PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Husson University women's swimming & diving team finished second at the 2024 Metropolitan Collegiate Swimming & Diving Conference Championship at Rutgers University Aquatic Center.

The Eagles scored 814 points, while Felician University captured the 2024 METS crown with 1,249 points. Maine Maritime Academy (771.5), Roberts Wesleyan University (727) and Baruch College (667.5) rounded out the top-5 schools in the team standings.

The Eagles began the final day of competition by seeing sophomore Maggie Poulin (21.51.20), freshman Isabella Cost (23:15.71) and junior Kat Christensen (26:36.71) finish 12th, 16th and 18th in the 1,650-yard freestyle.

Husson saw three swimmers place in the top-16 of the 200-yard backstroke, led by junior Erin Madden's eighth-place showing with a time of 2:27.55. Freshman Mia Winslow finished ninth in the event with a time of 2:25.39 before graduate student Hannah Soutter turned in a time of 2:32.85 to finish 15th.

Junior Rachel Hand broke Husson's 100-yard freestyle program record during the prelims in the morning before bettering her time in the finals with a 55.29 to earn a fifth-place finish. The previous record of 56.04 was held by Cammi Howard for 19-years.

Junior Grace Rocheleau recorded a ninth-place showing in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:49.59 while freshman Mackenzie Gray logged a time of 3:01.49 to finish 17th and ahead of freshman Aura Morin's 18th-place effort of 3:09.19.

Senior Kayla Payson earned a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly after swimming a time of 2:18.78. Payson broke her own school record in the event when she swam a 2:18.73 in the morning prelims. Christensen also scored in the event, placing 12th overall with a time of 3:34.54.

Husson picked up more points while the swimming finals were happening with three of their divers placing among the top-six on the one-meter board. Sophomore Riley Mahoney led the trio by placing third after tallying 381.50 points. Sophomore Lily Butler placed fourth with a score of 314.25, while sophomore Joey Lynn Ramsdell racked up 288.90 points to place sixth. Mahoney broke the program's one-meter diving 11-set record when she scored 393.60 points during the morning prelims.

The Eagles closed out their competition with a fifth-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a 3:54.28 by the team of Payson, Winslow, Madden and Hand.

The Eagles will return to the pool on February 24 at Maine Maritime Academy's Last Chance Meet.