LIU Brooklyn at Army West Point
- Army West Point def. LIU Brooklyn 178-77
- Results
- West Point, N.Y.
- Nov. 9, 2018
Courtesy: Army West Point Athletics
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point women’s swimming and diving team flew past LIU Brooklyn, 178-77, on Friday night at Crandall Pool.
The Black Knights (2-1) took each of the first 12 events to hand the Blackbirds (7-2) just their second dual loss of the season.
ARMY NOTABLES
- The meet kicked off with a first-place showing by Army in the 200 medley relay. Cecelia Croman, Kara Wineinger, Emily Landeryou and Bailey Smith swam to the time of 1:45.00.
- Sidney Evans then followed with a win in the 1000 free at 10:34.52.
- In the 200 free, Sammie Edwards (1:55.74), Monica Sowinski (1:55.85) and Brianna Romaine (1:55.90) locked up the top-three spots.
- The Cadets followed with another sweep in the top three once Croman (56.73), Kim Sembrano (58.00), and Smith (58.13) competed in the 100 back.
- The 100 breast was highlighted by a first-place time of 1:03.66, set by Wineinger. The senior later secured the victory in the 200 breast after posting a time of 2:22.58.
- Isabelle Malinowski led all Cadets in the 200 fly with a time of 2:07.95.
- The Black Knights had success in the 50 free once Lexus Van Hoven finished first after touching the wall at 24.43. She was followed by Madison Berg (24.69) and Lauren Carag (24.78).
- In the 100 free, Romaine (53.11) and Edwards (53.48) finished first and second, respectively, while Berg placed third at 53.85.
- Croman’s time of 2:05.23 in the 200 back won her the event. Josephine Marsh trailed at 2:05.88 with Hollis Clark rounding out the top three with a time of 2:06.26.
- In the 500 free, Army was led by Sowinski, who secured the win at 5:11.04.
- The meet win was clinched once Berg touched the wall at 57.73 in the 100 fly for a first-place finish.
WENDER’S WORDS
“Our women raced with great energy and enthusiasm tonight,” head coach Mickey Wender said. “Our senior leadership continues to be outstanding. I thought we executed our refined race plans well and we also tried some new things and learned a lot. It’s a fun time in the season as the workload comes down and we get ready to peak, taper and shave in three weeks.”UP NEXT
The Black Knights will return to action next weekend when they head to Boston for the three-day Terrier Invitational slated to begin on Nov. 16.
Courtesy: LIU Brooklyn Athletics
WEST POINT, N.Y. — The LIU Brooklyn women’s swimming team fell to 7-2 in dual meets on the season, after falling 178-77 to Army West Point on Friday evening. Two Blackbirds, senior Mads Carrigan and freshman Amanda San Juan, set new school records in the meet.
In the first individual race of the meet, San Juan, who recently earned her third Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week award, crushed her own school record in the 1000 freestyle. San Juan went 10:37.90 in a competitive race, to break her previous mark of 10.49.10, by well over 11 seconds.
Then in the final solo event of the night a 100 individual medley, Carrigan went 1:01.10 to beat the two-year old LIU school record by 0.51 seconds. Freshman Lydia Amon also finished her meet strong, going 1:02.20 in the same event.
In other events: the Blackbirds had a pair of sub-one minute performances by both senior Noemie Lacroix-Moreau (58.76) and sophomore Amanda Peren (59.87) in the 100 butterfly … Peren also went 59.08 in the 100 backstroke … Senior Nathalie Meyers swam the 50 freestyle for the first time this season, going 25.39 to lead the Blackbirds.
The Blackbirds will be back to the Steinberg Wellness Center for the team’s last home meet of the calendar year, a Saturday showdown with Lafayette at 2:00 p.m. in LIU Pool.