POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – The Skidmore College swimming and diving teams continued an undefeated start to the season with a pair of conference dual meet victories on the road at Vassar on Saturday afternoon.

Both now 4-0 on the young season, the Thoroughbreds men cruised to a 192-92 victory after winning 14 of the 16 events, while the women battled to a much-closer 161-129 finish after placing eight total event winners. On the men's side, the senior duo of Nicolas Sodi and Liam Keating each completed a hat trick of event wins, alongside a first place relay.

"Today was an exceptional meet for our teams. Our swimmers consistently demonstrated grit as they pushed to win nearly every close race in the meet, while our depth in diving was instrumental in our women's team victory," said head coach Jill Greenleaf.

The combined effort and intensity of our athletes was outstanding and we look forward to continuing to build this season."

MEN'S EVENT WINNERS

• In the 200-medley relay, the Thoroughbreds quartet of Sodi, Keating, Brendan Lu and Owen Magoon edged out Vassar by nearly two seconds after touching in at a top time of 1:37.19.
• In the 1000 free, junior Brandon Lis cruised to a golden finish by clocking in at 10:28.70.
• The 200 free was the first of three individual free events won by Sodi, as the senior touched at 1:50.12 for first place. Sodi followed up with a time of 49.68 to edge out Vassar's Michael Seaton by nine hundredth of a second for the 100 free victory. Rounding out his hat trick, the senior clocked in at 5:05.67 to win the 500 free.
• Keating began his own hat trick with a top time of 59.29 to take the 100 breast. The senior followed up by sweeping the breast events with a 2:14.31 finish in the 200 yard swim, which beat out second place by over six seconds. Completing his hat trick in the 200 IM, Keating touched in at 2:03.70 for the win.
• In the 200 fly, freshman Thomas Gaughan earned the victory with his top time of 2:04.53.
• In the 50 free, Lu outsprinted the field with a close finish at the wall that saw the junior out-touch Vassar's Hayden Ehrenfeld by one-tenth of a second at 21.92. Lu also won the 100 fly in an even closer finish after touching first at 53.30, which beat out Vassar's Lucas Jauregui by a mere four-hundreths of a second.
• On the board, junior Tomas Ruiz came out on top in the 1-meter dive with his score of 208.20. Also the lone competitor in the 3-meter dive, Ruiz finished the event with a score of 196.28
• Closing out the meet in the 400 free relay, the group of Lu, Jonah Vaynshtok, Gavin Schiavi and Owen Magoon took the win with a combined time of 3:16.28.

WOMEN'S EVENT WINNERS

• In the 200-medley relay, the Skidmore quartet of Ginny Hunt, Faye Mooney, Kelly Hsu, Emily Booth took the win by nearly three seconds after clocking in at 1:52.73.
• Hsu won her first of two individual events in the 200 free after beating out Vassar's Abigail McLaughlin with her top time of 1:59.23. The sophomore followed up with a 200 IM victory after clocking in at 2:14.56, beating out second place by over three seconds.
• In the 100 back, Hunt touched first with a time of 1:02.37.  
• Mooney had an exciting golden swim in the 100 breast after edging out Vassar's Anna Little by five-hundreths of a second with her time of 1:10.44.
• In the 100 fly, E. Booth cruised to a win by clocking a top time of 1:04.19.
• On the boards, senior Sophia May earned the sweep after first scoring the top 1-meter mark at 190.35, before winning the 3-meter dive with her score of 186.38.

UP NEXT
The Thoroughbreds will host the annual Stable Game meet this upcoming Saturday against SUNY New Paltz. The meet is set for a 1 PM start.