Records are made to be broken
Skidmore swimming and diving wrapped up 2022-23 competition at the Feb. 15-18 Liberty League Championship meet by breaking one record after another, for a total of 22 new College-best times.
Included in the list of record-breakers are Nic Sodi and Sophia May. May’s 406.75 score is a College record in the women’s 1M diving event and qualified her for the NCAA Division III regionals. Sodi’s 16:07.76 in the men’s 1650 was not only a College and Liberty League Championship meet record but also a championship-winning finish, 11 seconds faster than his 2022 win. Sodi also broke the 1000 free record during the 1650 (9:43.47) and qualified for the NCAA B Cut.
As the times ticked down and the student-athletes gave their best performances to date, Coach Jill Greenleaf said, “I can't think of another championship I've coached at Skidmore where every athlete performed so well. The energy this group drew from each other session after session just continued to drive them forward.”
The results of the four-day meet also included 61 new top 10 times and scores and 14 individual event podium appearances.
22 new College records
WOMEN
- Rachel Olson – 200 IM (2:09.55)
- Ella Palmet, Rachel Olson, Lizzie Day, Gretchen Gwitt – 200 Medley Relay (1:49.31)
- Lizzie Day – 100 Fly (57.64)
- Ella Palmet, Rachel Olson, Lizzie Day, Gretchen Gwitt – 400 Medley Relay (4:00.77)
- Sophia May – 1M Dive (406.75)
- Gretchen Gwitt – 200 Fly (2:10.67)
- Lizzie Day, Chloe Kim, Lydia Walker, Rachel Olson – 800 Free Relay (7:55.25)
- Lizzie Day – 200 Free (1:56.55)
MEN
- Nic Sodi – 500 Free (4:34.73)
- Nic Sodi, Liam Keating, Brendan Lu, Gavin Schiavi – 200 Medley Relay (1:34.51)
- Gavin Schiavi, Liam Keating, Nic Sodi, Brendan Lu – 200 Free Relay (1:25.52)
- Gavin Schiavi – 50 Free (21.64)
- Brendan Lu – 100 Fly (51.65)
- Nic Sodi – 200 Free (1:41.55)
- Nic Sodi, Liam Keating, Brendan Lu, Gavin Schiavi – 400 Medley Relay (3:26.34)
- Nic Sodi – 200 Back (1:52.75)
- Liam Keating – 100 Breast (57.34)
- Nic Sodi – 1650 Free (16:07.76)
- Nic Sodi – 1000 Free (9:43.47)
- Brendan Lu – 100 Free (47.53)
- Liam Keating – 200 Breast (2:06.61)
- Gavin Schiavi, Liam Keating, Nic Sodi, Brendan Lu – 400 Free Relay (3:11.98)
