HANOVER, N.H. -
Maggie Lambdin broke the pool and school record on 3-meter and qualified for NCAA Zones with a total score of 340.55 as the Dartmouth women's swimming and diving team defeated UMass in the Tate Ramsden Invitational from the Karl Michael & Spaulding Pools.
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"Our senior women,
Alyssa Palacios,
Sophie Wiener and
Hayden Barry, led the way during our senior meet to a win over UMass and a close competition with Northeastern. It was exciting to see so many new season and lifetime best times over these past two days. We felt an incredible amount of support in the stands from our alumni and that helped the women maintain great energy over the competition. We are fired up and ready to get back at it next weekend!" said Head Coach
Milana Socha.
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Lambdin's broken records were just one highlight from the two-day meet in Hanover. On the 3-meter diving side,
Alyssa Palacios and Klara Johnsson Stjernstroem went 1-2 over UMass with scores of 227.55 and 258.30, respectfully.
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On the 1-meter, Johnsson Stjernstroem placed second with a score of 264.80. The next four places were also Dartmouth divers, all scoring higher than any UMass diver.
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On the swimming side,
Kathy Jia took first overall in the 200 IM with a meet record time of 2:02.24. She also placed first in the 100 breast, beating another meet record, swimming a 1:02.73. In the 200 breast, Jia placed first after swimming a 2:16.58.
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Samantha Li and
Maddie Blackwell tied for first with times of 1:51.47 in the 200 free. Li also took second in the 100 free with a time of 51.39.
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Sydney Rawie swam in heat one of the 1650 free and set a new pool record and meet record with a time of 16:59.20 until that was broken in heat two.
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Maria Uranga swam a pool record of 55.30 in the 100 back, placing her first overall in the event. The 200 medley relay team of Uranga, Jia,
Lane Murray and Li swam to a first place finish with a pool record time of 1:41.74 and that time now sits third on the All-Time Top 10 list.
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Sydney Rawie and
Addy Domian went 1-2 over UMass in the 1650 free with times of 16:59.20 and 17:09.16.
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In the 200 butterfly,
Lindsey Drumm took a win over UMass with a time of 2:08.10. The A relay of Murray, Li, Jamie Legh and Jia found themselves on top of the 400 free relay after swimming a time of 3:25.56.
The Big Green are back in the pool when they host Columbia on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 11:00 a.m. in Hanover.
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