1:29.78 in the 200-yard freestyle victory for a win.
• Keating also had two individual wins. He was first in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:00.58) as well as the 200-yard IM (2:09.08).
• Two solo victories also went to Lu in the 50-yard freestyle (22.22) and the 100-yard butterfly (54.13).
• The same was true for Delfico. He was first in the 100-yard backstroke (55.29) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:17.79).
• Schiavi won the 100-yard freestyle to go along with his pair of relay wins. He finished the 100 in 51.41 seconds.
• Sophia May and Kailey Murphy shared wins on the women's diving boards. May grabbed the top score in the 1 meter (218.63), while Murphy claimed the 3 meter (189.38).
• Tomás Ruiz won both the 1 and 3 meters with scored of 177.23 and 198.60, respectively.
• Brandon Lis swam a 10:51.76 1000-yard freestyle as the only competitor on the men's side for his first win. He came back to finish first in the 200-yard backstroke in 2:04.94.
• In the women's 200-yard backstroke, Ginny Hunt had the best time of 2:17.63.  

From head coach Jill Greenleaf:
"Today's season-opener against SLU demonstrated the depth that both our men's and women's teams have gained over the last couple years. Our team not only challenged one of our league rivals, but each other. Many of our returning athletes performed significantly better than at the same time last year, while our freshmen showed their potential. We're excited to race SUNY Potsdam tomorrow!"
 
NEXT UP: Skidmore will host SUNY Potsdam in a dual match Saturday at 1 p.m.