Syracuse, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men's and women's swimming and diving teams recorded a sweep of The College of Saint Rose on Sunday afternoon at the Rev. Vincent B. Ryan, S.J. Pool. The women were 151-75 victors and the men recorded a 169-59 win.
The quartet of senior
Genevieve Kikukawa (Kalaupapa, Hawaii/University Laboratory School), sophomore
Ella Kaback (Delmar, N.Y./Bethlehem), freshman
Brooke Sommo (Guilderland, N.Y./Guilderland) and redshirt sophomore
MaryLauren Burke (Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton) opened the meet by winning the 200-yard medley relay by over five and one-half seconds with a time of 1:55.54.
Sophomore
Hannah Kellogg (Cazenovia, N.Y./Chittenango) was victorious in the 1650-yard freestyle by over 1:42 after touching the wall in 18:53.37.
Redshirt sophomore
Lily Buchholz (Skaneateles, N.Y./Skaneateles) captured the 200-yard freestyle by almost nine seconds with a time of 2:05.65.
Senior
Caitlyn Longway (Sauquoit, N.Y./Sauquoit Valley) topped the field in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.47 seconds.
Freshman
Riley Brennen (New Hartford, N.Y./New Hartford) swept the two one-meter diving events. She won the first with a score of 141.10 and the second with 182.80 points.
Burke was victorious in the 100-yard freestyle by almost one second with a mark of 55.91 seconds.
Kikukawa collected the win in the 100-yard backstroke by over six and one-half seconds with a time of 1:01.93.
Senior
Madison Zapisek (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee) tallied the win in the 500-yard freestyle by 2.87 seconds with a mark of 5:33.12.
Longway, Kikukawa, Burke and Buchholz closed out the meet by winning the 200-yard freestyle relay by almost eight seconds with a time of 1:42.25.
On the men's side, the team of sophomore
Dominic Fratto (Waterloo, N.Y./Waterloo), redshirt sophomore
Ryan McMahon (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee), senior
Charles Morris (East Aurora, N.Y./East Aurora) and sophomore
Belal Aly (Syracuse, N.Y./PSAL at Fowler) won the meet-opening 200-yard medley relay by 0.48 seconds with a time of 1:38.66.
Senior
Joseph Malone (Merrick, N.Y./Wellington C. Mepham/SUNY Old Westbury) claimed the win in the 1650-yard freestyle by over 44 seconds with a mark of 17:44.40. He completed the sweep of the distance events with a time of 5:06.93 in the 500-yard freestyle to win by almost two seconds.
Freshman
Xavier Silaika (Rexford, N.Y./Shenendehowa) won the 200-yard freestyle by just 0.05 seconds after touching the wall in 1:53.30.
Morris added an individual victory in the 50-yard freestyle by 0.80 seconds with a time of 21.75 seconds.
Freshman
Keegan Stafford (Charlton, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) collected a 17-second win in the 400-yard IM with a time of 4:30.29. Two events later, he won the 100-yard butterfly by almost one second with a mark of 54.53 seconds.
Sophomore
Justin Byrne (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee) swept the two one-meter diving events. He recorded the victory in the first event with 187.80 points and registered 299.30 points to win the second.
Aly picked up the win in the 100-yard freestyle by almost one and one-half seconds with a mark of 48.83 seconds.
Fratto claimed the 100-yard backstroke by over three seconds by touching the wall in 55.02 seconds.
Stafford, Aly and Fratto teamed with sophomore
Ajay Hicks (Oneida, N.Y./Oneida) to win the meet-ending 200-yard freestyle relay by over six seconds with a time of 1:30.83.