SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – The Skidmore College men's and women's swimming and diving teams wrapped up a competitive day in the pool by picking up a pair of Stable Game victories over Vassar at the Williamson Sports Center pool on Saturday afternoon.  

The Thoroughbreds won nine events on the men's side to clinch the 164-123 dual meet victory, while the women improved to a perfect 4-0 start on the season after winning seven events and holding off the Brewers for the closely-contested 153-141 win.

"Our athletes performed extremely well today. As always, league rival Vassar challenged us and forced our team to win close races," said head coach Jill Greenleaf. "We relied heavily on our team depth and our divers for the wins. Each week, our athletes are making progress in practice and we are seeing some of those results in competition."

MEN'S EVENT WINNERS

• In the 200 free, sophomore Thomas Gaughan clocked in at 1:48.50 and out-touched teammate Jonah Vaynshtok by just eight hundredths of a second for his first event win of the day. The sophomore followed up with a top 100 fly time of 53.83 to lead a Skidmore sweep that saw senior Brendan Lu place second at 55.56 and junior Henry Brien finish third at 56.84.
• In the 50 free, Lu outsprinted the field with the fastest time of 22.05.
• On the board, senior Tomas Ruiz won the 3-meter dive with his top score of 225.23.
• Sophomore Allen Huseinovic won the 200 back after touching in at the top time of 2:02.99.
• In the 500 free, Vaynshtok outpaced the competition by clocking in at 5:02.27.
• The 1-meter dive was won by junior Josh Amembal, who recorded the top score of 255.15.
• Freshman Jaz Liotta took the 400 IM with the fastest finish of 4:30.76.
• In the 400-free relay, the Thoroughbreds quartet of Vaynshtok, Owen Magoon, Gaughan and Lu touched in at the fastest combined time of 3:16.23.

WOMEN'S EVENT WINNERS

• In the 200-medley relay, the Skidmore group of Ginny Hunt, Faye Mooney, Gretchen Gwitt and Kelly Hsu finished first with the top time of 1:50.96.
• Freshman Emelia Lan took the win in the 200 free after touching in first at a time of 1:56.80.
• In the 100 back, senior Ginny Hunt clocked in with the top time of 1:00.79.
• Sophomore Lila Tulimieri swept the diving events by first winning the 1-meter dive with a top score of 191.10, before recording the top score in the 3-meter dive at 188.40.  
• In the 100 fly, senior Gretchen Gwitt outpaced the field with a top time of 59.57.
• In the 400 IM, junior Kelly Hsu took the event win after touching in first at 4:45.95.

UP NEXT
The Thoroughbreds are back in the pool next Friday by taking on SUNY New Paltz in a road matchup at 6 PM.