Women’s Swimming Team Enters Final Day of NEAC Championships in Battle with Tigers

The Wells College women's swimming team finished its second day of North Eastern Athletic Conference championship competition in almost a dead heat with host SUNY Cobleskill. The Express trail the Tigers by just seven points at 324-317 as both teams head into tomorrow's final day.

Wells registered a trio of top-three finishes in the second day with a pair coming at the individual level and the other in relay competition.

Saoirse Murphy-Collins had the best finish for Wells with a runner-up finish in the 200-yard freestyle. The freshman finished with a 2:10.46 time that was good enough for seventh-best all-time at Wells College in that event.

Hailey Onofre finished third in the 100-yard breaststroke to round out the team's top-two individual performances.

Also finishing third was the Wells College 800-yard freestyle relay team with a time of 9:37.26. The quartet consisted of Shannon Simmons, Nicole D'Aurizio, Onofre and Murphy-Collins.

The third and final day of the swimming championships will be tomorrow, Sunday, Feb. 16 with preliminaries beginning at 10 a.m. and finals at 4:45 p.m.