OWINGS MILLS, Md. – Junior captain Anna Kidd (Arbutus, Md./Mount de Sales) was the lone Seahawk to notch multiple wins Saturday afternoon (Nov. 5) as the St. Mary’s College of Maryland women’s swim team split a non-conference tri-meet hosted by Stevenson University.
St. Mary’s College (4-4) picked up a 124-108 win over McDaniel College (0-7) before falling 158-92 to host Stevenson (6-1).
How It Happened
- Kidd finished the meet with three individual wins as she won the 200 freestyle in 2:02.74, the 100 breaststroke in 1:11.91, and the 100 freestyle in 55.92.
- Graduate student Rileigh Krell (Baltimore, Md./Sparrows Point) tallied the Seahawks’ fourth event win in the 200 backstroke as Krell touched the wall first in 2:22.08.
- Krell added a pair of the second-place finishes as she swam the first leg of the second place 400 medley relay (4:32.09) with Kidd, junior Kate Holland (Rockville, Md./Rockville), and first-year Venus Kai Judge (Gaithersburg, Md./Quince Orchard) before taking second in the 100 backstroke in 1:05.44.
- The foursome of junior Marissa Fields (Chevy Chase, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase), senior captain Jazlyn Benitez (Silver Spring, Md./Blake), Judge, and Krell clocked a 1:54.65 for third place in the 200 freestyle relay.
- First-year Isabella Ramirez (Silver Spring, Md./Springbrook) paced the Seahawks in the 200 breaststroke with a third-place finish in 3:00.40.
- Sophomore Emelina Grimm (Rockville, Md./Magruder) led St. Mary’s in the 500 freestyle with a bronze medal as Grimm posted a time of 6:07.70 and claimed a fourth-place finish in the 1000 freestyle in 12:35.20.
- Holland earned a third-place finish in the 100 breaststroke in 1:19.31 while Fields was fourth in the 100 backstroke in 1:08.64.
- Benitez touched the wall in 2:34.95 in the 200 backstroke for fourth place while Judge went fourth in the 100 butterfly in 1:11.61.
- Benitez was the team’s top finisher in the 400 individual medley with fifth place in 5:33.76 while Fields had St. Mary’s highest finish in the 50 freestyle, placing sixth in 28.61.
Up Next for the Seahawks
- Nov. 11 at Mary Washington (4-1) – Fredericksburg, Va. – 4:00 p.m.