Ten Top-Five Finishes on Second Day Of Gompei Invite

A win in the 400 individual medley and nine other top-five finishes highlighted the Central Connecticut State swimming and diving effort on day two of the Gompei Invitational. The three-day event is hosted by WPI in Worcester, MA.

Four Blue Devils took home medals in individual events, while both relays also placed in the top-three.

The third and final day of the Gompei Invitational begins at 8:30 am Sunday morning with swimming prelims. Diving will commence at noon and finals at 5:00 pm.

RELAYS

• The Blue Devils relay of Katrine O'Leary, Gabby Spaciano, Kelly Stotler and Shannon Welcome swam to a fourth-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay
• Kelly Stotler, Cassidy Stotler, Welcome and Spaciano combined for bronze in the 400 medley relay, swimming 3:58.24
• Megan Dunnigan, Cassidy Stotler, Lauryn Cowing and Maggie Rutledge combined for 15^th place after a swim of 1:41.98 in the sprint free relay
• Hannah Kretkowski, Jillena Plowucha, Gabi Wroblewski and Kyle Behrle finished 30^th in the 200 free relay, with a swim of 1:51.88
• Sophie Milhomens, Grace Young, Cowing and Rutledge combined for a 4:06.59 swim in the medley relay, good for 12^th place
• The squad of Nathalie Pena, Abby Bacon, Plowucha and Megan Dunnigan touched 16^th after a 4:09.30 swim

Diving

• Jewelle Maziarz captured silver in the 1-meter diving, putting up 421.90 points
• Kaitlyn Carroll finished fourth on the low board, totaling 377.85 points

400 IM

• Wroblewski took home the gold medal after a swim of 4:34.20 that saw her take control on the backstroke leg and never look back
• Sophie Milhomens finished seventh with a swim of 4:38.25 and Morgan O'Hara placed 10^th posting a swim of 4:45.21
• Behrle gave the Blue Devils a 17^th place finish posting a time of 4:52.21 in the B-final, five seconds faster then in the morning and one spot in front of Abby Bacon, who swam 4:53.85, 2.5 seconds faster than prelims
• Marley Milne won the C-Final, clocking a 4:57.23, dropping three seconds from prelims

100 Backstroke

• O'Leary earned fifth-place in the event, with a finals effort of 58.11
• Dunnigan dropped time in the evening session, placing 14^th after a 1:00.12 swim, while Nathalie Pena earned 19^th with a swim of 1:01.59 Saturday night

50 Butterfly

• Cowing was a quarter second faster in the night heat, earning 16^th place with a time of 27.57
• Kretkowski won the C-Final with a 27.58, while Plowucha finished 26^th with a 28.19 – both lowering their times from the morning heats

200 Freestyle

• Welcome picked up silver with a 1:54.10 effort, dropping slashing two seconds from her prelim swim
• Spaciano captured the consolation final, clocking 1:55.58, 1.5 seconds quicker than in the morning prelims
• Kelly Stotler (1:57.77) and Abbey Keene (2:00.16) went for 17^th and 18^th respectively
• Rutledge won the C-Final, shaving nearly three seconds off of her early swim, and finishing at 1:58.54, and Wynter Berube placed 40^th Saturday night with a 2:05.08

50 Backstroke

• O'Leary took silver with a swim of 26.88, right in front of Kelly Stotler (27.56) who took bronze
• Dunnigan also swam in the A-Final, finishing 10^th at 28.84
• Pena finished 12^th with a 28.75 effort in the B-Final

100 Breaststroke

• Cassidy Stotler went 1:06.90 Saturday night to finish in fifth-place
• Bacon earned 12^th place, lowering her prelim swim 1.4 seconds to finish with a swim of 1:09.76
• Grace Young finished in 23^rd place, with a 1:11.00 effort in the C-Final, dropping 1.33 seconds from her morning effort