FINAL SCORE: Vermont 172, Bryant 118
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont cruised to a 172-118 victory over the Bryant Bulldogs on Sunday afternoon, taking the top three slots in the opening 200 medley relay and sweeping four additional events through the day.
 
The Catamounts improve to 4-2 and remain 3-1 in America East conference meets while Bryant falls to 4-3 overall.  
 
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Final Results
 
Vermont's Jess Gorham, Shannon Cowley, Dani Rocheleau, and Kira Hancock opened the competition with a time of 1:47.04 to take the 200 medley relay. Two events later, Rocheleau (1:53.76) and Kelly Lennon (1:54.54) finished back-to-back in the 200 free. Lennon took first in the 500 free later in the competition.
 
Cowley won both breaststroke events in the meet, completing the 100 breast in 1:07.16 and the 200 breast in 2:26.20. Haley Gula took second in both events with times of 1:07.61 and 2:26.69, respectively.
 
Julia DeGregorio (2:10.18), Alexy Novelli (2:10.28), and Stefi Geiger (2:14.20) completed Vermont's third sweep of the day in the 200 butterfly. Sierra Sexton won the 50 free, edging out teammate Hancock (24.55) by one-hundredth of a second.
 
In UVM's fourth sweep of the meet, Hancock (52.82) finished ahead of teammates Emily McCormack (54.02) and Sexton (54.15). Freshman Vivian Nguyen took first and DeGregorio followed in second in the 100 butterfly with times of 58.25 and 59.37.
 
Haley Tomlinson (227.40) and Emily Murphy (226.87) took the top spots in the 1-meter diving event, and Tomlinson also grabbed the top finish in the 3-meter diving with a score of 231.75.
 
Colleen Driscoll (4:41.91), Novelli (4:43.58), and Audrey Shenkin (4:45.77) finished the 400 individual medley for Vermont's fifth sweep. Hancock, McCormack, Lennon, and Rocheleau closed out the meet with a victory in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:32.23.
 
The Catamounts compete in Boston University's three-day Invitational next weekend. Events will start at 11 a.m. each day on Friday (Nov. 17) through Sunday (Nov. 19).
 
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