Howard vs Mount St. Mary’s
- Saturday, October 8, 2022
- Washington, D.C.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Final Scores
- Women: Howard 144, Mount St. Mary’s 69
- Men: Howard 151, Mount St. Mary’s 47
Courtesy: Howard Athletics
WASHINGTON (October 8, 2022) – Howard University men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams dominated Mount St. Mary’s (MSM) Saturday afternoon inside Burr Gym Pool, winning 10-of-12 events on both sides.
The women defeated MSM, 144-69, while the men cruised to victory, 151-47.
BISON WOMEN 144, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 69
Senior Teyana Johnson (San Antonio), reigning Northeast Conference (NEC) Women’s Diver of the Week, gave the Bison their first win of the day when she won the 1-Meter Dive with a score of 216.75.
Recording a time of 4:00.13, Jorden Hill (Birmingham, Ala.), Zaylie-Elizabeth Thompson (Nassau, Bahamas), Zuilda Nwaeze (Colombia, Md.) and Isabella Fountain (White Plains, N.Y.) kicked off the swimming events with a first-place finish in the women’s 400 Medley Relay. The group maintained a healthy lead throughout the event, beating the competition by over six seconds.
HU’s Fountain, Rianna Martin (Pompano Beach, Fla.), Eryn Levy (Humble, Texas) and Skylar Debnam (Chandler, Ariz.) went on to win the 400 Free with a time of 3:37.91. Howard’s A relay team was not far behind, swimming to a second-place finish (3:38.24).
Z. Thompson and Debnam had standout performances individually. Both Bison finished the meet with two individual first place finishes in addition to their relay wins.
Thompson claimed first in the 200 IM (2:11.86) and 200 Breast (2:27.66). With a time of 1:59.07, Debnam raced to an exciting finish in the 200-Free, beating The Mount’s Abby Steckiel by 00:00.05. The freshman went on to pull away from the competition, easing pass the closest competitor by nearly seven seconds in the 500-Free (5:21.13).
Howard also found individual first place finishes from Zwaeze (200 Fly; 2:11.12), Courtney Connolly (White Lake, Mich.; 100 Free; 55.30) and Jorden Hill (Birmingham, Ala.; 200 Back; 2:14.59).
BISON MEN 151, MOUNT ST. MARY’S 47
The men’s team had just as strong of a showing. For the second time this season, HU swept the relay events. Howard’s A relay team, consisting of Miles Simon (Atlanta, Ga.), Darin Johnson (Atascocita, Texas), Mark-Anthony Beckles (Chaguanas, Trinidad & Tobago) and Arion Solomon (Fairburn, Ga.), swam a time of 3:24.48 in the 400-Medley Relay.
With a time of 3:07.36, HU’s Beckles, Solomon, Taj Benton (Baltimore) and Spencer Miles (Lynchburg, Va.) took the top prize in the 400-Free Relay.
Simon earned two induvial first place finishes in the 200 IM (1:57.29) and 100 Free (45.72) while Beckles continued his contribution to today’s win with his first-place title in the 50 Free (20.99).
Sophomore Tai Afrik (Holland, Mich.) aided the Bison’s win with his victory in the 200-Free (1:46.26).
Benton and Ty Triche (Humble, Texas) collected first-place wins in the 200 Fly (1:58.04) and 500 Free (4:59.71), respectively.
The biggest lead of the day came in the 1000 Free when senior Luke-Kennedy Thompson (Nassau, Bahamas) blew the competition out of the water, beating the next competitor by nearly 35 seconds (10:05.94).
Sophomore Jordan Walker (San Antonio) eclipsed the competition, scoring 209.70 in the men’s 1-Meter Dive, 33 points ahead of the next opponent.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
The Bison are back in the pool Friday, October 28 at 5 p.m. as they compete against American University at the Reeves Aquatic Center.
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at www.HUBison.com.
Courtesy: Mount Athletics
Emmitsburg, Md (October 8, 2022) – The Mount St. Mary’s swim and dive teams traveled to Washington D.C. to compete head-to-head versus Howard today. Both teams competed in 24 events. The men’s team lost to Howard with a final score of 151-67, while the women’s team lost to Howard with a final score of 144-69.
The Mountaineers’ men’s team placed second in the 4×4 400-yard medley relay as swimmers Jason Fitch, Aidan Grady, Jacob Wallace, and Austin Toland ranked in the top 50 nationally, tallying a time of 3:27.83 and earning four points. Nicholas Santorelli finished in second place in the 100 yard freestyle with a final time of 47.16 seconds, earning his team an additional four points.
Grady logged 2:05.99 in the 200-yard breaststroke, also ranking in the top 50 nationally. The Mountaineers’ 4×400 freestyle relay team became the third top 50 ranked unit with a time of 3:09.36.
Meghan Speicher logged a time of 11:15.12 in the 1,000-yard freestyle placing first in the event, earning her team an additional nine points. Abigail Steckiel finished second in the 200-yard freestyle logging a final time of 1:59.12 earning an additional four points for the women’s team.
As a team the women’s strongest placement was in the 4×4 400-yard medley as swimmers Meghan Speicher, Christina Lazari, Dahna Yoon, and Emiley Lynch a final time of 4:06.14, placing second in the event.
UPCOMING
The next competition for the Mount swim and dive teams is on October 29 at 1 P.M. in a dual meet at the ARCC Swimming Pool in Emmitsburg.