Brockport, NY – The SUNY Brockport Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving team will be hosting Buffalo State for their first dual meet of the new year on Friday, January 13^th at 4pm. The teams will then head to to Geneva, NY to compete against Hobart William Smith, Cazenovia and Wells College in a 16-event, short course invite on Saturday, January 14^th at 1pm.
 
Last Race Recap: The SUNY Brockport Swimming and Diving team traveled to compete against the Oswego State Lakers. The women left Laker Hall with a win 201-73, a 128-point difference. The men fell to the Lakers in a tough battle, 158-133. 
 
The men battled for a first-place finish in the 200-yard medley. The team of Luca Olivieri, Oliver Dragojevic, Joe Keeney and Garrett Nanna touched the pads with a time of 1:41.37.
 
Jace Frederickson placed first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:55.01. He placed first again in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:29.31.
 
Oliveri snagged second in the 50 back with a time of 27.10, and first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 56.96.
 
Dragojevic placed first in the 50 breaststroke with a time of 28.04 and second in the 100 with a time of 100.81.
 
Keeney placed first in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 58.62.
 
Down in the well Kurt Mueller placed first in the 1-meter diving event with a score of 230.85, and second on the 3-meter with a score of 216.55. Ren Watson placed second in the 1-meter with a score of 199.65 and first on the 3-meter board with a score of 225.55.

The women's team got off to a hot start with a first and second place finish in the 200-yard individual medley. The team of Miya Vitale, Emily LeFrois-Heath, Nicole Orcutt and Elizabeth Sagan touched the pads with a time of 1:57.62. Right behind them was the team of Sawyer Parker, Sam Whitman, Alexa Callaghan and Emma Purvis finishing with a time of 2:06.37.
 
Brockport went second, third and fourth place in the 1000-yard freestyle. Hannah Pauly started the Golden Eagles off with a time of 12:01.86 just two second behind Oswego's first place finish of 11:59.74. Emi Wilck was next with a time of 12:47.01 and Esther Zadov snuck into fourth with a time of 12:56.04.
 
The women dominated the 200-yard freestyle with a first and second place finish from Sagan and Parker. Sagan touched the pads at 2:04.10 and Parker was right behind with a time of 2:04.57.
 
LeFrois-Heath won the 50 back with a time of 29.52, and the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:30.67. She also placed first in the 100-yard individual medley with a time of 1:06.27.
 
Orcutt dominated the 100-yard butterfly with a 1:04.35, followed by a second-place finish from Emi Wilck with a time of 1:09.53.
 
Sagan placed first in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.88. Parker placed first in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 57.58.
 
Miya Vitale touched first in the 100-yard backstroke event with a time of 1:02.66, and first again in the 50-yard backstroke (28.74)
 
The team of Sagan, Orcutt, Parker and Emma Purvis brought it home for the women with a 1:44.36 and a first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
 
Down in the well Kyra Russ placed first in the 1-meter diving event with a score of 211.55, and in the 3-meter with a score of 239.50.
 
Training Trip: The team spent a week down south in Palm Beach Gardens Florida. They trained for two, two and a half hour sessions a day in a 50-meter Olympic style outdoor pool. The divers took advantage of the 1-meter and 3-meter boards in the diving well.
 
Looking at the Bengals: Buffalo State has a total of six men and thirteen women competing this season. Both the men and women are 2-5 overall and 0-0 in the SUNYAC Conference. 
 
Looking at Hobart William Smith: The men have a total of five people competing, while the women have 16 people on the roster. Hobart is 0-7 overall and 0-0 going into the meet, while William Smith is 5-2 overall and 0-0 in conference.
 
Up Next: Following this weekend the Golden Eagles will prepare for a road dual meet against Geneseo on January 20th at 5pm.