Junior All-American Megan Pierce posted three individual wins to lead the Williams Ephs over the Amherst Jeffs Saturday afternoon.
Pierce lead a Williams sweep of the 1,000 freestyle finishing in a time of 10:20.91. She was followed by teammates Alison McNamara and Kristina Barry (10:37.78 and 10:46.24).
Pierce dominated the 200 butterfly, posting a final time of 2:04.21. Amherst swimmers Geralyn Lam and Sarah Conklin finished second and third (2:08.85 and 2:09.67).
The Williams women also swept the 200 IM in which Pierce touched the wall in a time of 2:07.29. Emmal Waddell was second in a 2:10.65 and Olivia Jackson rounded out the top three with her time of 2:11.29.
Bennett, Breanna Nguyen, Waddell, and Faye Sultan got out to a fast start, topping the 200 medley relay in a time of 1:45.71. The Amherst team of Stephanie Moriarty, Emily Hyde, Conklin, and Zoe Pappas stopped the clock at 1:46.25.
The Amherst women were lead by senior Hyde who recorded two individual and two relay wins in the NESCAC match up. Hyde captured both breakststrokes, finishing at 1:04.50 in the 100. In that race, she was followed by Nguyen (1:06.35) and teammate Hannah Hummel (1:08.97).
The top three was the same in the 200 yard event, as the trio finished with times of 2:20.52, 2:25.11, and 2:26.21. Hyde set the Amherst pool record.
Williams junior Lauren Jones won the 200 freestyle in a 1:54.17. She was followed by two Jeffs, Livia Doemenig and Dorit Song (1:55.07, 1:55.77).
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The Williams backstroke duo of Jackson and Bennett finished first and second in the 100 and 200 events. Jackson posted a time of 57.51 in the 100 and her teammate swam a 58.29. Amherst’s Moriarty placed third in 59.09. Williams swept the 200. Jackson swam a 2:03.52, Bennett a 2:05.21 and Katherine Priest finished in 2:05.85.
Sultan completed a sprint double, stopping the clock at 24.60 in the 50 and 53.15 in the 100. Waddell was second in the 50 with her time of 24.66. Amherst’s Pappas touched third in a 24.83. Second in the 100 freestyle went to Pappas in a 53.51. Song claimed third place with a 54.16.
The 500 freestyle came down to the finish as Domenig out touched Jones 5:12.35 to 5:12.36. Amherst’s Charlotte Chudy claimed third in 5:16.12.
The Amherst team of Pappas, Domenig, Song, and Hyde won the 400 freestyle relay in a time of 3:32.40. The Williams squad of Sultan, Erin Kennedy, Jones, and Nguyen finished in a 3:34.08.
On the boards, William’s Ari Ross topped the one meter with her score of 282.68. Amherst’s Jackie Palermo and Jasmine Horan were second and third (227.25 and 149.70). The order of finish was identical as Ross scored 257.93 points. Palermo earned 185.25 and Horan 165.53.
Results can be found here and on Meet Mobile (Williams Women ’16).
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