Iona vs Saint Francis
- Friday, October 7, 2022
- New Rochelle, N.Y.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results (PDF)
- Final Scores:
- Women: Iona 150, St. Francis 144
- Men: St. Francis 149, Iona 139
Courtesy: Iona Athletics
NEW ROCHELLE, NY – The Hynes Center exploded with cheers as the Iona University men’s and women’s swimming and diving team came storming back to win the last event of the day from St. Francis College in the season opener for both teams.
MEET SUMMARY
The Iona women’s quartet of Megan Josephs (54.08), Erin Mckinney (55.66), Ashley Benkert (54.39) and Isabella Nicholson (54.46) combined to win by 2.37 seconds at 3:38.59.
The Iona men’s foursome of Blake Alford (48.69), Liam Pyatt (49.01), David Son (48.33) and Michael Faughnan (45.25) posted a 3.11.89 clocking to win by .61 over SFC.
Individually on the women’s side the Iona women were led by Senior Tri-Captain Isabella Nicholson who took a pair of golds, winning the 100-yard Freestyle (52.72) and the 200-yard Freestyle (1:55.35) and taking second in the 200-yard Individual Medley (2:11.94). Freshman Victoria Novinskiy claimed wins in both the 100 and 200-yard Backstroke with respective times of 59.48 and 2:08.28. Other women winning events included Ashley Benkert in the 100-Butterfly (58.23); Josephs in the 50-Freestyle (24.91).
The men had five members claim a combined eight individual wins. Junior Tri-Captain Michael Faughnan claimed the 500-Freestyle and 1000-Freestyle and sandwiched the 100-Backstroke with times of 4:35.95, 9:35.19 and 51.41, respectively. Freshman diver Dylan Riccio claimed wins on both the 1 and 3-Meter springboards with respective scores of 209.00 and 204.30. The wins were the first by an Iona diver in 5 years as Riccio thrilled the crowd with his board work.
Others taking individual events included Blake Alford in the 50-free (22.55); Lucas Haddad in the 200-Breast (2:18.42) and Daniel Hadary in the 200-Back at 1:57.10.
COACHES’ COMMENTS
“We are pleased with the wins today, head coach Nick Cavataro said. “however, more exciting were the contributions up and down the line-up from our new members and returners. We demonstrated a lot of fight and gained some valuable experience today.”
UP NEXT
The Gaels are right back in action tomorrow in Worcester, Mass to take on Holy Cross at 11 am.
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Courtesy: St. Francis Athletics
NEW ROCHELLE, NY – St. Francis Brooklyn swimming and diving opened the 2022-23 season Friday afternoon, defeating Iona 149-139 in a tightly contested meet.
The squad had several strong finishes, including a winning 200-yard medley relay time of 1:36.32.
Paul Melcer, Luka Dmitrovic, Kamil Goleniec, Daniel Matheus Santos combined for the victory, winning by over 1.5 seconds to Iona’s top finishers.
Individually, Victor Fuentes earned a top time for the 100-yard Breaststroke with a time of 1:01.09. Teammate Uros Canic followed suit with a second place finish (1:02.59).
Robin Tatar (200-yard Butterfly) and Valentin Schnermann (200-yard Freestyle) each finished first in their respective events, and Daniel Matheus Santos took home the win in the 100-yard Freestyle (47.90). Tatar also won the 100-yard Butterfly (53.47).
Schnermann also won the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:56.16.
An initial ruling of a disqualification assessed to Santos following the 50-yard freestyle was protested and won by St. Francis Brooklyn, resulting in the win. Santos finished first in the event, pushing the score in favor of the Terriers to secure the victory.
UP NEXT: The Terriers will take on NJIT and UMBC next weekend as part of the Highlander Invitational.