Women’s swimming and diving opens 2024-25 season with win over Scranton

SCRANTON, Pa. – The Ithaca College women’s swimming and diving team had an outstanding performance in its season-opening doubleheader over the University of Scranton on Saturday afternoon. The Bombers were on the road, winning every relay race as well as several outstanding individual performances in a 207-92 victory.

Both Sydney Kohler And Samantha Bender had outstanding individual performances and won two events each. Koehler won the 200-yard breaststroke ahead of his teammate Kathleen Papiernik with times of 2:32.03 and 2:36.21 respectively. The first-grader would also win the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:09.50. Samantha Bender won the 200-yard backstroke with a final time of 2:10.94, winning the event by four seconds over a Royals swimmer. She also won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:00.80.

In diving, Kailee Payne swept both the 1-meter and 3-meter dashes, with the Bombers finishing 1-2-3 in each contest.

200 yard medley relay:

1. Samantha Bender, Sydney Kohler, Kathleen Papiernik And Angela Merch– 1:51.74

1000 yard freestyle:

2. Kerry O’Brien– 11:41.40

3. Abby Pecze– 11:45.97

200 yard freestyle:

2. Naomi Fry– 2:03.45

3. Ava Palfreyman– 2:04.48

100 yard backstroke:

1. Samantha Bender– 1:00.80

2. Elke Beaumont– 1:04.07

100 yard breaststroke:

1. Sydney Kohler– 1:09.50

2. Spencer Carroll– 1:12.38

200-yard butterfly:

1. Elizabeth Bodie– 2:15.27

3. Kathleen Papiernik– 2:19.44

50 yard freestyle:

1. Spencer Carroll– 25.67

3. Angela Merch– 25.92

1 meter diving:

1. Kailee Payne– 285.15

2. Jenell Slesser– 251.20

3. Angela Burke– 248.25

100 yard freestyle:

1. Jillian Wedding– 57.53

3. Elke Beaumont– 57.92

200 yard backstroke:

1. Samantha Bender– 2:10.94

3. Elizabeth Bodie– 2:18.90

200 yard breaststroke:

1. Sydney Kohler– 2:32:03

2. Kathleen Papiernik– 2:36.21

3. Claire Weppler– 2:38.94

500 yard freestyle:

1. Naomi Fry– 5:28.31

100 yard butterfly:

2. Mianny Trinidad– 1:02.36

3. Emily Eichinger– 1:03.75

3 meter diving:

1. Kailee Payne– 288.90

2. Angela Burke– 261.00

3. Jenell Slesser– 236.20

200-yard IM:

1. Kathleen Papiernik– 2:19.37

2. Angela Merch– 2:20.20

3. Claire Weppler– 2:21.71

400 yard freestyle relay

1. Sydney Kohler, Naomi Fry, Angela Merch And Samantha Bender– 3:45.74

The Bombers next travel to Worcester, Massachusetts, where they will face WPI and Rogers Williams University on Saturday, October 27 at 12 p.m