Results
UTICA, N.Y. -- Visiting Nazareth won 13 of 16 events Saturday as the Golden Flyers won for the third time this season in men's swimming and diving with a 194-73 victory over Utica.
The Golden Flyers are 3-4 overall. Nazareth also won the women's meet, 184-92, to improve to 4-3 overall.
In the men's meet, senior
Jacob Kline was part of four winning events. He finished first in the 100 breaststroke (1:06.85) and the 200 backstroke (2:04.83) and was part of two winning relays. Nazareth opened the meet by finishing first in the 200 medley relay (1:42.73) with the foursome of Kline, freshman
Dan Burke, senior
Mike Bidwell and junior
Bryan Geary. They ended the meet by winning the 200 freestyle relay (1:35.05) with Kline, Geary, senior
Patrick Monachino and freshman
Sean Doyle.
Burke also won two races, the 200 freestyle (1:50.65) and the 100 butterfly (:57.22) and placed second in the 200 butterfly (2:17.82). Junior
Justin Sawran won the two distance freestyle events. He swam 10:35.35 to win the 1,000 freestyle and 5:11.96 to win the 500. Freshman
Jeff Green finished first in 1-meter diving with a total score of 443.15 for 11 dives. The competition was broken up into 5- and 6-dive events beacuse Utica doesn't have a 3-meter board. His total 11-dive score broke Nazareth's school record of 425.85, set by Dave Marsh in 1995.
Other winners were Doyle in the 100 freestyle (:52.45) and junior
Tim Rappold in the 200 IM (2:06.44).
In the women's meet, Nazareth dominated the action by winning 15 events, including four involving senior
Carissa Risucci. She won the 200 freestyle (2:07.13) and the 200 breaststroke (2:28.88) and was part of the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays. In the 200 medley relay (1:49.28), Risucci swam with fellow seniors
Rachel House,
Kelley Anzalone and
McKenna Murphy. The 200 free relay (1:48.87) also featured junior
Amanda Rogers and freshmen
Gabby Gedz and
Renee Stromski. Risucci's time in the 200 breast broke Utica's pool record.
Juniors
Maura Reissig and
Emily Sauter each won two individual events. Reissig captured the 100 breaststroke (1:15.98) and the 100 freestyle (:57.53), while Sauter won the 50 freestyle (:25.19) and the 500 freestyle (5:42.84). Sauter's time in the 50 free broke Utica's pool record.
Other winners were House in the 100 backstroke (1:07.52), freshman
Kimberly Pedrotti in the 200 butterfly (2:23.78), junior
Marybeth Diego in 1-meter diving (131.50), sophomore
Madasyn Smith in the 200 backstroke (2:27.17), Murphy in the 100 butterfly (1:05.60) and junior Karissa Kobel in the 200 IM (2:25.07).
Nazareth closes out its regular season Saturday with a home meet against RIT at 1 p.m.