Saints Compete at Day 1 of States; Abribat Breaks School Record

Casey Abribat '13 broke a University record in the 200 IM at the NYS finals on Wednesday.

Feb. 23:  The St. Lawrence University men's and women's swimming and diving teams competed in the first day of the UNYSCSA Championships hosted by Nazareth College.  Sophomore Casey Abribat set a new University record in the 200 IM with her time of 2:13.66. 

Abribat, who earned 11th place in the 200 IM finals, topped the previous record of 2:13.81 which stood for 22 years.  Also highlighting the day of competition was junior Russ Newton's seventh place finish in the 500 free finals.  

Junior Andrew Hayes, senior Robert Sibley, and sophomores Jason Dutra and Alex Root earned ninth place in the 200 medley relay.  On the women's side, Abribat joined senior Katy Kozminski and first-year students Elizabeth Canne and Katharina Weidhausser in the 200 medley relay where they earned 10^th place in the finals. 

Earlier in the day, six individuals advanced to the finals.  Newton and Alex Root advanced in the 500 free, and Abribat, along with sophomore Maria Anselmi and junior Brynn Hagen advanced to the 200 IM finals.  Kozminski advanced to the finals in the 50 free. 

The schedule of events along with live results can be found at the following link:

The teams competing at states are:

Alfred
Clarkson
Hartwick
Ithaca
Nazareth
RPI
RIT
St. Lawrence
Skidmore
Stevens
Union
Utica
Vassar
William Smith