Results

WEBSTER, NY – The Nazareth women's swimming and diving team moved into a familiar spot on Thursday, as the Golden Flyers vaulted into first place after day two of the Allegheny Empire Championships at Webster Aquatics Center. Senior Alexa Rizzo broke her own school record on the 1-meter board, collecting 486.75 points on 11 dives to take the top spot ahead of classmate Elizabeth Tripp (451.35 points). In addition, Julie Filipski repeated as champion in the 200-yard IM in a time of 2:10.26, over two seconds ahead of the runner-up.
 
Filipski, Amy Barry, Ellen Burroughs, and Caroline Coleman raced to a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (1:39.78) to close out day two.
 
Nazareth stands atop the standings with 408 points, followed by Penn State Behrend (381.500), Alfred State (332) and Hartwick (320).
 
Day 3 resumes on Friday. See the full schedule of events.
 
Rizzo improved upon her previous best 1-meter score of 477.35 at Ithaca Bomber invitational on December 3, 2022. In addition, freshman Josie VanDyke finished fifth with 265.30 points.
 
Filipiski improved upon her 2022 win (2:11.68) to claim to top spot once again. She was joined in the final by sophomore Peyton Buell who took eighth place in 2:18.88.
 
In the "B" final, senior Grace Cioffi (2:20.36 for 11^th), Mackenzie Storrs (2:22.53 for 13^th), Ashleigh Parsons (2:23.75 for 15^th) and Lauren Sanford (2:24.51 for 15^th) helped collect a total of 32 points for the Golden Flyers. 
 
The Golden Flyers had a very strong showing in the 500-yard freestyle with Coleman (5:17.48) and freshman Allison Putnam (5:24.90) each delivering personal bests en route to fourth and sixth place overall. The Golden Flyers then delivered 11^th-13^th places finishes in Sydney Federico (5:32.05), Maura Miller (5:33.81), and Alyssa Woodford (5:34.03).
 
Barry delivered a fourth place finish (25.46) in the 50-yard freestyle for fourth place while Burroughs had a career-best time of 25.68 to take seventh place.