ONEONTA, NY – Hartwick's swimming and diving teams both defeated teams from SUNY Cortland on Saturday at The Sally Griffith Herbert '88 Aquatic Center. The Hartwick men's team (7-4), which won 12 of 16 events on the day, defeated the Red Dragons by a final count of 156-119. The Hartwick women (4-7) won by a final score of 158-133. The Hawks won eight events.
           
Juniors Imma Rutigliano (Tillson, NY/John A. Coleman) and Helen Merkley (Guilderland, NY/Guilderland) combined for five individual wins for the Hawks' women's team. Rutigliano won the 200 free (2:00.84), the 100 free (55.63), and the 200 individual medley (2:15.67). Merkley was victorious in the 50 free (26.52) and the 200 back (2:18.42).
           
Sophomores Ally Agate (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg) and Morgan Riggins (Austin, TX/Dripping Springs) also won events for the Hawks. Agate took first in the 100 back with a time of 1:03.71. Riggins was tops in the 200 breaststroke (2:41.52).
           
The Hartwick 400 free relay team also was first on the day. Kaitlyn Campbell (Bartlett, IL/Glenbard North), Rachel Bellis (Canandaigua, NY/Canandaigua), Gwen Mathias (Sunland, CA/Southwestern Academy), and Rutigliano won in a time of 3:47.03.
           
On the men's side, senior Miles Blaney (New York, NY/NYC Lab School), and juniors Matt Plunkett (Cooper City, FL/Cooper City) and Brendan Day (Westfield, MA/Westfield) combined for seven individual victories. Blaney was first in the 200 free (1:44.48), the 100 free (47.65), and the 100 fly (54.26). Plunkett took both backstroke events, winning the 100 in 53.28 and the 200 in 1:55.90. Day took the breaststroke events, finishing first in the 100 in 1:02.64 and the 200 in 2:17.46.
             
Junior Ben Detar (Charleston, SC/Hanahan), sophomore Brendan Quinn (Raleigh, NC/Heritage) and sophomore Luis Santiesteban (Key Largo, FL/Coral Shores) also won events for 'Wick. Detar touched first in the 200 fly (1:56.79), Quinn was first in the 1000 free (10:18.19), and Santiesteban won the 200 IM (2:01.48).
           
Both competing relay teams also won on the afternoon. Plunkett, Day, Detar, and Joe Mulvehill (Penfield, NY/Penfield) took the 200 medley relay in 1:38.62. Brian Edmister III (Belmont, NY/Genesee Valley), Mulvehill, Plunkett, and Blaney earned top billing in the 400 free relay.
           
Both Hartwick teams return to the pool tomorrow in Schenectady. The Hawks will face teams from Union and Springfield.