BOSTON, Mass. – The Fairfield University swimming and diving teams completed their first day of competition at the Terrier Classic with the men holding down third place and the women securing fifth place in the team standings.
The two teams scored well in the 200 free relay with the women touching the wall in 1:36.14 for seventh place behind the efforts of
Olivia Thompson,
Lauren Patalano,
Erini Pappas, and Abbie Digregorio. The men's foursome included Alex Sirkowa, Chris Dauser, Cormac Rouse, and Nicholas Besgen who combined for a fifth place swim with a time of 1:23.08.
The women secured points in the 500 free after
Erin Hoyland took third place in the A final, completing the distance in 4:56.76.
Olivia Glaser had the same placement in the B final, clocking in at 5:08.02. On the men's side, Joseph Stewart (4:31.0) and Tim Regan (4:32.50) collected fifth and seventh place in the A final.
Pappas returned from her relay performance by taking fourth place in the A final of the 200 IM, gaining a time of 2:05.08. The men secured two more top eight finishes in the same event as Jack Behm recorded seventh place in 1:51.58 and Ed Hunt gathered eighth place in 1:52.22.
Thompson highlighted the Stags' performance in the 50 free, earning sixth place in the A final with a time of 24.03
The divers also competed this evening with the Stags picking up points in the women's 3-meter and the men's 1-meter. Lillian Tonole finished 15
th overall with 206.85 points while Andrew Cataldo earned sixth overall by netting 267.05 points.
The 400 medley relay ended the first night of competition with the women taking fifth in 3:46.48 and the men securing second in 3:18.74. Pappas,
Tone Sandsjoe,
Lara Kisakol, and Thompson represented the women's relay. Max McMillan, Enrique Garcia, Dauser, and Stewart comprised the men's entry.
The second day of the Terrier Invitational begins with preliminaries at 10 am followed by finals at 6 pm. The events will include the 200 medley relay, the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, women's 1-meter dive, men's 3-meter dive, and the 800 free relays.
