Syracuse, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men's and women's swimming and diving teams hosted LIU  at the Rev. Vincent B. Ryan, S.J. Pool on Monday, Jan. 13. The Sharks' squads came away with both wins, taking down Le Moyne's men's squad, 158-136, and the women's team, 176-118. 

"On the women's side, divers again had impressive performances as freshman Gabby Williams had season-best scores in both voluntary and optional events," said head coach Adam Zaczkowski '04.

"Sophomore Maddie O'Dea won her first dual-meet event of the season and I was impressed by sophomores Sophie Silaika and Abi Jaros in the 1000 as both gave season-best efforts."

"On the men's side, the meet was close all the way through," added Coach Zaczkowski. "Our divers helped us establish an early lead while sophomore Michael Han, and freshmen Mikey White and Lucas Clay all won individual events."

"There were close races and LIU swimmers out-touched us three or four times. Those close races, had they gone our way, would have given us the victory."

"We were still many points closer than last year and we keep closing the gap between us and other NEC foe."

We have a much needed off day tomorrow and are training again starting Wednesday. I know we're looking forward to the long Martin Luther King weekend to rest up and get ready for our next meet on Saturday, Jan. 25."

Women's Squad:
The relay team consisting of junior Brooke Sommo (Guilderland, N.Y./Guilderland), sophomore Madeleine O'Dea (Milton, O.N./Milton District), freshman Kim Velazquez (Fairfield, C.T./Fairfield Warde), and sophomore Kayleigh Bigwarfe (Glenmont, N.Y/Glenmont) finished second in the 200-yard medley with a final time of 1:53.60.

Sophomore Abigail Jaros (New Hartford, N.Y./New Hartford) placed second in the 1000-yard freestyle, finishing with a time of 11:48.44.

Senior Brenna Horan (Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point/SUNY Geneseo) finished second in both the 200-yard freestyle (2:06.68) and 50-yard butterfly (28.75).

O'Dea finished first in the 100-yard breaststroke, coming in at 1:10.05 and second in the 50-yard breaststroke with a time of 32.23.

Bigwarfe took second place in the 100-yard freestyle, finishing at 55.72.

Freshman Shannon Swezey (Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point) placed second in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:35.36.

The team consisting of Sommo, sophomore Lucy Catalano (Glenville, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), freshman Kaiya Fraley (Watervliet, N.Y./Shaker), and Bigwarfe came in second in the 400-yard freestyle relay at 3:48.69.

Williams took first place in both one-meter dive events with scores of 173.70 and 230.70, respectively. 

Men's Team:
The team of freshmen Jake Griffin (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse), Lucas Clay (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker), and Jack Milligan (East Islip, N.Y./East Islip), and sophomore Justin Enser (Hilton, N.Y./Hilton) placed second in the 200-yard medley relay with a final time of 1:36.82.

Freshman Michael White Jr. (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker) claimed first place in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:44.45 and second in the 500-yard freestyle at 4:49.40.

Clay came in first in both the 50-yard and 100-yard breaststrokes, wrapping up with times of 27.12 59.04, respectively.

Freshman Alex Pilieci (Ottawa, O.N./John McCrae) finished in second in both the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 52.21 and 400-yard IM at 4:23.34.

Enser took second place in the 50-yard freestyle, finishing at the 21.92 mark.

Sophomore Michael Han (Auckland, N.Z./Pakuranga College) took the top spot in the 100-yard freestyle, coming in at 48.37.

The relay squad consisting of White, Enser, Milligan, and Clay wrapped up the meet with a second-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:13.29.

Sophomore Adam Kaszovitz (Hicksville, N.Y./Hicksville) finished in first place in the opening one-meter dive event with a score of 161.50.

Junior Patrick Scott (Utica, N.Y./New Hartford/Niagara) claimed the top spot in the second one-meter dive event with a score of 263.85.

What's Next:
The Dolphins will return to action at the Rev. Vincent B. Ryan, S.J. Pool to host Niagara University starting at 1:00 p.m.