Mount Saint Mary's claimed an historic victory as the men's squad won its first dual meet in program history.
Mount Saint Mary's Press Release
Emmitsburg, Md. (October 8, 2016) – The Mount St. Mary's University men's swimming & diving team fell to VMI (124-71) and Manhattan (133-78) in its first-ever meet in program history on Saturday at the Mount St. Mary's Swimming Pool.
Brock Cudahy and Will Twizell paced the Mount at the meet, combining for five top-three finishes on the day, including three first-place showings. Cudahy took first place in both the 100m (54.37) and 200m (1:58.91) freestyle events, and Twizell placed first in the 200m IM (2:13.89. Twizell also claimed second place in the 100m back (1:01.75) and third in the 100m fly (1:00.42).
Vincent Huang posted the Mount's other first-place finish of the meet, taking gold in the 100m breast with a time of 1:06.89.
The Mountaineer relay squad of Cudahy, Liam Taylor, Huang and Andrew Quinan closed out the meet with a third-place showing in the 200m free relay, touching the wall in 1:43.43.
The Mount is back in action on November 4 for a meet with Howard at 5 p.m. Action will be streamed live on NECFrontRow.com
Emmitsburg, Md. (October 8, 2016) – The Mount St. Mary's University women's swimming and diving team won 10 of 13 events en route to victories over VMI (153-43) and Manhattan (136-78) in the season-opening meet Saturday at the Mount St. Mary's Swimming Pool. Senior Sarah Bonson led the way for the Mount with a pair of victories in the 200m IM (2:31.33) and 100 fly (1:07.60).
The Mount dominated the freestyle at the meet, claiming first-place showings in four of five individual free events. Amanda Moore won the 100m free (59.80), Maggie deTar took first in the 200m free (2:11.39), Mary Lombardi claimed first in the 400m (4:41.82) and Bridget Vaughan won the 800m (9:44.79).
Morgan Runk registered the other first-place showing in the swimming portion with gold in the 100m back as the senior clocked in at 1:10.28.
Mount divers took the top three spots in the 1-meter dive, led by Peyton Fuller's first-place score of 150.80. Celia Thomas placed second with a score of 149.50 and Laci Vickery posted a score of 140.10 to take third.
The Mount also won both relay events, as Runk, Lauren Gullickson, Moore and deTar opened the meet with a victory in the 200m medley relay (2:04.49), and Moore, Juliette Lacoste, Hailey Vogt and Bridget Vaughan closed out the meet with a first-place showing in the 200m free relay (1:55.78)
The Mount is back in action on November 4 for a matchup with Howard at 5 p.m. Action will be streamed live on NECFrontRow.com
VMI Press Release
EMMITSBURG, Md. - The VMI men's swimming and diving team swept a tri-meet at Mount St. Mary's, leading the efforts of the Keydet programs Saturday in Emmitsburg, Md.
The Keydet men (2-0) downed the host Mountaineers, who were competing in their first-ever meet as a program, 124-71 and also defeated Manhattan by a 119-94 count. The VMI women (0-2) dropped a 126-67 decision to Manhattan and lost 153-43 to the Mount.
The men's team was led by freshman David Turbyfill, who swept the 400 and 800 free relays in his first collegiate individual races. Turbyfill touched the wall in 4:20.41 in the 400 and 9:02.23 in the longer distance.
Turbyfill's classmate, fellow freshman Jarred Nagle, was also outstanding Saturday. He won the 100 fly (59.09), was second in the 200 IM (2:17.91) and was part of the winning 200 medley relay effort that included John Kim, Bret Tomajczyk and Brady Gannon as well (1:50.37).
Kim was also a winner, prevailing in the 100 back in 1:00.21. In addition, Gannon, Nikolas Nemceff, JT Lancaster and Ryan Schmitz won the 200 free relay in 1:39.12.
Finally, VMI went 2-3-4 in the 50 free, led by Schmitz (24.90) and Nemceff (25.19), as well as 2-3 in the 100 free with Nemceff (55.78) and Schmitz (56.19).
On the women's side, Natalie Rivas was the lone victor on the day with a 28.61 time in the 50 free. McKenzie Raber earned two runner-up finishes, doing so in the 400 free (4:49.57) and the 800 free (9:53.56), while Gabbie Galvez was second in the 100 fly with a time of 1:10.24.
Rivas, Raber and Galvez were all on the runner-up 200 free effort, teaming with freshman Calle Biles to record a 1:59.14 time.
VMI men's swimming and diving is back in action Oct. 15 with a tri-meet at NJIT, while the women's program is off until Nov. 9 and returns with a tri-meet of its own at Sweet Briar College.
