Chestertown, Md. – Senior captain Erin O'Connor (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) and sophomore Zoe McIlmail (Frederick, Md./Urbana) paced the St. Mary's College of Maryland women's swim team in a 122-83 non-conference loss at Washington College Saturday afternoon.
O'Connor captured the 1000 freestyle in 11:11.21 while senior Hanna Rizkallah (Frederick, Md./Urbana) came in third (11:52.71).
McIlmail gained a gold medal in the 100 freestyle in 56.43 while junior captain Brooke Raab (Parkton, Md./Hereford) took third in 59.40 and Rizkallah was fourth (1:01.50).
The foursome of sophomore Karlie Straight (Ocean City, Md./Stephen Decatur), senior captain Stefania D'Ambrosio (Chevy Chase, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase), and sophomores Cara Machlin (Rockville, Md./Walter Johnson) and Katie Andersen (Clarksville, Md./River Hill) posted a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay in 1:58.31.
McIlmail garnered a second-place finish in the 200 freestyle in 2:01.25 while Machlin followed in third place (2:05.38). D'Ambrosio collected a second-place finish in the 50 freestyle in 26.17 while junior Elaina Kohles (Bel Air, Md./John Carroll School) placed second in the 400 individual medley in 4:53.91 and Machlin was second in the 100 butterfly in 1:02.04.
St. Mary's notched a second-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:47.33 behind the efforts of McIlmail, Kohles, Andersen, and Rizkallah.
Kohles picked up a third second-place finish in the 500 freestyle in 5:28.81 while O'Connor was third (5:34.47). D'Ambrosio landed a third silver medal in the 100 breaststroke while O'Connor came in third (1:12.93).
Straight paced the Seahawks in the 100 backstroke with a third-place finish in 1:07.13 while first-year Samantha Liming (Silver Spring, Md./JFK) in third (2:14.57) finished fourth (1:10.81).
St. Mary's (6-4) will be back in action in two weeks when the Seahawks travel to Richmond, Virginia to compete at the two-day Yellow Jacket Invitational hosted by Randolph-Macon College at the Collegiate School Aquatics Center on December 6-7.
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