Complete Results
TROY, N.Y. – Behind a pair of victories from freshman
Tina Belletete (Winchendon, MA/Gardner), the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women’s swimming & diving team won its own RPI Invitational on Saturday at Robison Pool. The Engineers, who posted 624.5 points, held off three-time defending champion SUNY Cortland for the win.
The victory for the Engineers also marked the first time in the 15-year tenure of head coach
Shannon O’Brien, that the program has won its own invitational.
Belletete highlighted today’s meet, claiming victory in both the 1000-(11:02.76) and 500-freestyle (5:28.16). SUNY Oneonta’s Kristen Magliola also won two races today, posting wins in the 200 individual medley (2:01.36) and the 200-backstroke (2:12.63). Rounding out the solid efforts was SUNY Cortland’s Kristin Barnoski, who was victorious in both the 50-free (25.20) and the 100-free (55.58).
SUNY Cortland finished second at the meet with 553.5 points, while SUNY Oneonta (383), William Smith (366) and Skidmore (268) rounded out the top five at this year's invite.