NORTHAMPTON - The Smith College swim and dive team defeated Westfield State Friday evening 184-94 at Dalton Pool. With its seventh win of the season, this secures a winning regular season record for the first time since the 2013-14 season. 

"We're very proud of this team. Coach Maya made a great point to the team after the meet - they're doing such a better job focusing their pre and post race analyses on detail and process oriented components as opposed to focusing on the outcome. The team is understanding more and more that our focus on the process - to try out best and "find out" - is leading to better and better results. Despite a tough week, the team showed great grit and spirit and we're excited to see what we can accomplish in practice over the next few weeks as we shift our focus toward our mid season invitational." --Head Coach Caleb Potvin

Highlights

• Kicking off the meet was the 200 yard medley relay team of Jessie Wang (Princeton, NJ/Princeton), Zoe Chapin (Camas, WA/Camas), Maddie Milla (Nyack, NY/Nyack), and Bebe Cosgrove (New Paltz, NY/New Paltz) registering a first place time of 2:00.39
• Wang, Grace Magee (Portland, OR/Oregon Episcopal), Emma Schultz (Hyattsville, MD/Elizabeth Seton) and Milla were all double-winners in their respective events. 
• Wang claimed the top times in the 200 free (2:03.05) and 500 free (5:25.32)
• Magee led the pack in the 1,650 free (18:47.84) as well as the 200 back (2:16.37)
• Schultz earned the fastest times in the 100 breast (1:12.40) and 200 IM (2:18.24)
• Milla placed first in the 100 free (56.05) and 100 fly (1:02.28)
• Diver Katherine Welsh (St. Paul, MN/Saint Paul Academy) delivered two more strong performances on the 1-meter (287.95) and 3-meter (289.45)
• Charlotte Cox (St. Louis Park, MN/) eclipsed 200 points on the 3-meter for the first time in her collegiate career with a score of 201.45

Up Next
Smith wraps up its first semester schedule at the Bomber Invitational hosted by Ithaca College December 4-6. 

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