SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – On senior day, the Skidmore College swimming and diving teams closed out the regular season with a successful hosting of the Skidmore Sprint Invite at the Williamson Sports Center on Saturday afternoon.

The Thoroughbreds men's team took first place out of five competing teams with a top score of 575.5, while the women also came out on top of six teams with a 550 final score. Additionally, the men broke a pair of meet records in both the 50 breast as well as the 200 free relay.

Prior to the meet action, the Thoroughbreds honored the 11-member senior class of Emily Czelusniak, Ryan Delfico, Liam Keating, Chloe Kim, David Marcello, Sophia May, Will Quinn, Keegan Scharoun, Gavin Schiavi, Danny Schnitzer and Nicolas Sodi with senior day celebrations.

MEN'S EVENT WINNERS

• In the 200-medley relay, the Thoroughbreds quartet of Sodi, Keating, freshman Allen Huseinovic and Schiavi took the victory by seven-tenths of a second with the top time of 1:38.62.
• Sodi won the 100 back after touching first at 54.10 seconds. The senior also won the 200 free with a time of 1:47.40.
• Sophomore Owen Magoon set a new meet record in the 50 breast with his time time of 27.76.
• In the 400 IM, Delfico finished atop the field with his time of 4:20.91. The senior also won the 100 IM after clocking in at 54.68.
• On the boards in the 1-meter dive, sophomore Josh Amembal scored the most points at 233.55.
• Rounding out the meet in the 200 free relay, the Skidmore relay team of Magoon, Jonah Vaynshtok, Schiavi and Delfico set a brand-new meet record time of 1:29.28.  

WOMEN'S EVENT WINNERS

• In the 200-medley relay, the Thoroughbreds came out on top with a time of 1:53.45 off the efforts of Ginny Hunt, Faye Mooney, Gretchen Gwitt and Kelly Hsu.
• The 100 back was won by Gwitt, who touched first with a time of 1:01.54 after cruising past second place by nearly two seconds. The junior also won the 50 fly with the top time of 27.21.
• In the 50 breast, Mooney out touched second place by two-tenths of a second to win with her time of 32.37.
• Winners of two individual events, Hsu first won the 100 fly with her time of 1:00.55. The sophomore followed with the top swim in the 100 IM at 1:02.50.
• In the 50 back, Hunt came out on top with her time of 29.54.

UP NEXT
The Thoroughbreds now prepare for the Liberty League Championship Meet set later this month at Ithaca from February 19-22.