BUFFALO, NY – Hannah Heil (Medina, NY/Medina) bested her previous personal-best in the 50-yard freestyle on the way to a third-place finish to lead Buffalo State on Thursday evening at the SUNYAC Swimming and Diving Championships.
RESULTS
FOR THE BENGAL WOMEN
- Heil finished in 24.19 seconds in the 50 Free on the way to a podium finish after placing fifth in the event last year.
- Heil beat the time minutes later, leading off the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 24.11 seconds.
- Heil, Maggie Parobek (Amherst, NY/Amherst), Hailey Hankinson (N. Tonawanda, NY/N. Tonawanda), and Julia Purpura (Buffalo, NY/Cleveland Hill) teamed up for a fifth-place finish in the 200 Free.
FOR THE BENGAL MEN
- Matt Banks (Lancaster, NY/St. Joe's) set a personal-best time of 2:04:57 in the morning session to qualify for the B-Final of the 200 IM, and finished 14th in the night session.
UP NEXT
The Friday morning session includes preliminaries for the 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 100 Breast, and 100 Back.
