FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield University swimming and diving teams broke 21 short course meter records this afternoon which resulted in a split of a dual meet with the University of Massachusetts at RecPlex Pool. The men's team outscored UMass by a 175-125 score while the women were edged by a count of 159-141.
The Stags started the meet as strong as they could by sweeping the top spot in both 400 medley relays with the women finishing first in 1:55.11 behind the efforts of
Erini Pappas,
Tone Sandsjo,
Lara Kisakol, and
Olivia Thompson while the men completed the event in 1:42.11 courtesy of
Max McMillan,
Enrique Garcia, Chris Dauser, and
Cormac Rouse.
The individual events went just as well with
Sofia Smerechniak grabbing first place with her time of 9:08.54. Fairfield came back with top more first-place times from
Erin Hoyland (2:04.68) and Adam Schnapf (1:50.23) in the 200 free.
Max McMillan also garnered the best time in the 100 back by clocking in at 56.12.
The Stags enjoyed another sweep in the 100 breast with
Tone Sandsjo touching the wall in 1:10.11 and
Enrique Garcia doing the same in 1:04.36.
Olivia Thompson kept the momentum rolling with her first-place time of 26.35 in the 50 free while Alex Belfer and
Cormac Rouse tied for the top spot, each registering a time of 23.72.
Tim Regan scored the highest in the 100 free standings by garnering a time of 51.73. The 200 back event saw
Erini Pappas and
Aidan Schnapf pick up gold with times of 2:16.12 and 2:02.14, respectively.
Erin Hoyland and
Joseph Stewart each collected another win by posting times of 4:26.31 and 4:06.66 respectively in the 400 free.
The final individual event also resulted in gold for
Erini Pappas, who finished in 2:19.48, and
Ed Hunt, who ended his day with a time of 2:05.53. The men's 400 free relay concluded the afternoon activities by posting the best time of 3:24.55. The relay team was comprised by
Joseph Stewart, Chris Dauser,
Cormac Rouse, and
Aidan Schnapf.
The Fairfield University swimming and diving teams honored the senior class prior to the meet, a class that includes 17 student-athletes. The Stags finished up the dual meet portion of their schedules today and now turn their focus to the 2025 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championships which will be held at SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio. The event will run from February 12-15.
