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Weiner Breaks Two Records As Women's Swimming & Diving Falls to Fordham

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Weiner Breaks Two Records As Women's Swimming & Diving Falls to Fordham

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield University women's swimming & diving team fell to Fordham University this evening at the RecPlex Pool. The women fell 180-115 to the Rams.

Rookie Sierra Weiner posted three individual victories and broke two program records. Weiner captured the 100m butterfly with a time of 1:05.72, breaking her own program record of 1:06.28 previously set on October 18, 2014. In the 400m IM, she earned first place points with a time of 5:07.38, breaking the previous program record of 5:10.12 set by Brittany Hunter on January 16, 2004. Weiner also posted a winning time of 2:09.11 in the 200m freestyle, for a personal best.

Senior Meredith LaBerge clocked in third in the 800m freestyle with a time of 9:37.11. LaBerge also placed third in the 400m freestyle with a time of 4:40.66. Junior Kelly Mulligan posted a third place finish in the 200m backstroke (2:30.44) and a fourth place finish in the 100m backstroke (1:10.32).

Sophomore Meghan Guinee placed third in the 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:21.21 while junior Callie Vacchiano finished closely behind in fourth (1:21.39). Vacchiano also placed third in the 200m breaststroke with a time of 2:52.93, for a personal best, and earned second place points in the 400m IM with a time of 5:34.89.  

The 200m freestyle relay of Liz Avery, Michelle Pleban, Mulligan, and Brianna Thompson earned first place points with a time of 1:55.91 while the relay team of Katherine Kraus, LaBerge, Alyssa Acompora and Meghan Weiser earned second place points with a time of 2:02.30.

Fairfield took the top spot in both the women's 1-meter and 3-meter diving. Senior Ashlee Steinberger captured both boards, posting a 1-meter score of 241.80 and making a 3-meter mark of 249.08. Classmate Lauren Kemple placed third on the 1-meter event, scoring a 193.73, while sophomore Caroline Gailius followed in fourth with a 187.28. On the 3-meter board, Leah Pawelczyk took third (189.75) while Kemple followed in fifth (180.60).    

The Fairfield women's (1-1) team will continue its home stand. The swimming & diving team will return to the RecPlex Pool on Saturday, October 25 for an Alumni Meet. After this weekend's Alumni Meet, the team will travel to Worcester, Mass. to compete against Holy Cross on November 1 at 1pm. 

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