TROY, N.Y. – The RPI women's swimming & diving team earned a convincing 180-110 victory over visiting RIT, while the Engineers' men's squad fell 194-106 in Saturday afternoon's dual meet at Robison Pool. The RPI women claimed nine individual victories and swept both relay events, while the men recorded a thrilling win in the meet's final race.

The women's squad opened the afternoon with a victory in the 200 medley relay, as Caroline Steeves, Katie Pierce, Elizabeth Rose, and Vera Korff combined for a winning time of 1:51.73.

Sierra Pargett paced the Engineers in the freestyle events, sweeping the 100 (53.43) and 200 (1:58.35) freestyle races. Tess Funderburk followed Pargett in the 100 free with a second-place finish of 56.00, while Madison Hu took second in the 200 free at 2:02.26.

Elizabeth Rose added two individual victories of her own, touching first in the 50 freestyle (25.39) and 100 butterfly (1:00.21). Vera Korff followed just behind Rose in the 50 free with a runner-up time of 25.44, while Hannah Goddard earned second in the 100 butterfly (1:01.35).

Meera Kondal swept both backstroke events, taking first in the 100 (59.82) and 200 (2:10.49). Caroline Steeves added a third-place finish in the 100 backstroke (1:01.11), while Katie Schloth finished third in the 200 backstroke (2:17.20) and second in the 200 individual medley (2:21.27).

In the distance events, Ellie Tandlmayer claimed the 1000 freestyle with a time of 11:27.85 before placing second in the 500 free (5:36.48). Ally Lake finished third in the 1000 (12:24.35), while Kathleen Tevlin added a third-place showing in the 500 (5:58.75).

Katie Pierce secured first place in the 100 breaststroke (1:11.70) and added a runner-up finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:40.79), with Allison Biunno following in third (2:45.90). Hannah Goddard earned another victory for the Engineers in the 200 butterfly (2:13.99), while Corinne Boyle finished second (2:27.97).

In the diving events, Jessica Campise placed second on the 1-meter board with 211.70 points, while Caeil Killip-Leonard earned third place on the 3-meter board with 206.25 points.

RPI capped its women's victory with another relay triumph, as Vera Korff, Tess Funderburk, Elizabeth Rose, and Sierra Pargett combined to win the 200 freestyle relay in 1:40.45.

On the men's side, Jason Weller led the Engineers with a pair of individual victories, capturing the 200 freestyle (1:45.25) and 200 backstroke (1:57.01). Philippe Diaz added a third-place finish in the 200 free (1:49.21), while Ben Shedwick took third in the 200 backstroke (2:03.96).

The highlight of the men's meet came in the final event, when Beckham Palmer, Jason Weller, Ethan Young, and Tyler Kim combined to win the 200 freestyle relay in 1:26.77, narrowly edging RIT's top quartet by just five-hundredths of a second.
Tyler Kim contributed a runner-up finish in the 50 freestyle (22.37) and placed third in the 100 freestyle (49.62).Beckham Palmer finished second in the 100 free (49.56), while Palmer and Ethan Young tied for third in the 50 free with matching times of 22.40.


Rittivuth Chea earned second place in the 100 backstroke (53.27) and third in the 100 butterfly (52.91), while Peter Meehan added a third-place showing in the 100 breaststroke (59.80).

Lucas Foung produced a pair of runner-up finishes in the 200 breaststroke (2:15.76) and 200 individual medley (2:03.68). Michael Laidlaw followed Foung in the 200 IM, securing third place with a time of 2:04.60.

In the distance races, Patrick Epifanio finished third in both the 500 freestyle (5:02.38) and 1000 freestyle (10:24.87).

The Engineers also collected several strong diving performances, led by Kyler Thomas, who earned second place on both the 1-meter (257.35) and 3-meter (231.20) boards. Jason Koster added a third-place finish in the 1-meter competition with 227.00 points.