EAST MEADOW, N.Y. – Marking its best finish in the competition since 2010, Stony Brook swimming & diving wrapped up day three of the ECAC Winter Championships with a second place overall finish, closing the weekend with a total of 1,207.5 points after events wrapped up at the Nassau County Aquatic Center on Sunday.
 
The Seawolves added 414 points on Sunday, staying in second place, a standing which they had held since Friday. Columbia finished first in the overall competition with 1,876 points.
 
Stony Brook's finals session was highlighted by nine top-10 finishes across five different events, which included a pair of top-three marks. Those top-three marks were courtesy of freshman Sylvia Walker, who garnered a second place finish in the 100 yard freestyle with a program record time of 51.03, and senior Mary Kate Conway who completed the 200-yard butterfly in 2:05.01 to finish third.
 
In the prelims, SBU finished top 10 on seven occasions. Walker grabbed top five in the 100-yard freestyle with a third place, 51.36 finish. Conway grabbed fifth in the 200-yard butterfly with a 2:05.72 result.
 
Walker was named the Women's Swimmer of the Meet after an impressive showing across the weekend, which included breaking a pair of program records on Friday and finishing first, within a second of the program record in the 200-yard freestyle on Saturday, and breaking the 100-yard freestyle record on Sunday.
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• Sara Baxter took 10th in the 200-yard backstroke finals, touching the wall in 2:05.49.
• Stony Brook finished in three of the top 10 spots in the 100-yard freestyle finals. In addition to Walker's second place finish, Ashley Chui finished in sixth at 52.17 while Michelle Vu wrapped up a 10th place mark with a 52.28 time.
• The Seawolves also took three top-10 places in the 200-yard butterfly. Conway touched the wall to finish third, Olivia Polucha took eighth with a 2:07.69 mark and Chui grabbed 10th with a 2:08.15 time.
• The team of Conway, Vu, Jaelynn Taylor and Walker, three of whom were part of the program's record-setting 200-yard freestyle relay team on Friday, finished second in the 400-yard freestyle relay finals, coming in at 3:27.64.
• The 3:27.64 mark took 6.25 seconds off the team's prelims time.
• Conway took top-three finishes in both of her finals events on Sunday

QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES

"I could not be more proud of our team," said head coach Mark Anderson. "With a meet like this, momentum is so important, and as a team they gained that throughout the competition. As we close out the first semester, this meet will fuel our winter training as we look to improve across the board. Congrats to Sylvia and Sara for winning Swimmer and Diver of the Meet, respectfully!"

UP NEXT
 
Following a break for the holidays, Stony Brook competes at Monmouth on Sunday, Jan. 14 with events beginning at 12 p.m.

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