POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – For the second straight weekend, freshman Linnea Kropp set a new diving program record as the Skidmore College men's and women's swimming and diving teams earned a hard-fought road sweep of Vassar on Saturday afternoon.

Kropp broke a 21-year-old record in the 3-meter, six-dive event with a score of 263.70, surpassing the mark set by Lisa Kranz in 2005. Overall, the Thoroughbred women improved to a perfect 4-0 with a 162-129 victory and seven event wins, while the men moved to 3-1 with a 165-115 victory and eight event wins.

FROM HEAD COACH JILL GREENLEAF
"We had an extremely competitive meet today with a strong Vassar team. In addition to strong performances by all four of our divers, our captains impressed me with their leadership. They stepped up in the middle of the meet to demonstrate resilience and change the energy of the meet, both in the pool and on deck. Today was truly a team effort to secure both team victories!"

MEN'S EVENT WINNERS

• On the board, senior Josh Amembal was the lone competitor in both diving events and finished with a score of 155.80 in the 3-meter, as well as a score of 180.50 in the 1-meter dive.
• In the 100 free, junior Thomas Gaughan placed first with the fastest swim of 48.53.
• In the 200 back, sophomore Graham Mahoney touched in first with a time of 1:59.77.
• In the 200 breast, sophomore Jaz Liotta recorded the top time of 2:14.23, before also winning the 400 IM after out-touching second place by eight-hundreths of a second at 4:22.66.
• In the 500 free, freshman Grayson Busch swam the fastest time of 5:02.14.
• In the 400 free relay, the Skidmore quartet of Jonah Vaynshtok, Owen Magoon, Braeden McManus and Gaughan took the top place with a combined time of 3:18.49.

WOMEN'S EVENT WINNERS

• In the 1000 free, senior Sabrina Reed cruised to first place with the top time of 11:16.01, before following up by touching in first with a 500 free time of 5:31.59.
• On the board, Kropp first claimed top place in the 1-meter dive with a score of 246.50, before her record-setting score of 263.70 in the 3-meter dive.
• In the 100 free, senior Kelly Hsu clocked in with the top time of 55.09.
• In the 200 back, senior Jae Mason touched in first with a swim of 2:13.85.
• In the 400 free relay, the Thoroughbred quartet of Faye Mooney, Emelia Lan, Emily Booth and Mason placed first with a combined time of 3:46.67.

UP NEXT
The Thoroughbreds take on Springfield next Saturday in a noon matchup on the road.