TROY, N.Y. – The Skidmore College swimming & diving teams returned to competition Saturday at the RPI Kumpf Invitational. Both the men's and women's teams secured fourth-place finishes.

• Kelly Hsu earned a second-place finish, Skidmore's best finish of the day, in the 200-yard butterfly after clocking in at 2:15.93. She also posted a time of 26.01 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle to finish sixth.
• In the men's 200-yard freestyle, Ryan Delfico placed fifth (1:49.34) and Nicolas Sodi was sixth (1:49.81). Delfico also turned in a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:15.09), while Sodi was sixth in the 200-yard backstroke (2:03.18). Also, in the 200-yard breaststroke, Liam Keating was sixth (2:16.14).
• Caroline Rogers opened with a sixth-place finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle in 11:36.34. She later came in seventh in the 200-yard backstroke (2:21.25), where teammate Ginny Hunt was sixth (2:18.70).
• In the 200-yard freestyle, April Cook took seventh (2:07.15) and Faye Mooney was eighth (2:08.61).
• Cook was also eighth in the 500-yard freestyle (5:37.00). Sabrina Reed was fourth in the same event (5:30.69).
• In the women's 200-yard IM, Gretchen Gwitt came in fifth with a time of 2:20.21. Brendan Lu was also fifth in the men's event in 2:01.83. Lu also had a third-place finish, the Skidmore men's best result, after posting a time of 47.94 seconds in the 100-yard freestyle.
• Tomás Ruiz had a seventh-place finish in the 3-meter diving event with a score of 199.45.
• Emma Bedard placed seventh in the 200-yard breaststroke after finishing in 2:40.40.
• The men's 200-yard butterfly had Will Quinn come in eighth (2:17.90).
• Two Skidmore women's relay teams finished fifth. The 400-yard medley team of Hunt, Mooney, Gwitt, and Hsu opened the meet with a time of 4:13.86. The 400-yard freestyle relay squad of Mooney, Rogers, Emily Booth, and Cook clocked in at 3:55.46.
• The Skidmore men (Delfico, Keating, Lu, Jonah Vaynshtok) got fourth in the 400-yard medley relay in 3:36.50.
• The final standings were identical on both sides. Ithaca (604W, 588M) got first followed by host RPI (581W, 529M), Cortland (413.5W, 458M), Skidmore (352W, 321M), and College of New Jersey (64.5W, 86M).
• From head coach Jill Greenleaf: "It was great to return to competition after winter break and our training trip. Competing today with four strong teams challenged our athletes to push themselves past their fatigue. We had a couple of lifetime bests and even more season bests which is exciting at this point in the year. I know the team is looking forward to returning to our routine, refining their races and resting as we move toward Liberty League championships."

NEXT UP: Skidmore will host RPI in a dual meet next Saturday, Jan. 27 at 1:00 p.m.