St. Peters at Lafayette
- Jan. 14, 2019
- Men: St. Peters def. Lafayette 165-100
- Women: Lafayette def. St. Peters 134-84
- Results
- Team Scores
Courtesy: St. Peters Athletics
EASTON, Pa. – The Saint Peter’s men’s swimming & diving team won its seventh straight meet on Monday to begin the 2018-19 season. The men’s team defeated Lafayette to remain unbeaten, while the women’s team fell to Lafayette at the meet.
Meet Notes
- The men’s team defeated Lafayette 165-100.
- The team’s season record improved to a perfect 7-0 on the year.
- The men’s seven meet winning streak is the longest run under head coach Mark Kretzers.
- The women’s team fell to Lafayette 84-134.
- The women’s record dropped to 0-8 this season.
Top Performers
- Arthur Bertrand – 1st place in both the 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke.
- Dylan Dela Cruz – 1st place in both the 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke.
- Rachel Valentine – 1st place in the 100 breaststroke and 2nd place in the 200 breaststroke.
Coach’s Quotes – Mark Kretzer
- “The team raced great today, with standout performances by sophomore Rachel Valentine on the women’s side and senior Arthur Bertrand on the men’s side. Freshman Dylan Dela Cruz also took home double victories in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke races, helping the men to a victory against a great Lafayette program.”
- “This meet is always a challenge for our athletes.”
- “They spent the last 10 days doing two practices a day, along with an increased workload on lifting. The point of this meet is certainly not to reach, or even approach our best times from this season, but to get back into the racing mindset after focusing on training so intensely for nearly two weeks.”
- “We hope this meet can springboard our team with some momentum going into an excited home meet against conference rival Monmouth on Saturday which will be our senior recognition day, as well as an alumni reunion following the meet.”
Up Next
The Peacocks return home for a Senior Day meet against Monmouth and LIU Brooklyn at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 19.
Courtesy: Lafayette Athletics
EASTON, Pa. – The Lafayette swimming and diving team officially kicked off its 2019 season Monday afternoon with a dual meet against St. Peters. The Lafayette women won 134-84, while the men’s team dropped a 165-100 final.
On the women’s side, the Leopards won 11 of the 15 races. Starting off the afternoon was the foursome of Faye Melekos, Elena Uttaro, Lauren Lapsley, and Julia Hall taking home first place in the 400 yard medley relay in a time of 4:15.26. Lafayette dominated this event as they also took home second and third in the race as well.
In the 1,000 yard freestyle, Mary Zimmerman finished in first place in a time of 11:25.96, giving the Leopards nine points to the total score for her win. Lafayette came right back in the next event, winning the 200 yard freestyle, with Hall finishing first in a time of 2:04.06. The Leopards once again finished second and third in the race, giving them a total of 16 points for the event.
In the 100-yard backstroke, (Faye) Melekos once again finished in first, with a time of 1:02.66. With her first-place finish nearly five seconds faster than the second place finisher, the Leopards gladly took the nine points for the win. Melekos also notched a win in the 100-yard butterfly (59.68) with her winning time (59.68) being 11 seconds faster than the second-place finisher. Following up Melekos’ big performance wad Maya Athena Imperial, who secured a first-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly in a time of 2:16.77.
In the 50-yard freestyle, the Leopards put forth a dominant performance, finishing first, second and third in the event. Leading the charge was Anne Marie Mozrall, finishing in a time of 25.94. This race gave Lafayette another 16 points in the total scoring. Following up that performance was another first, second, and third place performance in the 100-yard freestyle. Finishing first in the event was Emily Wilson in a time of 55.64.
In the 200 yard breaststroke, Emma Piascik finished first in 2:35.28 followed by Tara Leininger who claimed the 500 free in 5:26.54.
On the men’s side, the Leopards won four of the events. The first was Tanner McFarland in the 200 yard butterfly, finishing in a time of 1:57.55. The Leopards also took home second place in the event, giving them a total 13 points in the event. McFarland also finished first in the 100 yard butterfly as well, in a time of 53.77.
The next winner belonged to Kyle Goodwill in the 400 yard IM, finishing first in a time of 4:21.54. Goodwill put forth a dominating performance in the race, finishing more than 10 seconds faster than the second-place finisher.
The Leopards closed out the afternoon in style, winning the 400-yard freestyle relay in a time of 3:14.94. The foursome of Taylor Duque Schumacher, Bryce Currie, Justin Lloyd and Kyle Doherty were the winning team, as they secured another nine points for the team total score.
“I’m really happy for the win on the women’s side,” said Lafayette head coach James Dailey. “They came together and trained as a team down in Florida. I’m looking forward to the remainder of the season. Only two or more meets before our shave and taper championships.”
The Leopards had a successful winter training session in Florida and Dailey believes the best is yet to come. “We had a great winter training trip to Plantation, Florida and it’s been a tough 12 days of training. The swimmers are tired and sore but raced very well today. It has only been roughly 35 hours since we got off the plane from Florida.”
The Leopards return to action on Saturday, hosting Colgate at 1:30 p.m.