NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - Senior CeCe Arrison went out on a high note as she broke an 11-year old school record, when she posted a score of 300.10 on the 1-meter board in the Pioneers home meet against Mount Holyoke. The previous school record was set in 2005 by Shanti Freitas with her score of 292.20.

RESULTS

Mount Holyoke won the meet, 157-142, and improves to 8-2 on the season while Smith drops to 4-4 in dual meets.

In addition to Arrison's record-breaking performance on the 1-meter, she amassed 296.45 points, good for first place on the 3-meter. Also earning victories was Claire Dudek (Bethesda, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase) in the 1000-yard freestyle (11:20.08) and Desi Stoyanova (Plovdiv, Bulgaria/Plovdiv Language School) in the 200-yard freestyle (2:04.09). Dudek also finished second in the 500-yard free (5:32.32) while Stoyanova was the runner up in the 200-yard butterfly (2:17.83) and the 200-yard IM (2:20.35).

Hannah Francis (Chicago, Ill./Walter Payton Prep) placed second in the 200-yard breast (2:37.94) and 100-yard breast (1:13.36).

The divers had a great day as they went 1-2-3 on the both the 1 and 3-meters. Elly Stone earned second place finishes on both boards while Anna Partridge (Seattle, Wash./Mercer Island) came in third.

Abby Bergman (Culver City, Calif./Vistamar) swam to a trio of third place finishes in the 200-yard free (2:15.53), the 100-yard butterfly (1:07.18) and the 200-yard butterfly (2:22.50)

The 200-yard medley relay A team of Madeleine Meadows-McDonnell (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central), Francis, Stoyanova and Meredith Millman (Syosset, N.Y./Jerich) were the runner up with a time of (2:00.54) while Smith's B team came in third (2:03.49). Also touching the wall in second was the 400-yard free relay team of Dudek, Meadows-McDonnell, Abby Onos (South Portland, Maine/South Portland) and Millman.

Prior to the competition, seniors CeCe Arrison, Devi Dearmon-Moore (Tucson, Ariz./Catalina Foothills), Claire Dudek (Bethesda, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase), Hanna Francis, Meredith Millman (Syosset, N.Y./Jerich), Laura Nunnelly (Amherst, Mass./Amherst), Anna Partridge (Seattle, Wash./Mercer Island), Leah VanHoeve (Annville, Ky./Homeschool) and Erin Walch (Alexandria, Ky./Academy of Math & Science) were honored for their contributions to Smith College Athletics and the swimming and diving program.

The Pioneers now focus on the NEWMAC Swimming and Diving Championships hosted by MIT on February 18-21.