EWING, N.J. – The TCNJ women's swimming and diving team kicked off the new year by hosting a tri-meet against conference rival Kean and Division II Millersville at the TCNJ Aquatic Center on Saturday.

Led by standout performances from senior captain Sarah Burton and sophomore Bridget Cleveland, the Lions (1-4) had multiple notable races that included one individual event victory and 11 total individual top five finishers throughout the meet. The final scores of the tri-meet saw the blue and gold fall 184-75 to Millersville and 193-66 to Kean.

TOP-FIVE FINISHERS

• Burton began her day in the pool by winning the 200 free after touching first with her time of 2:02.06. The senior would follow up with a third place time of 2:18.87 in the 200 IM, and a fifth place finish in the 100 butterfly after touching in 1:04.30.
• Cleveland earned a pair of third place finishes in the backstroke events. Cleveland first took third in the 100 back with time of 1:03.18, before following up with a third place finishing time of 2:18.51 in the 200 back.
• Finishing fourth in the 1000 free, junior Ren Wolstenholme narrowly missed out on a top-three finish after being beat out by just two hundredths of a second with her time of 11:37.08.
• In the sprint free, the freshman duo of Mary Kate Owens and Katie Mazzacco each earned a top-five finish. The 50 free saw Kate Owens place fifth with her time of 27.05, while Mazzacco clocked the fourth-fastest time of 57.79 in the 100 free.
• Junior captain Colleen Scanlon finished fifth in the 200 back with a time of 2:22.57.
• In the 500 free, sophomore Katelyn Gaulin placed fourth after recording a time of 5:45.97.
• The 100 fly also saw sophomore Nisha Narayanan finish fourth with her time of 1:03.97.

UP NEXT
The Lions returns to the TCNJ Aquatic Center next Friday in a home matchup against NJAC-rival Rowan starting at 2 PM.