William Smith beats Alfred in swimming; Hobart falls in same meet

William Smith improved to 2-0 with a 181-114 swimming and diving victory at Alfred University Friday, while Hobart fell to the Saxons 214-77.

Fiona Garfield swept the women's diving events, and Mackenzie Morus and Aurora Donta-Venman each won two individual swimming races for the Herons. Endry Paulino Lora led Hobart with two runner-up diving finishes, according to the colleges' recaps of the women's and men's meets.

Garfield, Morus and Donta-Venman lead Herons

Garfield won the 3-meter diving event with 235.80 points and the 1-meter event with 220.13. First-year Taylor Bright posted personal bests on both boards, placing second on 3-meter with 179.33 points and third on 1-meter with 172.20.

Morus won the 100-yard butterfly in 1 minute, 3.44 seconds and the 50 butterfly in a personal-best 28.37 seconds. She added a second-place finish and another personal best in the 100 individual medley at 1:05.27.

Donta-Venman won the 200 freestyle in a personal-best 2:08.01 and the 500 freestyle in 5:41.98.

Jayne Pearson won the 1,000 freestyle in 12:17.73 and finished second in the 500 freestyle in 6:00.75. She also swam a personal-best 1:10.32 in the 100 IM.

Statesmen post personal bests in loss

Hobart fell to 1-1. Paulino Lora finished second on both boards with personal-best scores of 171.23 on 1-meter and 169.65 on 3-meter.

Steven Nolte also set personal bests in both events, finishing third with 144.08 points on 1-meter and 140.03 on 3-meter.

Christopher Woody placed second in the 50 breaststroke in 30.05 seconds and third in the 100 IM in 1:00.64. Chase Patten took second in the 50 freestyle in 22.85 and third in the 100 freestyle in 50.41.

Tommy Lowe finished second in the 100 butterfly in 59.11. Christopher Castro posted personal bests in the 100 butterfly, 1:07.26, and 50 butterfly, 28.83. Holton Frank added a personal-best 1:18.15 in the 100 breaststroke, and James Vilics recorded a personal-best 1:06.57 in the 100 IM.