Marist Notches Wins Against Rider

POUGHKEEPSIE, New York, November 4. MARIST picked up a pair of wins over Rider as the men won 143-84 and the women notched a 146-97 triumph.

For the men, Pat Collins (Nutley, N.J.) and Ralph Rienzo (Wallingford, Conn.) each won multiple events for the Foxes in the win.

Marist opened the meet by winning the 400-yard medley relay. The team of
Dan Garaffa (Manchester, Conn.), Greg Jablonski (Massapequa, N.Y.), Mark Esolen (Archbald, Pa.) and Collins posted the win in a time of 3:33.73. Garaffa went on to win the 200-yard backstroke in 1:56.30, while Jablonski would take the top spot in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:58.63.

Following the relay, Collins went on to post wins in the 50-yard freestyle in 21.31 seconds and the 100-yard free in 47.87 seconds.

Rienzo would also have a strong day for the Foxes, as he swept the distance freestyle events on Saturday. In the 1,000-yard free he posted a winning time of 9:50.84, over seven seconds faster then the second place competitor from Rider. The junior would then post the win in the 500-yard event in a time of 4:47.42.

Other individual winners for Marist included Spencer Hartmann (Windsor, Conn.) in the 200-yard freestyle and Nick Chevalier (Milford, N.H.) in the 200-yard butterfly.

In diving, junior Jesus Santos (Haverstraw, N.Y.) led Marist in the 1-meter event by finishing second with a score of 230.40. He was followed by Devon O'Nalty (East Hartford, Conn.) in second and John Luboja (New York, N.Y.) in third. O'Nalty then led the way off the 3-meter board by taking second with a score of 225.82. He was followed by Katz in third and Santos in fourth.

For the women, junior Jamie Falco (North Haven, Conn.) won three individual events. Other strong performances were turned in by Jenell Walsh-Thomas, who won two individual events, and Melissa Mangona (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) who swept the diving events.

Falco continued her impressive junior campaign against the Broncs in winning the 200-yard individual medley, the 200-yard backstroke and the 200-yard breaststroke. She bested the field in the IM in a time of 2:07.98, before taking the top position in the back in 2:06.60 and the breast in 2:27.09.

Freshman Walsh-Thomas swept the distance freestyle events for the Foxes, winning the 1,000-yard free in 10:35.10 and the 500-yard event in 5:10.67. Sophomore Sandra Bujalski (Thomaston, Conn.) also had a strong swim for Marist, as she finished second in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:57.12 and won the 100-yard free in 54.29 seconds.

Mangona went on to sweep the diving events on Saturday for the Marist, in helping them to the victory. Off the three-meter board she posted a winning score of 217.95, before besting the field in the one-meter event with a score of 226.12. Mangona was supported by t Anna Sanner (Somerset, Pa.) who placed second in the three-meter event and fifth off the one-meter board and freshman Katherine Carpenter (Ballston Lake, N.Y.) who finished fourth in both diving events.

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