Marist Sweeps Fairfield

POUGHKEEPSIE, New York, November 12. THE Marist Men's Swimming and Diving Team remained unbeaten on the season with a 199-70 win over Fairfield at the McCann Center on Sunday afternoon. The Red Foxes had five win two individual events, including Devon O'Nalty who swept the diving events in the win. The Marist women swam to a 183-101 victory. Jenell Walsh-Thomas (Medford, N.J.), Lyndsay Martin (Schenectady, N.Y.), Jamie Falco (North Haven, Conn.) and Melissa Mangona (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) all won two individual events in the win for the Red Foxes.

In men's action, Marist got off to a strong start on Sunday, taking the top three spots in the 200-yard medley relay. The "A" team of Dan Garaffa (Manchester, Conn.), Ed Gurka III (Pompton Plains, N.J.), Will Shearouse (Milford, N.H.) and Ralph Rienzo (Wallingford, Conn.) came away with the win in a time of 1:41.42.

Sophomore Spencer Hartmann (Windsor, Conn.) was one of four Marist swimmers to win two individual events on Sunday, with the first win coming in the 1,000-yard freestyle in a time of 10:12.34. Hartmann would then go on to best the field in the 500-yard free in a time of 4:51.89.

Senior captain Pat Collins (Nutley, N.J.) was also a two time winner, as he came away in first place in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 1:47.44 and the 100-yard butterfly in 54:48 seconds.

Greg Jablonski (Massapequa, N.Y.) and Luke Johnson (Pensacola, Fla.) were the other swimmers to win twice on Sunday afternoon. Johnson took first place in the 100-yard backstroke in 55.10 seconds and the 100-yard freestyle in 41.51 seconds. Jablonski came away with wins in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:00.00 and the 50-yard freestyle in 22.16 seconds.

The Red Foxes also had three other swimmers win one event on the day. Mark Esolen (Archbald, Pa.) came away with the win in the 200-yard butterfly, while Kevin Quinn (Neponsit, N.Y.) and Gurka came away with first place finishes in the 200-yard backstroke and 200-yard breaststroke, respectively.

In diving, O'Nalty continued his strong junior campaign, as he swept the diving events on Sunday. He took first off the three-meter board with a score of 278.62, before he topped the field in one-meter diving with a score of 247.95.

In the women's meet, Marist opened the afternoon by taking the top three places in the 200-yard medley relay. The Red Foxes "C" relay team came away with the win, as Alyssa Hewitt (Pittsfield, Mass.), Martin, Victoria Kemp (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) and Kim Koehler (Narragansett, R.I.) topped the four team field with a time of 1:55.44.

The Red Foxes would also take the top three spots in the 200-yard freestyle with Emily Hammang (Barrington, R.I.), Jenny Serino (Shelton, Conn.) and Kemp swimming times of 1:59.03, 1:59.71 and 2:08.30, respectively.

Marist would also take the top two positions in the 100-yard backstroke, as Jessica Paul (Meadowbrook, Pa.) swan a winning time of 1:05.76. She was followed by Catherine Hartford (Merrick, N.Y.) in second place with a time of 1:05.91.

Martin then went on to win her first individual event of the day, winning the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:09.31. She followed that up with a win in the 200-yard breast, swimming a time of 2:33.08.

Walsh-Thomas continued her strong rookie campaign by winning the 200-yard butterfly in a time of 2:16.73 and the 200-yard backstroke in 2:13.00.

Falco picked up two more wins on Sunday for Marist, as she took the top spot in the 100-yard freestyle in 53.13 seconds. She would go on to top the field in the 100-yard butterfly in a winning time of 1:00.33.

In diving action, Mangona continued to dominate as she swept both the one and three-meter events. She took the top spot off the one-meter board with a score of 249.53, before finishing on top in the three-meter event with a score of 255.07.

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