Friday PM Results | Saturday PM Results

ITHACA, N.Y. – The Union College women's swimming and diving put together another strong showing on day two of the 13th Annual Ithaca College Bomber Invite on Saturday at Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium.

After two days of competition, the Union College women's swimming and diving sits in eighth place with 296 points and only 11 points back from seventh-place Nazareth University. Ithaca College is currently in first with 955.5 points.

Friday night saw a limited number of swimmers compete. Union's 800 free relay team of junior Alison Silver, first-year Kathlyn Pomeroy, sophomore Grace Furtado, and sophomore Ella Bouvier finished in 11th with a time of 8:25.84.

The three-meter diving relay took fifth place with 145.00 points.

Saturday's finals session saw the Union 200 free relay teams go back-to-back to finish 13th and 14th, respectively, to combine for 54 points. Relay A finished in 1:44.94 and was made up of sophomore Chloe Matthews, first-year Maddie Stanley, Silver, and sophomore Jessica Konsky. The B Relay of senior Maya Gerber, sophomore Sarah Ramirez, senior Kristina Valenti, and sophomore Samantha Picciotti clocked in at 1:46.93.

Union's 400 medley relay A team of sophomore Amelia Dino, Valenti, Picciotti, and Matthews, placed 14th with a time of 4:17.63, only .27 seconds back from the team from Alfred University. Union's relay B team of Furtado, senior Gabi Acosta, Silver, and Stanley finished in 16th with a time of 4:24.47.

Konsky qualified for the B final of the 200 free and finished in 1:58.70 before competing in the C final of the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:02.70 to finish second in her final. In the 100-yard breaststroke, both senior Molly Miller and Valenti, earned spots in the B final and finished in 1:10.41 and 1:11.00, respectively.

In the 200-yard butterfly, three Union swimmers qualified for the C final. Sophomore Grace Furtado (2:21.02), Picciotti (2:21.97), and senior Ally Gowern (2:24.45) placed second through fourth, respectively, in their final.

Gowern earned the top spot in the C final of the 400 IM with a time of 5:01.38. Bouvier, senior Meghan Seidberg, first-year Kathlyn Pomeroy, and Miller also competed in the C final to pick up key points for Union.

The Garnet Chargers close out the Bomber Invitational tomorrow beginning at 9:00 am at Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium.