Women's Swimming and Diving | December 5, 2015

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ITHACA, N.Y.-Five women recorded top-10 times on the first day of the Ithaca College Bomber Invitational on Friday evening.
A pair of women finished in the top 7 of the 200 yard IM. Junior Eva Marie Østerhus was first to the wall with a time of 2:07.38 for fourth place in the 52 women field. Close behind was sophomore Emma Smith who touched in seventh place with a time of 2:09.03 which was a season-best for her. Sophomores Hannah Elliott (13^th place, 2:11.12) and Danielle Thomas (19^th place, 2:13.45) also swam in the event.
 
Freshman Olivia DiStefano was first to the wall out of seven La Salle swimmers entered in the 50 yard freestyle race. DiStefano swam a 23.97 for fourth place, just .43 seconds off the race winner. Close behind was junior Kaitlyn Hay who swam a 24.08 for sixth place. Junior Tanawan Sukonthapanich and sophomore Natalie Simunek tied for 12^th place with times of 24.80. Sophomores Rory Kearns (23^rd, 25.38) and Alison McDonough (31^st, 25.63) as well as junior Julia Mann (32^nd, 25.75) also swam in the event.
 
 Senior Hayley Miles turned in the top La Salle time in the 500 yard freestyle race as she finished in 10^th place in the 52 women field. Miles swam a season-best time of 5:11.46 in the race. Close behind was freshman Shannon Battis in 17^th place with a time of 5:16.75 while classmate Siobhan McDonough swam a 5:27.94 for 26^th place.
 
The 200 medley relay team finished in second place of ten schools thanks to a time of 1:47.51. The team of DiStefano, Koelsch, Østerhus and Hay was just 2.29 seconds behind Cornell who won the event.