The Marist men and women enjoyed a sweep of Seton Hall this evening. Senior captain Pat Collins (Nutley, N.J.) and sophomore Spencer Hartmann (Windsor, Conn.) each won two events in the Red Foxes 156-144 win. Senior captain Anna Sanner (Somerset, Pa.) set the school record in three-meter diving and Jamie Falco (north Haven, Conn.) won three individual events to propel the women to a 162.5-137.5 decision.
Sanner bested Megan Duffy’s old record for six dives off the three-meter board of 265.50 by posting a score of 275.78. She also finished second in the one-meter event with a point total of 224.78. Following Sanner in three-meter diving were Melissa Mangona (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) in second place with a score of 251.03 and Katherine Carpenter (Ballston Lake, N.Y.) in third with a total of 208.50.
Falco continued her strong junior campaign on Friday, as she took first place in the 100-yard backstroke in 59.11 seconds, the 50-yard freestyle in 24.94 seconds and the 200-yard back in a time of 2:05.88. Falco also teamed with Malski, Bujalski and Kim Koehler (Narragansett, R.I) to win the 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:49.00.
Malski, swimming in her first meet of the season, featured wins in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke to go along with the relay victory. She finished first in the 100-yard event in a time of 1:05.03 and the 200-yard event with a 2:23.11 clocking. She was followed by teammate Lyndsay Martin (Schenectady, N.Y.) in second place in the 100 and third place in the 200.
Bujalski also turned in a strong swim for the Red Foxes in Friday’s win. The sophomore took the top position in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:55.99 and the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 58.77 seconds. She also finished second in the 200-yard butterfly, finishing in a time of 2:11.30.
Freshman Jenell Walsh-Thomas (Medford, N.J.) also turned in a solid performance against the Pirates, as she took three second place finishes for the Red Foxes. Walsh-Thomas placed second in both distance freestyle events, finishing the 1,000-yard event in a time of 10:29.89 and the 500-yard event in 5:10.66. She also took second in the 100-yard free with a time of 55.32 seconds.
Hartmann picked up his first victory of the afternoon in the 200-yard freestyle, as he bested the field in a time of 1:46.26. Hartmann also was the first to finish in the 500-yard free, posting a time of 4:48.06.
Collins continued to lead the Red Foxes, as he took the top position in the 50-yard freestyle in 21.50 seconds and then the 100-yard free in 47.76 seconds. Senior Will Shearouse (Milford, N.H.) finished third in both events, posting times of 22.62 and 49.39 seconds, respectively. Both Shearouse and Collins were members of the 400-yard freestyle team that finished second for Marist.
Other winners in the pool for the Foxes on Friday were Greg Jablonski (Massapequa, N.Y.) and Nick Chevalier (Milford, N.H.). Jablonski took the win in the 400-yard individual medley in a time of 4:10.59, while Chevalier was the winner in the 200-yard butterfly in a time of 1:56.81. Jablonski would finish second in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:09.76 and the 100-yard breaststroke in 59.13 seconds, while Chevalier finished second in the 400-yard IM to Jablonski, posting a time of 4:13.38.
Ralph Rienzo (Wallingford, Conn.) also had a strong swim for Marist, as he finished second in both distance freestyle events on Friday. He posted a time of 9:49.54 in the 1,000-yard freestyle and finished the 500-yard event in 4:49.00. Rienzo edged his brother Matt, who swims for Seton Hall, in both events.
Other strong showings for the Foxes were turned in by Dan Garaffa (Manchester, Conn.) who took second place in the 200-yard backstroke and captain Brandon Youse (Boyertown, Pa.) who finished third in the event with a time of 1:56.97.
Mark Esolen (Archbald, Pa.) also turned in a strong swim for Marist, as he posted a second place finish in the 100-yard butterfly in 54.38 seconds and a third place showing in the 200-yard breaststroke, finishing in a time of 2:18.00.
In diving action Marist divers took the top position in both the one and three-meter events. Freshman Mitchell Katz (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.) won the off the one-meter board with a score of 256.05. He was followed by Devon O’Nalty (East Hartford, Conn.) in second place and Jesus Santos (Haverstraw, N.Y.) in third.
O’Nalty took the top spot in the three-meter event, showing a score of 259.35, while Santos took second place with a total of 248.78 and Katz finished third with a score of 242.78.
Friday marked the first competition for Marist since beating two of its three opponents at the H2Ounds Invitational on December 1-2. With the win Marist moves to 6-2 overall on the season and will be back in action on December 20 at the McCann Natatorium against Southern Connecticut St. The meet is scheduled to being at 1:00 p.m. and Marist’s senior class will be honored prior to the meet. At 8-0, Marist's women will return to action on December 20 when it takes on Southern Connecticut St at the McCann Natatorium. Senior Day festivities will precede the meet which is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.
