COLCHESTER, Vt. – Saint Michael’s College women’s swimming & diving first-yearLindsay McNall (Colchester, Vt./Colchester) set two more school records on Saturday to help the Purple Knights improve to 2-0 for the seventh time in eight years with a 111-51 victory over Clarkson University in the Ross Sports Center natatorium. The 1-1 Saint Michael’s men dropped a 145-86 decision to the 2-1 Golden Knights. The Clarkson women slipped to 0-3.
McNall, senior Julie Mullowney (Burlington, Vt./Burlington), juniorSteph Nadow (Charlton, Mass./Saint Peter-Marian) and first-year Katrina Wiesner (Bow, N.H./Bow) each won three events, helping the Purple Knights pick up their fifth straight win against the Golden Knights. McNall captured the 200-yard individual medley in 2:16.75, winning by 15.65 seconds and breaking a school record of 2:19.52 previously set byKaytlyn Kelley ’12 on Feb. 5, 2010. During the 200-yard butterfly, McNall posted a winning time of 2:14.63, besting the runner-up by 21.83 seconds and toppling the mark of 2:16.14 that was put together by Sammy Sweeney ’12 on Feb. 19, 2012. In two career meets, McNall has now won all five of her individual races, setting records in four.
McNall, Mullowney and Nadow joined junior Kim Brady (Morris Township, N.J./Academy of Saint Elizabeth) to win the 200-yard medley relay in 1:56.68. Mullowney captured the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:38.16, and Nadow topped the 200-yard backstroke field in 2:18.21. Mullowney, Nadow, Wiesner and sophomore Luci Franklin (Steamboat Springs, Colo./Lowell Whiteman School) sided to take the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:47.99.
Wiesner won both the 50 and 100 free races, narrowly edging Brady in both. During the 50, Wiesner’s winning time of 26.49 was 0.29 faster than Brady’s, and her 57.65 performance in the 100 was exactly one second faster than Brady’s. Sophomore Catherine Tierney (Cape Elizabeth, Maine/Cape Elizabeth) topped the 500 and 1,000 free fields in 5:51.18 and 11:59.38, respectively.
The men received two wins on the boards from junior Joe Vo (Springfield, Mass./Cathedral), who won the one-meter diving events with 119.55 points and then 136.50 points. Sophomore Joe Thomas (Norwood, Mass./Boston College HS) won the 200 free in 1:55.76 and swam for a pair of runner-up relays, while junior Nathan Paluso (Windham, Maine/Windham) won the 1,000 free by touching the wall at 11:19.52.
Paluso and Thomas joined sophomore Brandon MacPherson (Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield) and first-year Stephen Andersen (Concord, N.H./Concord) to take second during the 200 free relay in 1:37.91, trailing Clarkson’s winning foursome by 0.98 seconds. Thomas anchored that quartet and the runner-up 200 medley relay, siding with junior Matt Pearson (Kennebunk, Maine/Kennebunk) and first-years Seth Boudreau (Saint Albans, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans) and Cam Thirkell (Tyngboro, Mass./Tyngsboro).
Sophomore Chad Phalon (Wantage, N.J./Pope John XXIII Regional) was second in the 500 free while taking the runner-up spot to Vo in the first one-meter diving competition of the day during his collegiate diving debut. Classmate Nick Johns (Seaford, N.Y./Saint Anthony’s) also saw his first diving action as a collegian, scoring 133.65 points in the second one-meter diving event of the day to trail Vo by only 2.85 points.
The Purple Knights host their second of three meets in the Ross Sports Center this year on Tuesday when they oppose Norwich University at 5 p.m.
Press release courtesy of Saint Michael’s College.