Courtesy: St. Peter’s Athletics
Union, N.J. — Saint Peter’s swimming and diving dominated the men’s events in a dual meet against Manhattan, with a Peacock winning 12 of the 13 races. The Saint Peter’s women’s team also earned victories in the 200-yard medley relay and 100-yard backstroke, courtesy of senior captain Natalie Davis, in its tri-meet against Manhattan and Kean.
Three Peacocks registered wins in multiple individual events, with fifth-year swimmer Oleksiy Polishchuk accomplishing the feat for the second time this season, while Luke Cillie and Thomas Granet did so for the first time.
The Basics
Results (Men): Manhattan (W, 172-65)
Results (Women): Manhattan (L, 119-109), Kean (W, 120-110)
Location: Union, N.J. | D’Angola Gym
Top Performances
- Saint Peter’s won three of the four relays, with the women conquering the 200-yard medley relay (1:56.47 – Natalie Davis, Noelle Sprenkle, Devyn Hantgin and Efrat Marom), while the men won both the 200-yard medley relay (1:36.30 – Luke Cillie, Oleksiy Polishchuk, Ethan Riozzi-Bodine and David Dolgitzer) and (1:27.80 – Yann Le Gall, Luke Cillie, Brendan Vieira and David Dolgitzer).
- Captain Oleksiy Polishchuk won three events, the 100-yard backstroke (55.48), 100-yard breaststroke (1:00.56) and the 50-yard butterfly (25.10).
- Junior Luke Cillie was victorious in a pair of events, the 50-yard freestyle (21.68) and the 50-yard backstroke (25.05)
- Senior Thomas Granet also won multiple individual events, the 200-yard freestyle (1:49.22) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:04.26).
- Senior Natalie Davis touched the wall first in the 100-yard backstroke for the second time this season, finishing with a season-best 59.55.
- Senior Yann Le Gall torched the field in the 100-yard freestyle, finishing first with a time of 47.54 — more than three seconds better than second place.
- Dylan Dela Cruz powered to first place in the 50-yard breaststroke, registering a time of 29.25.
- Ethan Riozzi-Bodine clocked in at 56.01 for his second-straight meet with a win in the 100-yard butterfly.
Next Up
The Peacocks return home on Saturday, Dec. 11 against Susquehanna University for their first meet at the Yanitelli Center since January 2020.