NEW LONDON, N.H. - The Albertus Magnus College women's swimming and diving team suffered a dual-meet setback to the Chargers of Colby-Sawyer College and the Blue Jays of Saint Joseph's CT on Friday afternoon at the Knight Natatorium.

The Falcons finished the evening with a team score of 90 and picked up first-place finishes in the 200-yard fly, the 200-yard backstroke, the 500-yard freestyle, and the 50-yard fly.        

THE BASICS
Teams Competed: Albertus Magnus College | University of Saint Joseph (CT) | Colby-Sawyer College
Location: The Knight Natatorium | New London, N.H.  

DUAL MEET SCORES
Meet 1: 

Men
University of Saint Joseph 152.00 0.00 | Colby-Sawyer College --

Women
Colby-Sawyer College 159.00 | University of Saint Joseph 92.00
University of Saint Joseph 139.00 | Albertus Magnus College 119.00
Colby-Sawyer College 161.00 | Albertus Magnus College 90.00

COACH PALLONE'S THOUGHTS 
Coach Pallone: I'm proud of the team effort that was made today with people competing in new or different events. Individually, there was a ton of time dropped and we are getting better each time we step onto the blocks. Our focus is now on Rhode Island College and what should be an exciting meet.

TOP PERFORMERS IN EACH EVENT

• 200 Yard Medley Relay 
  • The quartet of Sabrinna Accioly (West Haven, Conn.), Maria Estrada (Guatemala City, Guatemala), Chloe Oliver (Milford, Conn.), and Ana Lucia Gutierrez-Gomez (Hermosillo, Mexico) finished with a time of 2:12.51.
• 400 Yard IM
  • Estrada finished with a time of 5:49.12.
  • Olivia Bender (Hamilton, Oh.) swam behind a time of 6:10.56. 
• 200 Yard Freestyle
  • Bender finished with a time of 2:26.65.
  • Oliver finished with a final time of 2:36.80.
• 50 Yard Backstroke
  • Chisunta Chikwamu (Lusaka City, Zambia) swam behind a time of 56.02.
  • Crisnelly Martinez-Tejeda (Stratford, Conn.) finished with a time of 1:00.54.
  • Anh Pham (Saigon, Vietnam) had a final time of 1:09.23.
• 50 Yard Breaststroke
  • Accioly finished with a time of 38.63.
  • Arle Cruceta-Garcia (Salcedo, Dominican Republic) had a time of 58.67.
• 200 Yard Fly
  • Gutierrez-Gomez claimed first with a time of 2:36.26.
  • Estrada swam behind a time of 2:58.44.
• 50 Yard Freestyle
  • Martinez-Tejada finished with a time of 47.07.
  • Pham swam behind a time of 56.40.
• 100 Yard Freestyle 
  • Chikwamu finished with a time of 1:43.14.
  • Martinez-Tejada finished with a time of 1:49.00.
  • Pham swam behind a time of 2:10.40. 
• 200 Yard Backstroke
  • Gutierrez-Gomez finished with a first-place finish and a time of 2:33.73. 
  • Accioly took third place with a 2:53.08 showing.  
• 200 Yard Breaststroke
  • Estrada finished the event with a time of 3:01:77. 
  • Cruceta-Garcia finished the event with a time of 4:32:09.  
• 500 Yard Freestyle 
  • Bender claimed first-place behind a time of 6:32.22.  
  • Camila Gordillo (Stratford, Conn.) finished with a time of 9:10.73.  
• 50 Yard Fly
  • Gutierrez-Gomez took home her second first-place finish of the night with a time of 0:27.82. 
  • Oliver was only seconds behind, finishing the event with a time of 0:34.11 and securing a fifth-place finish.      
• 100 Yard IM
  • Gordillo finished with a time of 1:46.08.
  • Cruceta-Garcia finished closely behind with a time of 1:57.75.
• 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
  • The foursome of Bender, Chikwamu, Oliver, and Accioly finished with a time of 11:39.79

UP NEXT
The women's swimming & diving team will return to the pool on Friday, Nov. 19 with a road match against Rhode Island College. The meet is scheduled for 5PM.