Chestnut Hill, Mass. – Senior Katie O'Donnell (Delmar, N.Y./Bethlehem) won three events and classmate Drew Acquaviva (Delmar, N.Y./Bethlehem) was victorious in two events to lead the Le Moyne College swimming and diving teams at the New England Catholic Invitational hosted by Boston College on Friday and Saturday at the William J. Flynn Sports Complex.
O'Donnell picked up her first individual victory of the meet in the 200-yard IM on Friday night. O'Donnell, a seven-time All-American, turned in a time of 2:12.59 in the event to top her competition by 3.42 seconds. In the sixth event on Saturday, the 100-yard backstroke, O'Donnell registered a time of 59.91 seconds to win by 2.81 seconds. O'Donnell recorded her third victory of the meet in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:09.03.
O'Donnell was also part of a fifth-place relay team. The quartet of O'Donnell, senior Mary Chidsey (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool), junior Jacqueline Daly (Middletown, N.Y./Pine Bush) and senior Maureen McDonough (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Joseph Hill Academy) touched the wall in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:45.90. Individually, Chidsey placed fifth in the 200-yard backstroke in 2:18.22. Senior Meghan Shea (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee/Univ. of Bridgeport) finished in the top-four in each of the diving events. After placing fourth in the one-meter event with 208.80 points, she finished third in the three-meter event with 193.15 points.
On the men's side, Acquaviva swept the two backstroke events. He earned his first victory by touching the wall in 53.11 seconds in the 100-yard backstroke to win by .45 seconds. In the 200-yard backstroke, he turned in a time of 2:02.18 to beat the field by 3.02 seconds. Acquaviva was also part of two relay teams that finished in third place. He anchored the 200-yard freestyle relay team of junior Scott Thieke (Jamesville, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt), sophomore Tyler Olson (Warners, N.Y./West Genesee) and junior Tim Gallivan (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) that finished in a time of 1:32.61. He led off the 200-yard medley relay team of junior James Walker (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool), Gallivan and Olson that recorded a time of 1:41.61.
Thieke earned a pair of individual top-five finishes at the invitational. He touched the wall fifth in the 400-yard IM in 4:43.47 and placed third in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:13.54. Senior Andrew Dearing (Kenmore, N.Y./Canisius) added a fifth-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:18.37. The Dolphins had two swimmers place in the top-five of the 100-yard butterfly. Gallivan was second in 56.74 seconds, while senior Joe Taylor (Essex Fells, N.J./West Essex) placed fifth in 58.17 seconds.
Le Moyne returns to the pool on Saturday at home against Northeast-10 Conference foe Bentley at 2:00 p.m.
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Women's Individual Winners
1000 Yard Freestyle – Jacque Medina (Siena) 10:46.18, 400 Yard Medley Relay – Boston College (Stephanie Ng, Melissa Merwin, Annie Fothergill, Patty Kautz) 4:04.45, 100 Yard Freestyle – Shannon Love (Siena) 53.95, 200 Yard IM – Katie O'Donnell (Le Moyne) 2:12.59, 200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Boston College (Shannon Landers, Kimberly Rich, Katie Chin, Lauren Nightingale) 1:40.95, 1 Meter Dive – Erin Rademaker (Boston College) 213.15, 3 Meter Dive – Erin Rademaker (Boston College) 232.15, 200 Yard Medley Relay – Boston College (Stephanie Ng, Shannon Landers, Annie Fothergill, Kimberly Rich) 1:53.04, 400 Yard IM – Stephanie Ng (Boston College) 4:40.28, 200 Yard Freestyle – Jacque Medina (Siena) 2:00.17, 100 Yard Backstroke – Katie O'Donnell (Le Moyne) 59.91, 100 Yard Breaststroke – Jamie Manser (Iona) 1:07.49, 200 Yard Butterfly – Stephanie Ng (Boston College) 2:11.48, 50 Yard Freestyle – Shannon Love (Iona) 25.01, 200 Yard Backstroke – Katie O'Donnell (Le Moyne) 2:09.03, 200 Yard Breaststroke – Jamie Manser (Iona) 2:31.40, 500 Yard Freestyle – Jacque Medina (Siena) 5:17.93, 100 Yard Butterfly – Katherine Medeiros (Assumption) 1:01.39, 400 Yard Freestyle Relay – Siena (Jacque Medina, Dana Tricarico, Katie Carew, Amanda Podczerwinski) 3:47.01.
Men's Individual Winners
1000 Yard Freestyle – Taylor Patch (Boston College) 10:15.19, 400 Yard Medley Relay – Boston College (Connor Stickney, Sean Murphy, Timothy Corrigan, Collin Thilo) 3:33.89, 100 Yard Freestyle – Connor Stickney (Boston College) 48.16, 200 Yard IM – Chris Yacobacci (Iona) 2:00.10, 200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Boston College (Nick Henze, Michael Bryant, JP Perez, Eddie Timmerman) 1:28.77, 1 Meter Dive – Marty Long (Boston College) 247.75, 3 Meter Dive – Marty Long (Boston College) 293.75, 200 Yard Medley Relay – Boston College (Connor Stickney, Sean Murphy, Timothy Corrigan, Collin Thilo) 1:38.41, 400 Yard IM – Sean Murphy (Boston College) 4:15.97, 200 Yard Freestyle – Nick Henze (Boston College) 1:45.71, 100 Yard Backstroke – Drew Acquaviva (Le Moyne) 53.11, 100 Yard Breaststroke – Chris Yacobacci (Iona) 1:00.65, 200 Yard Butterfly – Tim Benage (Boston College) 2:02.31, 50 Yard Freestyle – Collin Thilo (Boston College) 22.43, 200 Yard Backstroke – Drew Acquaviva (Le Moyne) 2:02.18, 200 Yard Breaststroke – Chris Yacobacci (Iona) 2:13.57, 500 Yard Freestyle – Justin Grigull (Iona) 5:06.10, 100 Yard Butterfly – Tyler Elfert (Iona) 55.29, 400 Yard Freestyle Relay – Holy Cross (Ned Supple, John Vatalaro, Ben Chelmow, Brian Lyons) 3:32.49
