FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield University men's and women's swimming and diving teams split their results against Bryant University this afternoon. The men's squad edged the Bulldogs by a 191-109 score while the women's program came up short by a 156-143 count.
Natasha De Pree paced the Stags on the women's side by winning three freestyle events. She opened with a victory in the 800 free by completing the distance in 9:10.05. She followed up with the top time in the 200 free, clocking in at 2:04.80. In the 400 free, De Pree set the school record by touching the wall with a time of 4:25.78 while Sophia Smerechniak secured second based on her finish of 4:31.29
Katie Torrey garnered a pair of wins in the backstroke, finishing the 100 in 1:04.69 and the 200 in 2:18.00.
Ayva Christie was second in the 100 back with her time of 1:05.12 while
Aimee Quinlan garnered the same position in the 200 back (2:22.11).
Tone Sandsjo was the Stags final winner of the day with her performance in the 100 breaststroke, touching the wall in 1:11.95.
Max McMillan and Balazs Ament were double winners for the men while Ament also collected a second-place swim in the 200 IM. McMillan captured two backstroke events, taking the top spot in the 100 back with a time of 56.59 and the 200 back with a time of 2:06.42. The Stags also had a pair of second-place finishes in those events, namely Oliver McLaughlin in the 100 back (58.23) and Jack Behm in the 200 back (2:06.52).
Ament was responsible for first-place swims in the 100 breast, touching the wall in 1:02.93, as well as the 200 breast, clocking in at 2:18.53. Bobby Regan netted runner-up finishes in both of those events, timing out in the 100 breast (1:05.26) and the 200 breast (2:25.18).
The men's team also had winners in four other events, beginning with James Robinson's swim in the 200 fly (2:08.05). Aidan Schnapf owned the top time (4:09.47) in the 400 free while Tim Regan took first in the 200 free (1:52.41). Behm ended the Stags first-place events by winning the 200 IM in 2:08.39.
Fairfield divers secured second place finishes in all four events with Lillian Tonole scoring 218.03 points in the 1 meter and 219.23 points in the 3 meter. Andrew Cataldo collected 254.70 points in the 1 meter and added 250.73 points in the 3 meter.
The Fairfield University men's and women's swimming and diving teams will return to action on October 18 with their first road trip of the season by making the trip to Providence College.
