NEWARK, NJ – The Rider University women's swimming and diving team returned to action Saturday, defeating Stony Brook, 193-106. The Broncs improve to 4-5, while the Seawolves fall to 2-3.
 
The Bronc women won 12 events in the meet.
 
Karyn Creelman (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin) opened the day with a win on the 3-meter, scoring 233.90.
 
The 200-medley relay team of Connar Melcher (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin), Sarah Fondacaro (Sewell, NJ/Washington Twp.), Hannah Yemec (Bluffton, SC/May River), and Lea Opdyke (Ocala, FL/West Port) then touched the wall at 1:48.49 to earn the win.
 
Mallory Mead (Middle River, MD/Dulaney[Oklahoma Christian]) and Casey McLaughlin (Ramsey, NJ/Ramsey) finished one-two in the 1,000-free, touching the wall at 10:38.14 and 10:52.79. McLaughlin and Megan Smith (Philadelphia, PA/Nazareth Academy) swam one-two in the 500-free.
 
Opdyke and Yemec swam one-two in the 200-free, stopping the clock at 1:55.60 and 1:55.71.
 
The Broncs got a sweep in the 100-back. Mead, Chastity Ruatos (Lodi, NJ/Immaculate Conception), and Alexa Torres (Lyndhurst, NJ/Lyndhurst) swam 58.96, 59.85, and 1:00.14. Mead and Ruatos later went one-two in the 200-back, swimming 2:06.13 and 2:11.49.
 
Suriya Pathammavong (Rochester, NY/Churchville Chili) earned a win in the 100-breast, stopping the clock at 1:07.71. She later led a sweep in the 200-breast along with Allison Stewart (Newtown Square, PA/Lower Merion) and Gianna Farina (Easton, PA/Notre Dame Green Pond). The trio touched the wall at 2:29.32, 2:31.31, and 2:32.85.
 
Yemec led a one-two finish in the 200-fly, swimming 2:08.59 and 2:10.94.
 
Melcher and Opdyke finished one-two in the 100-fly, touching the wall at 53.34 and 54.28.
 
The Broncs closed out the day with a win in the 200-free relay. Melcher, Yemec, Opdyke, and Fondacaro combined to swim 1:38.18.
 
NOTES & QUOTES
- Stewart was third in the 100-breast.
- Melcher took second in the 50-free.
- Maiti O'Connor (South Plainfield, NJ/The Wardlaw-Hartridge School) finished second on the 1-meter.
- Torres placed second in the 100-fly.
- Farina was third in the 200-IM.
 
UP NEXT
Rider returns to action on Feb. 14 at the MAAC Championships.