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Daly Breaks Two Records As Men's Swimming & Diving Falls to Fordham

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield University men's swimming & diving team fell to Fordham University this evening at the RecPlex Pool. The men were edged 171-118.

Junior Connor Daly posted three individual victories and broke two program records. Daly captured the 200m butterfly with a time of 2:08.73, breaking his own program record of 2:09.12 previously set on February 1, 2014. In the 400m IM, he earned first place points with a time of 4:46.66, breaking the previous program record of 4:50.33 set by Drew Kingman on January 27, 2007. Daly also posted a winning time of 2:30.54 in the 200m breaststroke.

Rookie Michael Capodanno was the runner-up in the 100m freestyle event. Capodanno clocked in with a personal best time of 55.80.

Senior Jay Cook placed third in the 200m freestyle with a time of 2:02.79 while sophomore Scott McGinty finished closely behind in fourth (2:02.92). McGinty also placed fourth in the 50m freestyle (25.37) and the 100m butterfly with a personal best time of 1:00.66.  

The 200m freestyle relay of Cook, McGinty, Capodanno, and Collin Hayes earned first place points with a time of 1:41.16 while the relay team of Robert Hansen, Jameson Duncan, Andrew Robinson and Nick Cannone earned second place points with a time of1:48.95.

Fairfield took the top three spots in both the men's 1-meter and 3-meter diving. Senior Evan Barr captured the 3-meter event with a score of 251.63 while sophomore Daniel Pires was the runner-up with a 240.68. Pires captured the 1-meter event with a 263.25 while Barr was the runner-up with a 238.58. Will Sullivan placed third on both boards, posting a 180.30 score on the 3-meter and a 220.13 on the 1-meter. Rookie Benjamin Martin recorded a score of 129.08 on the 3-meter and made a 140.55 1-meter mark.   

The Fairfield men's (0-2) 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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