Hamilton College swimmers and divers won 10 events and the Continentals cruised to a dual meet victory against visiting Rensselaer at Bristol Pool on Feb. 9.
Whitney Rosenbaum '10 finished first in two events and was part of a victorious 400-yard medley relay. Kylie Fraser '11, Kate Rack '11 and Olivia Reynolds '08 joined Rosenbaum on the relay that recorded a time of 4:10.48. Rosenbaum captured first place in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:01.62 and touched the wall in 2:12.17 in the 200 butterfly.
Maura Donovan '09 claimed the top spot in the 500 free and the 1,000 free. Donovan's time in the 500 was 5:28.50 and her time in the 1,000 was 11:13.75. Reynolds finished first in the 50 free with a time of 26.11 seconds. Fraser's winning time of 2:15.31 in the 200 backstroke was more than five seconds ahead of the field.
Ashley DeMaio-Zacharek '08 was the biggest surprise on Senior Day. DeMaio-Zacharek was seeded fourth in the 100 free on her own team and started in Lane 1. She won the event with a season-best time of 56.99 seconds and edged top sprinter Reynolds by .06 seconds in the process.
Anna Chelius '11 finished first in both springboard events. Chelius posted a score of 230.25 points in the 1-meter dive and registered 225.68 points in the 3-meter. Hamilton (3-6 overall) won the meet with a score of 147-94.
The Continentals (fourth place) finished behind the Red Hawks (second) at the Liberty League championships in December. Hamilton competes in the New England Small College Athletic Conference championships at Wesleyan University from Feb. 22 through Feb. 24.
Posted February 10, 2008
