Results

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Fairfield University men's and women's swimming and diving teams notched their first victories of the season this afternoon by sweeping the College of the Holy Cross. The women's team posted a 217-83 win while the men's team picked up a 165-132 win.
 
Freshman Kelly Mulligan recorded four victories on the day in three individual events and one relay event. For the second meet in a row, Mulligan captured the 100y back (1:01.69), the 200y back (2:13.05), and the 200y IM (2:16.29). She was also the lead leg of the 400y medley relay which posted a time of 4:11.31.

Freshman Connor Daly made a splash in his collegiate debut recording three individual events. Daly captured the 200y fly (1:57.67), the 100y fly (53.58), and the 200y IM (2:01.82). Daly's times in the butterfly events were just over a second off the program record.
 
Senior Cacky Keating and junior Suzy Lawlor each recorded two individual victories and one relay victory. Keating captured the 100y fly (1:03.10) and the 200y fly (2:15.66) while Lawlor posted wins in the 100y breaststroke (1:10.67) and the 200y breaststroke (2:33.57). Keating and Lawlor were on the 400y medley relay with Mulligan as well.

Sophomore Tyler Conley posted two individual victories and one relay win. Conley captured the 50y free in 21.92 seconds, just .86 off the school record, and the 100y free in 50.06. He was also the anchor of the 400y freestyle relay which recorded a winning time of 3:22.09.
 
Fairfield took the top three spots in the women's 1000y freestyle. Sophomore Meredith LaBerge posted a winning time of 11:00.49 while sophomore Ariel Bond was the runner-up in 11:00.68. In her collegiate debut, freshman Kate Ansani took third with a time of 11:25.86. In the 500y free, Bond was the winner in 5:25.72 while LaBerge was the runner-up in the 500y free with a time of 5:28.40 and Ansani was fourth in 5:39.03.  
 
Freshmen Liz Avery and Michelle Pleban made their collegiate debuts in the sprint freestyle events. Avery, who was also on the winning 400y medley relay, captured the 100y free with a time of 57.05 seconds and placed second in the 50y free with a time of 26.46 seconds. Pleban captured the 50y free with a time of 26:32 seconds and was the runner-up in the 100y free (57.08).
 
Junior Margaret Osmulski also picked up a win with a time of 2:02.71 in the 200y freestyle.
 
Sophomore Ashlee Steinberger captured both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events while sophomore Lauren Kemple was the runner-up on both boards. Freshman Demi Marathas was third in both events. Steinberger recorded a mark of 223.12 on the 1-meter and a score of 221.10 on the 3-meter. Kemple had a mark of 175.95 on the 1-meter and a score of 183.45 on the 3-meter. Marathas posted a 158.48 on the 1-meter and a personal best of 168.15 on the 3-meter.
 
The 400y freestyle relay of Bond, Alyssa Acompora, Katherine Kraus, and Bridget McGowan had a winning time of 3:54.68. The quartet of Lisa Tkach, Emily Pedrick, Meghan Weiser, and Ansani finished second in 3:27.68.

On the men's side, junior Cody Parker, who was also on the 400y freestyle relay, won two individual events, capturing the 200y free with a personal best of 1:48.80 and the 500y free (4:57.15). Junior Kevin Greener was the runner-up in the 500y free (4:59.52) and captured the 1000y free (10:18.63).
 
In the 100y back, senior Paul Bimmler was the runner-up in 57.30 seconds while sophomore Chris Weaver finished third in 58.70 seconds. In the 200y back, Bimmer finished second (2:07.55) while Weaver was third (2:11.36). Bimmler was also the lead leg of the winning 400y freestyle relay and the lead leg of the second-place 400y medley relay.
 
Sophomore Jay Cook had a pair of second place finishes in the 100y free (51.15) and the 200y free (1:53.93) and was on the winning 400y freestyle relay.
 
The 400y medley relay of Bimmler, junior Rich Straub, Daly, and Conley had a time of 3:41.75 to place second. In the 400y freestyle relay, rookies Nick Cannone, Andrew Robinson, and Shane Sullivan along with Straub had a time of 3:27.68 to finish second.
               
Sophomore Evan Barr won the 3-meter with a score of 227.32 while sophomore Joe Dowling was the runner-up with a score of 205.80. Senior Ryan Krebs notched a score of 187.57 while junior Brien Bates had a mark of 148.27. On the 1-meter, Krebs took second with a score of 211.33 while Bates was third with a mark of 205.71. Dowling had a score of 199.27 while Barr finished with a score of 190.05.
  
Fairfield (1-1) returns to action next weekend when it hosts MAAC foe Manhattan College on October 20 at 12pm in the RecPlex.