BANGOR, Maine – The Husson University women's swimming & diving team turned in a strong showing at the Husson Relay Meet on Saturday, capturing five relay victories and adding several runner-up finishes in a meet featuring Maine Maritime Academy, the University of Maine Club Team and Saint Joseph's College of Maine.
The Eagles opened the meet with a narrow runner-up finish in the 200-yard medley relay, as the quartet of sophomore Emily Kennard, senior Logan Williams, juniors Gabrielle Hoffmann and Mariah Muskavitch combined for a time of 2:05.02, finishing just four-hundredths of a second behind Maine Maritime's winning time of 2:04.98.
Husson also claimed third in the event, with freshman Libby Saucier, sophomores Izzie Enos and Brooklyn Henderson and freshman Ava Vroman touching the wall in 2:08.57.
The Eagles picked up their first victory of the afternoon in the 200-yard butterfly relay, sweeping the top two positions. Freshman Addison Pollis and seniors Mia Winslow, Olivia Underwood and Mackenzie Gray combined for a winning time of 2:07.19, while Vroman, junior Morgan Collins and sophomores Abbey Donato and Gracie Schiller followed in second with a time of 2:08.50.
Husson continued its success in the 200-yard freestyle relay, claiming the top two spots once again. Henderson, Muskavitch, Enos and Saucier captured first place in 1:50.67, while Pollis, Donato, Winslow and Kennard finished second in 1:52.63. The Eagles also added a fifth-place finish from Schiller, Vroman, Gray and Williams, who recorded a time of 2:06.35.
In the 400-yard medley relay, contested as four 100-yard individual medleys, Husson swept the top two positions for the third time. Pollis, Saucier, Sara Harriman and Hoffmann took first in 4:47.26, while Collins, Donato, Henderson and Muskavitch followed in second with a time of 4:52.76.
The Eagles added another victory in the 200-yard backstroke relay, as Harriman, Gray, Winslow and Kennard combined for a winning time of 2:08.89, finishing more than three seconds ahead of Maine Maritime's runner-up team.
Husson's fifth relay victory came in the 200-yard breaststroke relay, where Enos, Collins, Pollis and Saucier posted a winning time of 2:25.18. The Eagles also claimed third in the event behind Williams, Schiller, Muskavitch and Hoffmann, who finished in 2:37.38.
On the diving board, Enos led Husson with a third-place finish in the women's one-meter competition, recording a score of 59.20. Freshman Rose Bedenik followed in fourth with a score of 16.80.
The Eagles also competed in the mixed relay events, taking third in the 400-yard medley relay behind freshman Ian Aldrich, sophomore Bryce Upton, Harriman and Hoffmann, who combined for a time of 4:27.45.
Husson closed out the meet by sweeping the top two positions in the mixed 400-yard freestyle relay. Sophomore Mac Morris, Underwood, Pollis and Aldrich captured first place in 3:53.67, while freshman Ian Dickson, Collins, sophomore Andrew Prince and Harriman followed in second with a time of 3:56.63.
Husson returns to action on Oct. 30 when it hosts Norwich University at 5 p.m.
