Boston College Press Release
The Boston College swim team returned to action after a six week break to host Marist. For the women it was the first victory over Marist in five years, 156-144. The men cruised to a win, 213-87.
The women swept the 200 Medley Relay to get the Eagles off to a great start. Caroline Quindlen, Taylor Covington, Victoria Lin and Grace Kunkel took first (149.61), Ina Elcott, Alison McDonough, Hope Dragelin and Julie Dobson took second (1:50.99), and Katherine Karle, Dakota Meyer, Sarah Hanning and Maria Abrams took third (1:53.60).
The men finished first and second in the 200 Medley Relay. The first place team finished in 1:34.04. The team was made up of Josh Williams, McKenzie Cole, Taylor Cortens and Colin Derdeyn. Daniel Creighton, Billy Miller, David Howard and Nicolas Junghahn took second (1:35.43).
Anthony Richardson continues to have a great senior campaign. He came out with four victories - the 1,000 yd. freestyle, 100 yd. freestyle, 500 yd. freestyle and 400 yd. freestyle - as well as a new school record in the 1000 free (9:24.47), and a new personal record in the 100 free (45.74).
Senior captains Conor Chamness and Josh Williams finished first and second in the 100 yd. backstroke, clocking in at 51.47 and 52.16.
The women swept the 100 yd. & 200 yd. breaststroke. Freshman Taylor Covington took first in the 100 (107.26) followed by Jamie Doherty in second (1:10.61), Dakota Meyer placed third (1:11.20). Senior captain Abigail Kordell was first in the 200 (2:31.75) followed again by Doherty in second (2:33.34), Meyer in third (2:33.42) and McDonough in fourth (2:34.53).
The team swept the 100 yd. and 200 yd. butterfly. Freshman Victoria Lin took first in both events, clocking in at 2:09.28 in the 200 and 58.60 in the 100.
Senior captain Cole Malatesta swept the diving events with a score of 316.20 in the 1 m. and 327.75 in the 3 m. Jack McCarthy took second in the 3 m. with a score of 275.48.
Colin Derdeyn turned in a dual meet best time in the 100 yard butterfly in 51.93 and a first place finish.
Taylor Cortens picked up four victories on the day - 200 yd. medley relay (1:34.04), 200 yd. butterfly (1:54.18), 200 yd. backstroke (1:53.73) and 200 yd. IM (1:56.88).
Freshman Lauren Quinn and sophomore Erika Freeman took first and second in the 200 IM.
Marist Press Release
CHESTNUT HILL, Massachusetts - In its second dual meet in five days the Marist men’s swimming and diving team (6-3, 4-1 MAAC) suffered a 213-87 road loss to Boston College.
Junior Manuel Garcia was in the top three in four swimming events. He place second in the 100-yard butterfly (52.04 seconds) and 200-yard individual medley (1:58.16). His time of 1:57.74 in the 200-yard butterfly was good enough for third place and he swam the third leg on Marist’s third place 200-yard medley relay.
The lone individual winner for the Red Foxes was sophomore Miguel Madeira, who won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:43.86 and also anchored Marist’s first place 400-yard freestyle relay team that clocked in at 2:12.13. Madeira was second in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:47.74.
Third place finishes from freshman Michael O’Donovan (1,000 free), junior Robert McDowell (100 back), sophomore Mark Miller (100 breast and 200 IM), junior Sam Presgraves (200 breast) and sophomore Daniel Knoll (50 free and 100 free) also highlighted the afternoon. Freshman Evan Nilsson was second in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:41.36) and third in the 200-yard backstroke (1:55.87).
On the diving boards freshman Raislan Aiken was second at one meter with a season-high 283.13 points. Junior Peter Gallino was third in the 1- and 3-meter events.
CHESTNUT HILL, Massachusetts – The Marist women’s swimming and diving team lost its third dual meet of the season at Boston College, falling to the Eagles 156-144 on Jan. 14.
Sophomore Lauren Katz picked up the first two victories of her career on the 1- and 3-meter diving boards with season best scores. She racked up 235.58 points at one meter to edge junior teammate Megan Berardelli by just more than six points (229.20 points). In the 3-meter event Katz was atop the field with 248.78 points followed by Berardelli in second place with 233.85 points.
In the swimming pool senior Meredith Wurtz won all four individual events she raced in, starting with the 200-yard freestyle (1:56.93). She also took the top spot in the 50-yard freestyle at 24.41 seconds and touched first in the 100-yard event (52.99 seconds). Lastly, Wurtz anchored Marist’s first place 400-yard freestyle relay squad that clocked in at 3:37.85. Juniors Georgia Goldman, Deirdre Connor and Sara Nestrowitz swam the first three legs.
Individually, Nestrowitz led a 1-2-3 Red Foxes finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle with her quickest time all season (10:37.32). Connor and junior Shannon Gordon finished second and third, respectively. Nestrowitz was also third in the 200-yard freestyle and second to classmate Melanie Newton in the 500-yard event. Newton stole first place at 500 yards after clocking in at a season best 5:14.18.
The Red Foxes had two more backstroke winners, as Goldman took the 100-yard event in 59.46 seconds and junior Margaux Purvis nabbed her first career victory at 200 yards (2:10.24).
Marist (6-3, 5-0 MAAC) will have its final road meet of the regular season against Seton Hall at 1 p.m. Jan. 21.
