POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Fairfield men's and women's swimming and diving were both edged by Marist this afternoon as the men dropped the meet by a score of 99-199 while the women were defeated by a score of 108-190.
On the women's side,
Alexandra Miko-Rydzaj,
Colleen Young,
Morgan Hansen and
Samantha D'Alessandro started off the day with a first-place finish in the 200 Yard Medley Relay with a final time of 1:49.09.
Morgan Hansen won the 200 Yard Butterfly clocking in at 2:09.14 while
Sara Ostensen finished second at 2:10.87. Hansen also placed first in the 100 Yard Butterfly with a time of 59.10 and finished second in the 200 Yard Individual Medley at 2:14.21. The Stags won the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay as
Maria Nitti,
Samantha D'Alessandro,
Madelynn Mowad and
Sara Ostensen finished with a time of 3:42.21. Miko-Rydzaj,
Emily Holman,
Shannon Feeley and
Rachel Landry also placed second in the event at 3:54.42.
Maria Nitti finished in second in the 200 Yard Freestyle (1:57.13), the 50 Yard Freestyle (24.81) and the 100 Yard Freestyle (53.90).
Alexandra Miko-Rydzaj also placed second in the 100 Yard Backstroke at 1:00.63. Ostensen finished third in the 1000 Yard Freestyle while
Colleen Young placed third in the 100 Yard Breaststroke.
"Our women had a tough meet today" said Bruno "It's been us and Marist at the top the last two championships, and we fully expected to get their best meet of the year. We had many season best performances and saw some of our 1st years stepped up in a really competitive environment. We'll get back to work and focus on what we need to do for championship time."
For the men,
Will Robinson,
Guillem Perez,
Austin Twiss, and
Ian Nelson started the day with a second-place finish in the 200 Yard Medley Relay with a time of 1:36.89.
Guillem Perez won the 100 Yard Breaststroke clocking in at 1:00.48 while
Peter Sloan and
Chris Ford came in second and third respectively. Perez also placed second in the 200 Yard Breaststroke at 2:13.02 while Ford placed third.
Evan Fair placed second in the 100 Yard Backstroke while
Will Robinson placed third. Fair also finished in third in the 200 Yard Backstroke and the 200 Yard Individual Medley.
Ian Nelson and
Nick Adams finished in second and third respectively in the 50 Yard Freestyle.
Patrick Boyle also finished third in the 1000 Yard Freestyle while
Benjamin Kebbell placed third in the 200 Yard Freestyle.
Austin Twiss came in third as well in the 200 Yard Butterfly while
Peter Gori finished third in the 100 Yard Freestyle. Gori,
Brendan Finnegan,
Jordan Rahurahu, and Fair placed first in the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay with a final time of 3:17.46 while Twiss,
Thomas Willemse, Ford, and Adams placed second.
"I felt our men's team made a real push to get themselves in the conversation this post season" said Head Coach
Anthony Bruno. "When I think about the improvements we've made over the last two and a half years I could not be prouder of our seniors. Despite the score, we raced incredibly well against a tough program. We can race with anyone and we're looking forward to getting another shot in February"
The Stags will head to East Meadow, N.Y. for the ECAC Winter Championships on December 6-8.
