ROCHESTER, N.Y.—The William Smith swimming and diving team finished sixth in the Liberty League Championships hosted by the University of Rochester. It's the Herons best finish since placing sixth in the 2004 conference meet.
Rochester won the team title with 1,017 points. Rensselaer was second with 634, followed by Union (563), Vassar (408), St. Lawrence (358), William Smith (245), Skidmore (209), and Clarkson (103).
In the today's first session, the 200-yard medley relay of
Lauren Morosky,
Katie Stebbins,
Alisha Rexford, and
Casey Sherwin finished sixth in 2 minutes, 1.63 seconds. William Smith's B relay placed 11th in 2:02.02.
The Herons had three swimmers score in the 100 backstroke. Sherwin led the way with a 7th place showing in 1:04.88. She was followed by
Jessica Cook in ninth (1:05.35) and
Ariana Vasquez in 14th (1:06.9).
Sherwin's team-best individual finish was matched by
Caitlin O'Brien in the 1,650 freestyle. She earned seventh place in that event in 19:22.75.
Charlotte Scott was 10th in 19:32.95.
Scott also had a top-10 finish in the 400 individual medley, finishing ninth in 5:07.98.
William Smith's scoring in the early session was completed by
Heidi Gordon and Stebbins in the 100 breaststroke. Gordon took 11th in 1:15.73, while Stebbins was 13th in 1:16.23.
The Herons posted their best finish of the meet in the final event. The 400 free relay of Sherwin, Stebbins, Scott, and Morosky was fifth in 3:54.40. The William Smith B relay was 12th.
Cook notched William Smith's top individual finish in the evening, taking ninth in the 200 backstroke in 2:20.74. Sherwin was two spots back in the event in 2:22.22.
The Herons had three swimmers score in both the 200 breaststroke and the 200 butterfly. Gordon (10th, 2:42.37), Stebbins (12th, 2:45.58), and
Lauren Jack (16th, 2:49.17) earned points in the former, while Scott (11th, 2:32.88), Cook (14th, 2:35.01), and
Mamme Daley (2:35.21) scored in the latter.
The conference championship meet marks the end of the 2009 portion of William Smith's schedule. The Herons next meet is the Rensselaer Invitational on Jan. 23, 2010.