Indian River Running Away With NJCAA Titles

By Jason Marsteller

BUFFALO, New York, March 8. AFTER the second day of competition at the NJCAA Championships in Buffalo, N.Y., Indian River Community College is in a commanding lead of both the men's and women's meets.

In the women's meet, IRCC leads with 355 points to second-place Lincoln's 191 points. Monroe Community (186), Vincennes University (150) and Genessee Community (85) complete the rest of the top five.

For the men, Indian River finished with 428 points to second-place Lincoln's 213. Monroe Community sits in third with 150 points, while Vincennes (126) and Erie Community (61) comprise the rest of the top five.

Women's One-Meter Finals
Indian River went 1-2-4 as Kayla Purkiser (460.60), Danielle Mauser (453.50) and Stacey Crawley (375.80) finished first, second and fourth, respectively. Lincoln's Amanda Williams placed third with 387.75 points.

Men's Three-Meter Finals
IRCC swept the top-two spots as Michael Wright (569.40) and Billy Beauregard (561.85) tussled for the men's title. Lincoln's Alex Morreto completed the top three with 419.75 points.

Women's 200 freestyle relay
Indian River kept at it as Shanda Casella, Amanda Neubig, Vanessa Cox and Cortney Place won the race easily in 1:35.85. The closest finisher, Lincoln's team of Mekenzie Lewis, Dawn Mason, Gabrielle Klinefelter and Rachel Slattery touched in 1:44.65.

Men's 200 freestyle relay
Another event, another title for IRCC. Scott Baker, Gideon Louw, Roberto Gomez and Raul Martinez won by 10 seconds with a time of 1:19.14. Lincoln's squad of Adam Johnson, Dale Cuffe, Dillon York and Joe Taylor placed a distant second in 1:29.33.

Women's 500 freestyle
Indian River went 1-2 in the middle distance event as Natalia Buso clocked a first-place time of 5:04.67, while Amber Pheil took second in 5:12.22. Monroe Community's Caitlin McNamara pocketed third in 5:35.02.

Men's 500 freestyle
IRCC went top two again as Fernando Costa (4:23.57) and Raul Martinez (4:33.02) paced the field. Lincoln's Dale Cuffe turned in a third-place time of 4:40.48.

Women's 200 IM
1-2 buckle my shoe? IRCC went 1-2 again. Kim Martella touched in 2:10.76 for first, while teammate Ana Rubin hit the wall in 2:13.43 for second. Darton College's Sara Stewart claimed third in 2:13.90.

Men's 200 IM
Monroe Community's Kazuma Uda finally stopped the 1-2 march for IRCC with a second-place time of 1:53.86. Meanwhile, Indian River's Touw Ngie Tjouw won in 1:52.10, while teammate Daniel Munoz finished third in 1:56.77.

Women's 50 freestyle
With five of the top eight, IRCC consumed massive points in the splash-and-dash. Amanda Neubig won in 23.49, while Shanda Casella took second in 23.63. Lincoln's Rachel Slattery placed third in 24.76.

Men's 50 freestyle
In a ridiculous show of sprinting prowess, IRCC swept 1-6 in the men's 50 free. Gideon Louw (20.07), Roberto Gomez (20.22), LeRoux Pelser (20.45), Scott Baker (20.68), Nick Schwartz (21.08) and Jeff Gaik (21.81) finished in that order.

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