MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The Bowdoin women's swimming and diving team set multiple school records and made several NCAA B cut times in the opening day of the NESCAC Championship.

After one full day of competition, the Polar Bears sit comfortably in fifth with 429 points.

Meet Highlights

• In Thursday's NESCAC opening session, the 800 free relay set a new school record to earn fifth place overall. Cassandra Maroney, Nadia Eguchi, Erin Moody, and Kate Fosburgh finished in 7:36.68 to set the tone for the weekend.
• On the first full day of action, Bowdoin's 200 free A relay finished fourth with an NCAA B cut time of 1:34.75. Mary Laurita, Marshall Lowery, Amanda Banasiak, and Maroney combined for the relay. Bowdoin's B relay finished 15^th to score points for the Polar Bears, comprised of Emilie Grand'Pierre, Anna Roberts, Eguchi, and Jess Gearan.
• Multiple school records feel in Friday morning's prelims. Laurita set a new mark in the 50 fly (24.92) and ended the day with a third place finish in the finals (25.05). Ayana Opong-Nyantekyi swam a 25.98 in the consolation final, earning a 13^th place finish. Ellie Wargo picked up more points for the Polar Bears with a 22^nd place time.
• Lowery set a new record in the 50 backstroke (26.30) during the morning session and shattered her own school record in the finals, winning the 50 backstroke with a time of 25.68. In the same event, Francesca Garces was 11^th and Carly Dickson 21^st.
• Roberts made a statement in her first NESCAC post-season appearance, swimming an NCAA B cut time in the 200 IM (2:05.67). The first-year lowered her time (2:05.52) in the evening for a third place finish overall.
• In her first NESCAC post-season, Grand-Pierre landed a seventh place finish in the 50 breaststroke finals (29.96). Emily Jacobs and Audrey Aitelli earned points in the race's preconsolation final.
• Eguchi and Fosburgh earned points in the evening's action, finishing 16^th and 22^nd respectively, in the 500 free.
• Banasiak lowered her time from the morning's prelim in the 50 free, finishing third in the final (23.90). Maroney finished third in the consolation final, good for 11^th overall, in the same event.
• Thea Kelsey qualified for the evening's 1-meter diving finals with a morning score of 396.10. Kelsey placed seventh overall in the final with a score of 419.05.
• The 400 medley relay wrapped up the evening with another school record and NCAA B cut time, put together by Lowery, Roberts, Laurita, and Fosburgh.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears plunge back into action tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m.