Syracuse, N.Y. – Redshirt freshman
Veronika Nelson (Vernon Center, N.Y./Vernon-Verona-Sherrill) recorded three individual wins to lead the Le Moyne College women's swimming and diving team to a 205-64 victory over Roberts Wesleyan College on Saturday afternoon at Rev. Vincent B. Ryan, S.J. Pool. Redshirt freshman
Ryan McMahon (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee) won three individual events and teamed on a relay victory to lead the men's team to a 201-65 win.
Nelson earned the first of her three wins by touching the wall first in the 100-yard breaststroke by 0.84 seconds with a time of 1:16.26. She completed the sweep with a time of 2:47.38 to win the 200-yard breaststroke by over five seconds. She wrapped up her afternoon with a time of 5:02.04 to win the 400-yard IM by over six seconds.
The quartet of redshirt freshman
Grace Thomas (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa), senior
Mikael Ann Melfi (Clayton, N.Y./Thousand Islands), freshman
Hannah Kellogg (Cazenovia, N.Y./Chittenango) and junior
Caitlyn Longway (Sauquoit, N.Y./Sauquoit Valley) opened the meet by winning the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:55.63.
Senior
Vicky Silaika (Rexford, N.Y./Shenendehowa) was victorious in the 1650-yard freestyle by 20 seconds with a time of 19:00.94.
Kellogg added a pair of individual victories. She captured the 200-yard freestyle by just 0.07 seconds by touching the wall in 2:03.34. She claimed the 500-yard freestyle by almost five seconds with a time of 5:31.72.
Junior
Mikayla Bonner (Gardiner, N.Y./Wallkill) won the 200-yard butterfly by five and one-half seconds with a time of 2:36.89.
Senior
Ellie Sommers (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) earned her first collegiate victory with a career-best time of 26.69 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle.
Junior
Annamarie Goosley (Harpursville, N.Y./Harpursville) swept the two one-meter diving events. She won the one-meter diving event with 195.85 points and then posted 126.20 points to win the second.
Longway won the 100-yard freestyle by almost two seconds with a time of 55.24 seconds.
Thomas, Longway and Melfi teamed with senior
Jordyn Sommo (Guilderland, N.Y./Guilderland) to win the meet-ending 200-yard freestyle relay by over two seconds with a time of 1:46.15.
McMahon's three individual victories included sweeping the two breaststroke events. He was victorious in the 100-yard breaststroke by over five seconds with a time of 1:03.44. He later won the 200-yard breaststroke by over 10 seconds with a time of 2:24.51. He wrapped up his day by winning the 500-yard freestyle by almost 29 seconds with a time of 5:07.34.
McMahon, junior
Charles Morris (East Aurora, N.Y./East Aurora), redshirt freshman
Logan Bronecki (Hemlock, N.Y./Livonia) and freshman
John Harbaugh (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) teamed to win the meet-opening 200-yard medley relay in 1:45.16.
Junior
Joseph Malone (Merrick, N.Y./Wellington C. Mepham/SUNY Old Westbury) won the 1650-yard freestyle by over two and one-half minutes with a time of 17:38.24.
Morris topped the field in the 200-yard freestyle by almost one second with a time of 1:52.61.
Junior
Dmitry Gauntt (Portsmouth, R.I./Bishop Stang) won the 200-yard butterfly by over 12 seconds with a time of 2:22.36.
Freshman
Belal Hamad (Syracuse, N.Y./PSLA at Fowler) claimed the 50-yard freestyle by 0.35 seconds with a time of 22.68 seconds. He then won the 100-yard freestyle by 0.71 seconds with a time of 48.90 seconds.
Freshman
Justin Byrne (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee) won both of the diving events. He posted 254.45 points to win the first one-meter diving event and then scored 171.85 points to win the second one-meter diving event.
Junior
Seth Dougherty (Waterford, N.Y./Homeschooled) was victorious in the 200-yard backstroke by 8.8 seconds with a time of 2:11.06.
Senior
Alex Turczyn (Burnt Hills, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) won the 400-yard IM by almost eight seconds with a time of 4:39.89.
Morris, Hamad and Turczyn combined with redshirt freshman
Logan Petralia (Clay, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) to win the 200-yard freestyle relay by 2.5 seconds with a time of 1:31.23.
The Dolphins return to action on Friday at Ithaca College at 5:00 p.m.