Monmouth vs Manhattan vs Siena
- Friday, November 12, 2021
- West Long Branch, NJ
- Results
Courtesy: Monmouth Athletics
FINAL RESULTS
MEN
Monmouth 151
Manhattan 65
WOMEN
Monmouth 220
Manhattan 28
Monmouth 146
Siena 113
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Monmouth University men’s and women’s swimming team both earned victories on Friday afternoon at Steadman Natatorium.
The men won by a 151-65 final score to remain unbeaten in the MAAC, while the women’s topped Manhattan 220-28 and Siena 146-113 for their first wins of the fall.
Georgia Watkins won three individual races and broke her own school record in the 1000 free, while Alexandro Ho and Camryn McHugh also added three wins apiece. For the men’s team, Callan Smith Sam Poching, Blake Reynolds and Cole Dyson each won two individual races.
NOTES & QUOTES
“A really strong performance from both teams tonight and we are really happy with the results. Going into the meet we knew we had the stronger team and we swam like it and I am happy we lived up to the expectations we put on ourselves.
We were able to get our men some good experience and go deep into our lineup against Manhattan and with the women we knew it was going to be tight. We put a strong lineup out there and the women took control right from the start and never really gave Siena a chance to be in the meet.”
– Monmouth head coach Matt Nunnally
– Georgia Watkins broke her own Monmouth record in the 1000 free for the second consecutive meet. Her time of 10:46.06 was more than a second faster than her time last week.
– Watkins also won the 200 fly with a time of 2:08.68 and the 500 free in 5:18.62.
– Watkins has eight individual wins this season after winning three events Friday.
– Alexandra Ho paced the 200 free with her first-place time of 1:57.98. Ho also won the 50 free in 24.59 and 100 free in 53.51. Ho’s three victories give her eight this year and 24 for her career.
– Camryn McHugh won the 100 back in 58.44, 200 back in 2:08.04 and 100 fly in 58.92. McHugh has nine wins in 2021 and 49 for her career.
– Sam Poching took the top spot in the 100 back with his time of 52.70. Poching also won the 200 back in 1:52.40. Poching has three wins in his freshman season.
– Blake Reynolds hit the wall first in the 50 free with a time of 21.49. Reynolds also won the 100 fly in 52.36. Reynolds earned his 20th career win and his third this season.
– Cole Dyson finished ahead of the field in the 100 free with his time of 47.85. Dyson also won the 500 free when he hit the wall in 4:42.37. Dyson now has six wins in 2021 and seven in his Monmouth career.
– Leo Fricker touched the wall first in the 1000 free, clocking in at 10:01.49. It was the first individual win of his career.
– Callan Smith won the 200 free in 1:45.41 and the 200 IM in 1:59.79. Smith leads Monmouth with 11 wins this year and 66 in his career.
– Sean Cook won the 100 breast with a time of 59.49. Cook won his third race of the season and the fourth of his career.
– Connor Currie won his first race of the season and the third of his career when he won the 200 fly in 2:01.47.
– Nate Heisey won the 200 breast with his time of 2:12.36.
– Monmouth’s men and women both won the 400-yard medley relay event. The women placed first with a time of 4:04.88 as Camryn McHugh, Tahlia Botha, Jensen Ritter and Katie Parker combined for the win. Callan Smith, Sean Cook, Dylan Edge and Dylan Barkhuizen won the men’s race in 3:32.29.
– The men also closed out the meet with a victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Blake Reynolds, Dylan Barkhuizen, Kevin Del Giorno and Thomas From finished in 1:27.56.
UP NEXT
Monmouth will close out the fall semester at the ECAC Winter Championships in East Meadow, NY beginning on December 3.
Courtesy: Siena Athletics
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – Competing in a conference-only tri-meet for the first time this season, Siena Swimming & Diving saw more steady improvement against MAAC rivals Monmouth and Manhattan Friday afternoon. The Saints picked up their first conference dual meet win of the year over the Jaspers, 209-32, while dropping a narrow 146-113 loss to the host Hawks at the Richard E. Steadman Natatorium in West Long Branch, New Jersey.
The Green and Gold compiled its 15th consecutive win over Manhattan while Monmouth also rolled the Jaspers, 220-28. The Saints saw swimmers take home nine collegiate best and 20 season best times, with sophomore Audrey Shultz leading the way. The Chester, NJ native won both the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke events, posting a personal best time of 1:08.06 in the 100 that put her at eighth on the program’s All-Time Top-Ten Performers list. Shultz also recorded an impressive mark of 2:29.15 in the 200 breast, with the times giving her the fifth and sixth best times in the MAAC this season, respectively.
Shultz was one of three Saints to post multiple collegiate bests during the meet, with freshman Kylie Carter doing so in the 100 free (55.24), 200 free (1:59.01) and 500 free (5:19.37), while placing second in the latter. Classmate Shaylea Triller recorded best times in the 50 free (25.63) and 100 free (54.57), coming in four hundredths of a second behind junior Rory Kalac in the 100, who took second at 54.53. Kalac also placed second by one one-hundredth of a second in the 50 with a time of 24.60, while recording an impressive anchor split of 24.40 to help the Saints win the 200 free relay at the end of the meet.
Other Saints who posted collegiate best times on the day included freshman Maddie Buck in the 500 free (5:32.01) and classmate Francesca Coppola in the 200 fly (2:17.75). Senior Abigail Sheridan won the 200 IM with a time of 2:15.16, while freshman Olivia Martin took second in the 100 breast with a mark of 1:10.67.
Siena will stay on the road for what will be its third straight weekend of competition next week, heading to Long Island to face Stony Brook in dual meet action on Saturday, November 20 at 11 AM.
