PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, October 28. FOUR Panthers garner multi-event wins, as the Pitt women's swimming and diving team races past Syracuse, 156-86, this afternoon at Trees Pool. The Panthers improve to 2-0 on the season and 1-0 in the Big East.<\/p>\n
The meet opened with the Panthers in the diving well. First, freshmen Margo Ekstrom (Erie, Pa.\/McDowell) and Hanna Bratton (Lincoln, R.I.\/Moses Brown School) took third (211.35) and fourth (198.08), respectively, in the 3M board, followed by a second-place performance from Ekstrom in the 1M (230.93). <\/p>\n
Then the gears shifted to the swimmers, and winning the first swimming event of the day was the 400 medley relay team, who stopped the clock at 3:56.37. Earning the win for the Panthers were freshman Lisa McDonnell (Columbia, Pa.\/Hempfield), sophomore Ruth Seiffert (Boothwyn, Pa\/Garnet Valley), junior Brittany Stevens (Peachtree City, Ga.\/Starr Mill's\/Florida State) and junior Colleen Sullivan (Alexandria, Va.\/Bishop Ireton).<\/p>\n
Just as they did a day before, the Panthers swept the 1000 free. Senior Kathy Siuda (Waterloo, Ontario\/Bluevale Collegiate Institute) won the event with a 10:36.42, while junior Caitlyn Harrington (Richboro, Pa.\/Council Rock North) finished second at 10:51.85. Placing third was sophomore Laura Rosenberg (Newtown, Pa.\/Newtown) at 11:03.08 and sophomore Karla Leite (Massapequa, N.Y.\/Farmingdale) rounded out the top four in the event.<\/p>\n
Senior Kristin Brown (East Berlin, Pa.\/Bermundian Springs) claimed a first-place finish in the 200 free when she touched the wall at 1:50.63. Seiffert followed with a second-place effort at 1:55.44 in the same event.<\/p>\n
In its second sweep of the day, senior Andrea Shoust (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.\/White Pines C & VS) led Pitt in the 50 free. Shoust recorded a first-place performance with a time of 24.14. Junior Kelly O'Hara (Voorhees, N.J.\/Timber Creek) was second at 24.39, while freshman Sarah Sullivan (Longmont, Colo.\/Longmont) claimed third with a time of 24.97.<\/p>\n
In her first individual win for the Panthers, sophomore Agnes Mago (Kecskemet, Hungary\/Bolyai Janos\/Radford) took first in the 200 IM, after clocking in at 2:08.04. McDonnell took second (2:10.07), while freshman Sophie Cross (Thornton, Pa.\/Glen Mills) finished at 2:12.06 for fourth.<\/p>\n
Adding to their list of wins on the day, Brown turned in first-place performances in the 100 free (52.52), while Mago claimed the title in the 500 free (5:02.75) and Shoust topped all in the 200 back (2:03.09).<\/p>\n
Stevens swam to a second-place effort in the 200 fly (2:12.02), while later in the final individual event of the day, the 200 breast, Seiffert finished second with a time of 2:23.47.<\/p>\n
Pitt capped off the meet with a win in the 400 free relay at 3:31.69. Aiding the Panthers in the victory was Brown, Shoust, McDonnell and freshman Tiffany Malatesta (Vineland, N.J.\/Vineland).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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