TROY, N.Y.—Senior
Charlotte Scott was the top performer for the William Smith swimming and diving team in the Rensselaer Invitational on Saturday. She produced a pair of top five finishes and shared a third top five finish in the meet's final relay.
Scott placed fourth in the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 5:31.17, three seconds behind the winner, but more than 10 seconds ahead of the fifth place swimmer. Earlier in the meet, she took fifth in the 200 free, logging a time of 2:05.25. Scott capped the day's racing on the fifth place 400 free relay team with
Caitlin O'Brien,
Jordan Hawn, and
Ellen Ellison. They touched in at 4:03.77.
The Herons' 400 free B relay team of
Rachel Johnson,
Jessica Cook,
Mamme Daley, and
Lindsay Simonson was 1.63 seconds behind the A relay, taking sixth place.
William Smith also got top-6 finishes from O'Brien (5th in 1,000 free in 11:42.16),
Lauren Morosky (5th in 50 free in 26.4), and
Casey Sherwin (6th in 100 free in 58.19).
RPI took the team title with a score of 624.5, besting Cortland (553.5), Oneonta (383), William Smith (366), and Skidmore (268).
The Herons will be back in the water on Jan. 27 when they host RIT. The meet is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. in Bristol Pool.