ROCHESTER, NY - Make it three-for-three for the Jamestown Community College (JCC) women's swimming and diving team as they take down the Monroe Invite hosted by Monroe Community College by 228 points.
JCC started out of the gates strong in the 200 medley relay; the team of Desiree Putt, Haleigha Hardy, Jalyn Linton, and Emily Swan took first by four seconds. Jamestown's Sophia Gervasio, Addison Lawson, Anna Jones, and Ella Fosberg came in third.
The two long-distance freestyle swims of 1,650 yards and 1,000 yards were both dominated by Addison Lawson. The freshman won 1,650 by almost 30 seconds and the 1,000 by over 17. Gervasio came in third in both events.
The 200 free saw a one-two finish for JCC, with Emily Swan beating out teammate Desiree Putt by three tenths of a second.
50 free had Jamestown's Linton claiming third and Ashlynn Swan setting a personal best time for fifth.
In the 100 individual medley (IM), JCC brought home second, third, and fourth from Putt, Hardy, and Gervasio, respectively.
The 200 IM was all Jamestown; Emily Swan captured the top spot, followed by Lawson and Jones.
The swimmers took a break while the divers took center stage, and once again Ashlynn Swan stole the show. Her score of 204.90 was over 40 points clear of second place in the 1 meter. Swam also topped the 3-meter dives, this one by five points.
Back to the sprints, Linton won the 50 fly, while Fosberg swam home third.
In the 100 free, Emily Swan won by nearly a second, Linton took fourth, while Hardy grabbed fifth.
The 50-back was won by Jones; Fosberg missed out on the top three by just a few tenths.
Putt continued her dominance over the 200 back with another win. This one by almost 20 seconds. Gervasio claimed a third in the event.
Lawson went back to cruising in the distance events. She won the 500 free by 27 seconds. Fosberg brought home another top-three finish with a third.
In the 200 breast, Hardy just outreached second place by .39 seconds to bring home another first for JCC.
Lastly, the 800 free relay was another fantastic performance for JCC, taking first and third in the swim.
Flipping over to the men, JCC finished in second out of the five times, 251 points clear of third place.
Jamestown started out with a second in the 200 medley relay from the team of Kyle Dean, Zach Johnson, Owen Slojkowski, and Cameron Milewski. The group of Noah Miles, Randall Hall, Kyle Camp, and Carl Alexander came in fifth.
In the distance swims, Slojkowski came in third for both the 1,650 free and 1,000 free.
On to the 200 free, Kyle Dean won by almost a second and a half.
The 50 free saw Johnson cut over a tenth off his best time, just missing out on first in his second-place swim.
Jamestown's Miles and Alexander were fourth and fifth in the 100 IM, while Dean and newcomer Christian Merrill were second and fourth in the 200 IM.
Then in the diving well, Milewski set a program record in the 3-meter six dive; he also finished second in the 1-meter 6 dive.
Johnson dropped over a second off of his 100 free time to move up to third.
Dean put his name in the record books with a new JCC best in the 200 back in a time of 2:14:54.
The 50-back had Merrill and Miles claiming second and fifth.
In the 500 free, Slojkowski and Miles captured fourth and fifth.
Joshnson was once again on the podium in the 200 breast, taking second place.
JCC earned third and fourth in the 800 free relay.
"For being the first time most of these kids swam the longer format, the coaches are happy with the progress we are making. We all know we have a lot to improve on and know that in three weeks we could be a whole different team when we finish the first half of the season at Cortland. We had a bunch more national cuts and some new records. We are building more confidence each meet, and our young team is getting better," said coach Todd Conklin.
Next up is the Cortland Snowflake Invitational, December 6th and 7th at SUNY Cortland.
