Giraldi Advances to ECAC Swimming & Diving Championship Consolation Finals; Swisher Breaks Own Record

WORCESTER, Mass. - Sophomore Natalie Giraldi (Bedford, N.H.) finished first in the 50-yard breaststroke to lead the Simmons College women's swimming & diving team at the New England Invitational this afternoon hosted by Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass. NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. - Freshmen Natalie Giraldi (Bedford, N.H.) tallied 13 points and Michaela Morris (Duxbury, Mass.) scored 12 to lead the Simmons College women's swimming & diving team over host University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 140-94, this evening in North Dartmouth, Mass. The Sharks improve to 7-2 on the season, while the Corsairs fall to 2-4. SOUTH KINGSTON, R.I. - First year Natalie Giraldi (Bedford, N.H.) won the 50-yard breaststroke crown to lead the Simmons College swimming & diving team to a third-place effort after the first day of the 2015 New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Championships this evening at the Tootell Aquatic Center on the campus of University of Rhode Island in South Kingston, R.I. PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Simmons College first year Natalie Giraldi (Bedford, N.H.) placed within the top-16 to advance to tonight's Eastern College Athletic Conference Women's Swimming & Diving Championship Consolation Finals and sophomore Miriam Swisher (Albuquerque, N.M.) broke her own record in the 200-yard freestyle in this morning's preliminaries at Trees Pool on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Posted: Feb 28, 2015

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Simmons College first year Natalie Giraldi (Bedford, N.H.) placed within the top-16 to advance to tonight's Eastern College Athletic Conference Women's Swimming & Diving Championship Consolation Finals and sophomore Miriam Swisher (Albuquerque, N.M.) broke her own record in the 200-yard freestyle in this morning's preliminaries at Trees Pool on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Giraldi turned in a personal-record time of 1:06.91 to place 16th in the 100-yard breaststroke and nab a spot in tonight's consolation finals.

Swisher posted a school-record mark of 1:54.81 to finish 20th in the 200-yard freestyle for the Sharks. Classmate Shylee Stewart (Eastham, Mass.) managed to finish 40th in the event with a time of 2:01.99, despite competing with illness.

All three swimmers will take part in tonight's consolation finals of the 200-yard medley relay after placing ninth with a time of 1:51.03. Swisher was the lead and backstroke leg, followed by Giraldi's breaststroke split and first year Michaela Morris' (Duxbury, Mass.) segment in the butterfly and anchored by Stewart in the freestyle.

Scoreboard