Meet resultsEwing, NJ … The College of New Jersey women's swimming and diving team suffered a non-conference setback by a narrow margin at Southern Connecticut State University, falling 149.5 - 144.5 in New Haven, CT on Saturday evening.
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The Lions (2-1) battled hard against the Division II program, but came up just shy on points.
Senior
Summer Thomas (North Plainfield, NJ/Metuchen) put forth another standout effort, setting the pace in a pair of freestyle events and contributing to the 400-free relay win with freshman
Ali Huber (South Plainfield, NJ/South Plainfied), junior
Lauren Rothstein (Mullica Hill, NJ / Clearview) and freshman
Emily Rothstein (Mullica Hill, NJ/Clearview). Sophomore
Brenna Strollo (Long Branch, NJ/Biotechnology) also won two individual events in the 100-backstroke and 100-butterfly.
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Thomas placed first in the 200-yard free with a time 2:00.58 and 500-free in 5:23.46. Strollo raced to top honors in the 100-back in 1:01.90 and 100-fly in 1:01.93.
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Freshman
Hannah Raymond (Burlington, NJ/Burlington Twp.) enjoyed another terrific performance in the diving well, outscoring the competition in both the 1- and 3-meter events. Raymond recorded regional qualifying scores in both events, tallying 283.79 points in the 1-meter and 273.75 points in the 3-meter. Sophomore
Sarah Grassi (Oaklyn, NJ/Camden Catholic) finished second in the 1-meter with a score of 214.12 and junior
Edith Duggan (Aberdeen, NJ/Red Bank Catholic) took second in the 3-meter with a score of 225.98.
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Lauren Rothstein also registered a second and third-place finish in the 50- and 100-free. Freshman
Katie Kilfeather (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) finished runner-up in the 200-back and third in the 100-back. TCNJ freshman
Marta Lawler (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) had another strong performance, placing second in the 100- and 200-breast events.
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The Lions (2-1) will look to get healthy and train next week before returning to competition on Saturday, November 15. TCNJ will host New York University in a dual meet at 2 p.m. in TCNJ's Aquatic Center.
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