ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The Hartwick Women's Swim and Dive team headed to Nazareth University for their first Empire 8 meet this season, securing a 166-130 victory.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

• The grouping of Bree Dy (Matawan, N.J.), Courtney Pierce (Fulton, N.Y.), Aubrey Vaile (Wesley Chapel, Fla) and Anna Bischoff (Oneonta, N.Y.)  got the Hawks started on a high note, taking the 200 medley relay with a time of two minutes and eight seconds, beating out the Golden Flyer squad by .95 seconds.

• Cate Russo (San Pedro, Cal.) notched the first individual event, being the first to hit the wall in the 800 meter freestyle, clocking in at 10 minutes and 25 seconds. Katherine Viera (South Windsor, Conn.) finished three seconds behind Russo as the Hawks came out with high intensity.

• After a dominant weekend where she picked up three individual event victories, Pierce continued her torrid pace, taking the 200 meter freestyle with a finishing mark of two minutes and seventeen seconds.

• Min-Syun Chen (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) earned another event for Hartwick, winning the 100 meter breaststroke with a time of 1 minute and 18 seconds.KM

• Vaile took the 50 meter freestyle in a tight one, beating her Golden Flyer counterpart by .9 seconds.

• Annabelle Lindsay (Hudson Falls, N.Y.) placed second in one meter diving, scoring 183 while Marielle Rodriguez (Mamaroneck, N.Y.) placed fourth with a score of 167.5.

• Pierce kept up her momentum, taking the 100 meter freestyle and the 200 meter breaststroke to wrap up her dominant day.

• Russo continued her freestyle dominance, being the first to hit the wall in the 400 meter freestyle, clocking in at four minutes and 57 seconds.

• Rodriguez and Lindsay placed second and third in three meter diving with respective scores of 201.75 and 181.20.

• Results can be found here.

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