Compete Results
Team Scores
Rhode Island 181
Siena 114
How It Happened
Rhode Island won 11 of 16 events to dominate Siena 181-114 in the season-opening meet for the Rams Saturday afternoon.
URI (1-0) completed 1-2-3 sweeps in four different events on the day. The Rams began to pull away after the sixth event of the meet, when
Julianna Tyler,
Mary McCormick and
Emma Lee took the top three spots in the 200-yard butterfly. Tyler won with a time of 2:07.79, followed by McCormick (2:10.42) and Lee (2:12.39).
It was the first of three straight 1-2-3 finishes for Rhode Island. Next up was the 50-yard freestyle, won by
Avery Potyrala (25:06). She was followed closely by teammates
Quinn Frost (25:11) and
Abby Zadorozny (25:17).
The 1-meter dive gave Rhode Island a third straight sweep.
Lily Hsu led the way with a score of 275.40, followed by
Olivia Winslow (248.93) and
Amelia Kloss (217.43). Two events later, the Rams got their fourth 1-2-3 finish of the meet when freshman
Lauren Biglow won her collegiate debut in the 200 backstroke. Her time of 2:12.03 was just ahead of teammates
Maddie Tetreault (2:12.60) and
Sarah Koenig (2:13.56).
Standouts from the Pool
- Sophomore Julianna Tyler had three victories on the day. She teamed with Erin Ternan, Hannah Benavides and Abby Zadorozny to open the meet with a win in the 200-yard medley relay.
- Tyler also won the 200 and 100 butterfly races.
- Junior Rylee Kelly won a pair of events, taking both the 200 and 500 freestyle races. In the 200, she and Emma Raser gave Rhode Island a 1-2 finish, with Kelly winning in 1:54.72 and Raser finishing in 1:56.26.
- Senior Hannah Benavides was victorious in the 200 breaststroke. Her time of 2:26.03 edged freshman Gracie Maughan (2:27.74).
- Maughan had a strong debut, winning the 100 breaststroke in 1:07.11.
- Olivia Winslow won the 3-meter dive with a score of 280.58, while Lily Hsu was second with her score of 260.03.
What's Next
Rhode Island visits Northeastern for a head-to-head meet on Saturday, Oct. 19. The meet begins at 1 p.m.
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