For the third straight year, Fredonia senior Meghan Bartlett (Johnstown, N.Y.) was crowned winner of women's 3-meter driving at the State University of New York Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving championship meet Thursday.
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| Meghan Bartlett (photo by Jim Fitzgerald) |
Sam Kowalewski (photo by Jim Fitzgerald) |
Bartlett had a finals score of 516.05 points after posting a preliminary score of 523.90. She won the title by 29 1/2 points while senior teammate Sam Kowalewski (Cowlesville) finished fifth with 430.20 points.
The pair earned 34 of Fredonia's 80 team points on the first day of the three-day meet at the Flickinger Center in downtown Buffalo. They will be back in action Saturday during the 1-meter competition.
The Blue Devils' other scoring Thursday came in relays -- 24 points for a' seventh-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay and 22 points for an eighth-place in the 400-yard medley relay. They ended Day 1 sixth of nine teams.
