Rider vs Mount St. Mary’s
- December 16, 2023
- Lawrenceville, N.J.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Rider Athletics
LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – The Rider University women’s swimming and diving team closed out 2023 in style, defeating Mount St. Mary’s, 195-101. The Broncs improve to 3-4 on the season, while the Mountaineers fall to 2-3.
The Bronc women won 11 events in the meet.
Casey McLaughlin (Ramsey, NJ/Ramsey) kicked off the day for the Broncs with a win in the 1,000-free, leading a sweep in the event with Mallory Mead (Middle River, MD/Dulaney[Oklahoma Christian]) taking second and Liv Turner-Havira (Archbald, PA/Scranton Prep) swimming third. The trio stopped the clock at 10:56.12, 10:58.08, and 11:46.65. McLaughlin would also win the 200-IM in 214.64.
Hannah Yemec (Bluffton, SC/May River) then led a sweep in the 200-free ahead of Megan Smith (Philadelphia, PA/Nazareth Academy) and Lea Opdyke (Ocala, FL/West Port). The group swam 1:58.02, 1:58.58, and 1:59.10. Opdyke and Smith later swam one two in the 500-free, touching the wall at 5:16.56 and 5:19.74.
Yemec, Smith, and Mclaughlin then swept the 200-fly for the Broncs, finishing at 2:07.55, 2:13.41, and 2:14.25. Yemec would later earn her third win of the day in the 100-free, swimming 54.08.
Karyn Creelman (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin), Maiti O’Connor (South Plainfield, NJ/The Wardlaw-Hartridge School), and Adriana Raymond (Southington, CT/St. Paul Catholic) swept the 3-meter with scores of 204.30, 197.55, and 190.95. The trio later swept the 1-meter with scores of 215.55, 206.33, and 169.73.
Mead and Chastity Ruatos (Lodi, NJ/Immaculate Conception) swam 2:09.70 and 2:11.76 to finish one-two in the 200-back.
Alexa Torres (Lyndhurst, NJ/Lyndhurst) and Maddie McSorley (Philadelphia, PA/Nazareth Academy) finished one-two in the 100-fly, swimming 1:00.48 and 1:00.74 in a race in which first and fourth were separated by just .41 seconds.
Yemec, Opdyke, Mead, and Smith wrapped up the meet with a win in the 400-free, combining for a time of 3:39.95.
NOTES & QUOTES
– Mead was also third in the 100-back.
– Allison Stewart (Newtown Square, PA/Lower Merion) and Suriya Pathammavong (Rochester, NY/Churchville Chili) finished two-three in the 100-breast. Pathammavong was also second in the 200-breast.
– Connar Melcher (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin) and Paola Carlesso (Caracas, Venezuela/The New School Medellin[Colegio Simon Bolivar]) swam two-three in the 50-free. Carlesso also swam third in the 100-free.
UP NEXT
Rider returns to action Jan. 13 at Lafayette.
Courtesy: Mount Athletics
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. (December 16th, 2023) – Mount St. Mary’s swim and dive claimed eight first place nods in team and individual events yet, came up short in the end as the men’s team lost to Rider 212-79, while the women fell 195-101.
Per the women’s side, Christina Lazari highlighted the day with two first place finishes in the 100- and 200-yard breaststrokes while also assisting in a first-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay after finishing the event in 1:48.32. Lazari placed first in the 100-breaststroke with a time of 1:06.63, while finishing first in the 200-breast in 2:28.71. Maddy Samuels claimed first in the 50-free with a time of 24.57 seconds, while Hanna Aggen claimed a first-place nod in the 100-backstroke with a time of 59.90 seconds.
On the men’s side, Aidan Grady claimed first place in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke events. Grady finished the 100-breast in 56.63 seconds, while finishing the 200-breast in 2:08.21. Austin Toland followed with a first-place nod in the 100-free with in 47.20 second, while Toland, Griffin Distler, Lucas Hancock, and Jason Fitch finished third in the final event of the day with a final time of 3:12.80.
UPCOMING
Mount St. Mary’s returns to the pool on January 15th when they challenge Lafayette in a head to head dual meet in Easton, Pennsylvania at 1 p.m.
