Women's Swimming and Diving 2/22/2020 9:35:00 PM William Paterson Sports Information

Women's Swimming and Diving Registers 9th Place After Day Two at Mets

Friedman, Hoopes, Starace and Santonastaso Competed in the Finals

Freshman Jillian Starace notched two personal bests while ranking 7th in the C Final of the 100 fly.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – After the second day of competition at the Metropolitan Championships Feb. 22, WP Women's Swimming and Diving was positioned 9^th out of 12 Division III teams and 9th of 15 total teams with 195 points.

TOP PERFORMERS:

The Pioneers began the finals with a 2^nd place performance in the B Final of the 200 medley relay. Four WP swimmers combined for a time of 1:58.66. Sophomore Taylor Friedman (South Amboy, N.J./Sayreville War Memorial) (31.10), senior Mariah Jenkins (Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Saviour) (34.19), freshman Jillian Starace (Toms River/Toms River East) (27.63) and sophomore Megan Hoopes (Westmont, N.J./Haddon Twp.) (25.74) worked together for the event.
Although Hoopes recorded a new personal best in the 400 IM during the prelims (5:02.78), she earned a 7^th place mark in the B Final with a time of 5:03.12.
Also in the 400 IM, sophomore Leah Santonastaso (Newton, N.J./Kittatinny Regional) notched a personal best in the prelims (5:35.57) before finishing 6^th in the C Final of the event (5:38.85).
Friedman had a career performance in the 100 fly, posting a personal best during prelims (1:03.95) before finishing 8^th in the B Final later in the day with a time of 1:05.85.
Starace also competed in the 100 fly. Her personal-best performance of 1:06.35 placed her 7^th in the C Final.
Friedman finished the individual events of the day with 8^th place in the C Final of the 100 back. She touched the wall in 1:08.01.
The Pioneers capped off the meet with a 10^th place rank in the 800 free relay. Hoopes (2:05.91), Friedman (2:12.94), Starace (2:18.36) and Santonastaso (2:21.38) recorded a 8:58.59 finish.

IN THE NUMBERS:

Junior Sarah Myers (Hamilton, N.J./Nottingham) notched a personal best in the 200 free during the morning prelims (2:32.31).
Freshmen Emily Murphy (Stockholm, N.J./Walkhill Valley Regional) and Stephany Bolanos (Perth Amboy, N.J./Academy for Allied Health & Biomedical Sciences) both had career days by earning personal bests in the 100 breast. The pair touched in 1:25.45 and 1:30.92, respectively, during prelims.
Starace improved her time in the 100 back by touching the wall in 1:11.38 during prelims.
Classmate Makeda Moore (Plainfield, N.J./Plainfield Academy for the Arts) also improved her time in the 100 back, dropping over ten seconds from her personal best by finishing the prelim event in 1:29.81.