Women’s Swimming and Diving Falls at Miami In
MAC Opener
Simmons, Deren and Carpenter pick up two wins
each
OXFORD, OH –The
University at Buffalo women’s swimming and diving team opened
the MAC portion of its season this afternoon as they took on Miami in
Oxford, Ohio. Freshman
Caroline Simmons, junior
Jordan
Deren and senior diver
Meili Carpenter each won a pair
of events for the Bulls, as they fell to defending MAC Champions,
171-129.
Caroline
Simmons
The meet opened in dramatic
fashion with the Bulls missing out on a first-place relay finish by
just 20 tenths of second, as the 200 medley relay team of
Jessica Ballard,
Brynn Marecki,
Jessie Koltz and Simmons
finished second in a time of 1:45.30, just behind Miami’s
“A” relay that finished in 1:45.10. Deren won the
next event for the Bulls, winning the 1000 freestyle in a time of
10:26.09, more than seven second ahead of the RedHawk competition.
Deren also took a first-place finish in the 500 freestyle with a time
of 5:06.54.
Meili
Carpenter
Simmons swept the sprint
events, taking the 50 freestyle in a time of 23.97 and the 100
freestyle in 52.40. Carpenter earned impressive scores on the boards,
taking first on the one-meter with a score of 314.03, and first on the
three-meter with 270.08 points. The final 400 freestyle relay team of
Deren,
Sam Palma, Koltz and Simmons
also finished picked up a win for Buffalo finishing in a time of
3:30.83, but it was not enough as the Bulls dropped their first MAC
meet of the season.
The Bulls will finish their
weekend road trip with a dual meet against the Ohio Bobcats on Saturday
afternoon. The meet is set for 1pm at Ohio’s Aquatic Center.
