Trio Of Local Swimmers Key For UB Bulls
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The 2021 NCAA Division I women's swimming season is off to a strong start for three local athletes.
The University at Buffalo began the year at the Zippy Invite in Akron on Dec. 4, where senior Jillian Lawton (Lakewood/Southwestern) took second in the 200-yard medley relay in 1:40.05 along with teammates.
Lawton also took third in the finals of the 100-yard butterfly in 54.74.
Joining in a the strong performance in that contest was sophomore Allie Stockwell (Jamestown/Jamestown), who joined Clarice Fisher, Jenna Krull and Maddy McDonough for a sixth-place finish in 1:43.88.
Grace Wood (Lakewood/Southwestern) took ninth in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:56.58 in Akron as well.
On Jan 29, the Bulls were a 157-68 winner over Duquesne with Lawton winning the 50-yard freestyle in 23.53 and the 50-yard butterfly in 25.25.
Stockwell took third in the 50-yard free with a 25.07, fourth in the 100-yard backstroke with a 1:01.60, and third in the 50-yard free with a 25.07.
In team swims, Stockwell was on the fourth-place 200-yard free relay team (1:42.90) and the fifth-place 200-yard medley relay team (1:51.40).
Lawton would also win the 200-yard free relay with her teammates in 1:36.26, and take second in the 200-yard medley relay with a 1:47.28.
The Bulls bested Akron, 169-131 on Feb. 5.
Lawton's 200-yard medley relay would take home first with a 1:42.36; while Stockwell earned fifth-place finishes in the 100-yard backstroke (1:01.44) and the 100-yard freestyle (54.47).
Wood posted a time of 1:58.71 in the 200-yard free in that meet.
The Bulls host the UB Diving Invite on Feb. 19.
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Freshman Tyler Hind (Randolph/Randolph) and the Daemen Wildcats men's basketball team are off to a 2-3 start on the year, going 2-1 in their last three games.
On Thursday, Roberts Wesleyan topped Daemen, 80-75, in Rochester.
Daemen topped D'Youville, 102-77, on Wednesday and was a 93-86 winner over Roberts Wesleyan on Monday.
Gannon earned nonleague wins of 76-73 and 95-67 over the Wildcats in the first two games of the season.
Hind has logged 47 minutes of play and made four field goals including three 3-pointers to go with three assists and a steal on the year.
In Daemen's most recent win over D'Youville Hind played 17 minutes, was 2-of-5 shooting from beyond the arc and grabbed a rebound, an assist and a steal.
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Freshman Natalie Angeletti (Panama/Panama) and the Daemen Wildcats women's team are off to a promising 6-1 start and a 4-0 East Coast Conference record.
The Wildcats posted 70-48 and 83-48 wins over Roberts Wesleyan on Friday and Sunday, respectively, to double up their ECC mark for the year.
Angeletti is logging 18.6 minutes per game and has scored 37 points, grabbed 28 rebounds, seven assists, two steals and two blocked shots in her first NCAA Division II season.
In a 90-37 win over D'Youville on Jan. 24, Angeletti finished with 9 points, a steal, a block and 10 rebounds and was 2 for 2 at the free-throw line.
Daemen was scheduled to face D'Youville on Sunday but that contest was postponed.
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Led by Clayton Hanson (Jamestown/Southwestern), the No. 10 Army West Point rifle team set a new program record in its 4,689-4,677 win over No. 6 Nebraska on Saturday morning.
"We had a pretty good day, today. We put it all together in smallbore and that made the big difference," Army head coach Web Wright said. "In the past, we've put a couple of good individual scores forward, but lacked all of the depth we are capable of. Today, everyone was on."
Army's mark of 2,333 is a program record based on the NCAA course change instituted during the 2013-14 season. All four of Army's scorers posted scores above 580 in smallbore, led by Hanson, the team's senior captain, who matched a career high with a score of 586.
"Our team had a great performance today with three shooting individual PRs in addition to our team's program record," said Hanson, who also led the way with a 1,178 aggregate and a 592 in air rifle, which was good for third overall. "I am proud of everyone for how they performed on the range today, but even more proud for the way they acted as a team, encouraging and supporting their teammates this week. Shooting may appear to be an individual sport, but you can't win by yourself; it takes a team to be successful. I'm looking forward to our team's next match."
The Black Knights top mark prior to the course change was 2,337 set on Nov. 10, 2007 against TCU by the team that went on to finish second at the NCAA Championships.
"A win is always nice. But even better was that we replaced a score that counts toward NCAA qualification. That should help us close the gap little," Wright said.
Army will compete in the NCAA Qualifier match this Saturday.