2014 SAINT ROSE SWIMMING AND DIVINGSunday, November 9 | 1:00 pm ROBISON POOL | Troy, New YorkMen: Bentley (1-2) at Saint Rose (3-2) | Women: Bentley (1-2) at Saint Rose (3-2)
Last time out for Saint Rose: The Golden Knights men's team defeated SUNY Oneonta by a score of 174-120, while the women's team fell just short 160-134.
Junior
Eric Howard, sophomores
Elie McRae and
Luciano DeSouza, plus freshman
Nick Gulitti reached the wall first in the 200-yard medley relay with a 1:39.74 clocking. Howard also won three individual events, including the 100 and 200 backstroke, and 100 butterfly. His respective times of 53.16, 1:58.48, and 53.53 wouldn't be surpassed. Additionally, McRae and DeSouza were both two-time winners. McRae excelled in the 100 and 200 breaststroke with 1:00.22 and 2:11.05 efforts, which are both pool records at Oneonta. DeSouza claimed victories in the 50 and 100 freestyle thanks to 23.02 and 48.86 performances.
Saint Rose continued its dominance in freestyle events with freshman
Michael Conley. His 1:48.39 in the 200 freestyle and 4:57.80 in the 500 freestyle gave him win honors in each category. Freshman
Tylor Duguay went the distance in the 1000 freestyle in 10:27.96. Senior
David Genender added a couple more first place finishes to his name this season. His 238.20 points in one meter diving and 154.40 points off the three meter board were each meet-bests.
On the women's side, senior
Kiersten Beckford, sophomores
Rachel Leombruno and
Olivia Reinhardt, along with freshman
Gabriana Beckford touched first in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:45.95. Gabriana Beckford added to her rookie campaign as she won the 100 backstroke in 1:03.52 plus the 200 individual medley in 2:18.03. Reinhardt swam a winning race in the 100 butterfly, stopping the clock at 1:03.59.
Sophomore
Shannon Walsh claimed the top prize with a 1:11.51 mark in the 100 breaststroke. Sophomore
Megan Planz finished second in three meter diving as she totaled 157.50 points. Sophomore
Victoria Gaunt was second best off the one meter board behind 192.75 points.
Last time out for Bentley: The men's team posted a 151-90 win over Roger Williams Friday night, while the women fell 148-86. Juniors Sebastian Bury and Colton Bridge picked up two events each, as did freshman Aiden Karam. Bury touched the wall first in the 50 and 100 freestyle events with times of 22.61 and 49.46, respectively. Karam won the 200 free in 1:50.49, and the 500 free in 5:08.16. Bridge also notched a 263.10 and a 238.05 in the one and three meter dives, respectively, and sophomore Nick Cilia followed just behind in both events with scores of 191.62 and 180.52.
For the women, sophomore Kaitlin McGahie was the only Falcon to win two events as she touched first in the 50 (25.72) and 100 free (56.12). Senior Paige Wilde took first in the one meter dive (232.20), and second on the three meter board (195.22). Freshman Anne Warren won in the 200 butterfly (2:19.05) and took second in the 1000 free (11:23.16).
Up next: The Golden Knights head to Skidmore on Saturday for a 1:00 pm meeting with the Thoroughbreads, and the Falcons host UMass-Dartmouth on Wednesday, November 19.
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