Iona vs Holy Cross
- Saturday, October 8, 2022
- Worcester, Mass.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results (PDF)
- Final Scores
- Women: Holy Cross 174.5, Iona 119
- Men: Holy Cross 166, Iona 128
Courtesy: Holy Cross Athletics
WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross women’s swimming and diving team began their 2022-23 season with a home meet victory, 174.5-119.5 against Iona Saturday afternoon at the Hart Center Pool.
Senior Anna Turner took home first place in the 1,000-yard free style finishing the event in 10:53.54 earning nine points for the Crusaders.
In her first collegiate swimming meet, freshman Ainsley Nalen hit the wall first in the 100-yard backstroke event at 59.80 and in the 200-yard backstroke (2:06.81).
Junior Greta Walting (1:06.37) and senior Julianna Bender (1:08.19) placed first and second respectively in the 100-yard breaststroke. The trio of freshman Sabrina Conrad, Walting, Bender and were first (2:26.48), second (2:29.41), third (2:29.63) in the 200-yard breaststroke.
The 200-yard medley relay team of sophomore Ginger Berry, Walting, Conrad and Nalen were first to complete the event in 1:50.88.
The Crusaders will compete in the Northeast Catholic Invitational next Saturday.
WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross men’s swimming and diving team set a pool record in their home opener, a 166-128 win against Iona at the Hart Center Pool.
In the 100-yard breaststroke, freshman Zach Bubonovich broke the previous mark of 58.30 set back in 1990 by Fordham. Bubonovich finished the race in 57.96 earning nine points for the Crusaders in his first collegiate meet. Junior Charlie Nascimben placed second in the same event at 58.57.
Nascimben then took home first in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:08.18) and Bubonovich finished second (2:09.25).
Bubonovich won first in the 200-yard individual medley (1:59.87).
Sophomore Patrick Walsh picked up where he left off after a successful freshman campaign finishing the 100-yard backstroke in 53.43.
Freshman Jack Sorenson and freshman Quentin Miquel placed first (1:57.25) and second (2:00.96) in the 200-yard backstroke.
In the 200-yard butterfly, sophomore Rory Hess had a 1:58.05 time and in the 100-yard event completed the race in 52.75 capturing first place both times.
The 200-yard medley relay team consisting of Sorenson, Bubonovich, freshman Alex Michael and Nascimben hit the wall at 1:36.34.
The Crusaders will compete in the Northeast Catholic Invitational next Saturday.
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Courtesy: Iona Athletics
WORCESTER, MASS – Fresh off a pair of wins Friday at the Hynes Pool over St. Francis College, the Iona University Swimming and Diving Team hit the road Saturday, traveling to the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester and came away with first losses of the season.
MEET SUMMARY
The Iona women fell to the Crusaders 174.5 to 119.5, despite a combined seven wins from Isabella Nicholson, Victoria Novinskiy, Ashley Benkert and Tristan Urso.
The Iona men ended up on the downside of a 166-128 score, with three wins from Michael Faughnan, two by Dylan Riccio and another from Daniel Hadary.
Nicholson, a senior Tri-Captain, dominated the sprint freestyle events taking the 50, 100 and 200-yard Freestyle races with respective times of 24.61, 53.62 and 1:56.43. Novinskiy, a freshman, won both the 200-Butterfly and Individual Medley races at 2:09.30 and 2:10.31, respectively. Benkert, a sophomore, won the 100-Butterfly at 59.26 as Urso touched first in the 500-Free at 5:21.90.
Nicholson, Benkert, Novinsky combined with Megan Josephs to win the 400-Freestyle relay at 3;37.67.
Faughnan picked up where he left off Friday, winning easily the 1000-Free at 10:07.84 and returned the very next race to win the 200-Freestyle at 1:42.15. The Junior Tri-Captain also won the 500-Freestyle at 4:43.38.
Dylan Riccio, a freshman, won both the 1 and 3-Meter spring events for the second day in a row, with respective point totals of 232.05 and 245.10. The impressive Harrison, New York native jumped up on Iona’s all time top 12 list on the 1-meter event to fourth all time and second all-time on the 3-M event list in dual meet competition.
Hadary, a versatile graduate student took the 100-Free race at 48.38 and anchored the 400-Free relay to a win along with Faughnan, Liam Pyatt, Robert Heim at 3:11.95.
“You have to give Holy Cross credit today, they came out strong in their first meet of the year, winning both the women’s and men’s 200-Medley Relay events and showed a very balance line-up,” commented Coach Nick Cavataro. “We will get back in the water on Monday and prepare for the Homecoming Invitational next Saturday.”
UP NEXT
Iona hosts Sacred Heart University and Wagner College next Saturday at the Hynes Pool with diving at 9:00am and swimming at 11:30am.
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