KINGSTON, RI – The Catamounts continued their dominance with another surge in day three of the Harold Anderson Invitational, claiming five first place victories, two Tootell Aquatic Center records, one first year record and one UVM varsity record. Vermont finished with a score of 853 with Rhode Island (756) and Holy Cross (636) rounding out the top-three. Binghamton finished in fourth with a score of 497.5 and Maine placed fifth with 382 points.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"This team's growth and maturity throughout the season has really shown throughout this weekend," said Head Coach Gerry Cournoyer. "They stayed focused on racing and diving, and it paid off."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Vermont continued their dominance at the Harold Anderson Invitational winning the first event, the 1650 free. Ella Church cruised to the victory in a time of 17:20.35.
• The Catamounts placed well in a tightly contested 100 freestyle with Jackie House taking first in a time of 51.88, while Mina Poppas placed third in 51.98.
• First year Natalie Schlemmer commanded her best performance of her young career winning the 200 breast in a time of 2:17.09. That time set a Tootell Aquatic Center record, beating her time from the day before by a full two and a half seconds. Her time was also a Vermont first year record and UVM varsity record.
• Hally Laney carried on with her 2022-23 success claiming another Tootell Aquatic Center record in the 200 fly. Laney finished in first with a time of 2:03.54 a full three seconds ahead of the entire field.
• First year Miranda Schuman finished in fifth in the 200 fly with a time of 2:08.54.
• UVM was able to complete their sweep of the relays taking home the final event of the Harold Anderson Invitational, the 400 freestyle, in dominating fashion. The combination of Jackie House, Autumn Bullinger, Cailin Campbell and Mina Poppas cruised to first place in a time of 3:29.23. 
• UVM finished outright first in the Harold Anderson Invitational for the first-time ever recording 15 first place finishes, eight Tootell Aquatic Center records, three first year records and two UVM varsity records over the three-day event.
• This was the first time since 2007 that Rhode Island did not win or tie for first in the Harold Anderson Invitational. 

 
WHO'S NEXT 
Following this weekend's Harold Anderson Invitational, the Catamounts will travel to Amherst, Massachusetts for a dual meet with UMass and Binghamton on Saturday, December 3. The meet is scheduled to start with the diving events at 11 a.m. and will conclude with swimming starting at 1 p.m. 
 
FINAL 2022-23 HOMECOMING
Vermont's final meet of the season at Forbush Natatorium will come on Saturday, January 21 against Rhode Island. The meet will be the Catamounts Senior Day Presented by The Alumni Association. The meet is scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. and will be streamed live on AmericaEast.TV. 
 
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