By VICTORIA ADDISON
Sports Editor
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The College of Saint Rose men and women’s swimming and diving teams opened their season on Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Hartwick Relays, both with second-place finishes out of six teams overall.
The women’s team finished with 100 points, which was just below first-place Oneonta, which earned 102. Also finishing with 100 points, the men’s team lost first place to Hartwick, which finished with a total of 118 points.
Going into the Hartwick Relays, senior Kiersten Beckford mentioned the changes to the team’s training program, which should help the teams when it comes time to translate the skills they learn at practice into their future meets.
“We have all been putting in so much hard work to get ready for our competitive season,” Beckford said. “Everyone is super supportive of each other, which makes this such a great team to be a part of.”
Although the teams are without a number of fast seniors from last season they have brought in talented freshmen to make up for the loss.
The teams have their next match on Oct. 25 as they return to Oneonta for the Hartwick Quadrangular Meet.
