SBU Sports: Swimming And Diving records eight top-five finishes at day one of 2024 ECAC Championships
The Stony Brook swimming and diving team opened day one of the 2024 ECAC Championships in East Meadow on Dec. 6 with a bang, posting several strong performances across multiple events.
The Seawolves were hot out the gate in prelims, as nine swimmers and three divers punched their tickets to the finals. Sara DiStefano took first in the 1-meter diving prelims (241.90).
Stony Brook carried its momentum into the finals, picking up eight top-five finishes and another win from DiStefano in the 1-meter diving finals.
The Seawolves finished with 414 team points, good for third place heading into day two.
HIGHLIGHTS
- DiStefano capped off her impressive day with a first-place finish in the 1-meter diving finals (247.30)
- Natalia Chornomidza took second in the 1-meter diving event with a score of 231.00
- Mykayla Lavery placed third in the 1-meter dive, which was good for a score of 225.10
- Michelle Vu, Brenna Mowrey, Alanna DePinto, and Francesca Baber finished second in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:35.97)
- Baber swam to a second-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 4:59.16.
- Aili Talcott put up a strong showing in the 200-yard IM, taking third (2:07.24).
- Sara Baxter, Talcott, Vu, and DePinto finished third in the 400-yard medley relay at 3:54.09.
- Vu placed fifth in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.14.
