SUNY Geneseo vs Canisius
- October 26, 2024
- Geneseo, N.Y.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Geneseo Athletics
GENESEO, NY- The Women’s Swimming & Diving team took down Canisius University this afternoon, winning 160-139.
The Knights opened the meet with a first-place finish in the 200-yard medley, with Nina Chicatelli, Emily Thomas, Alise Hale, and Alex Sotek touching the wall at 1:49.59. Abby Funk and Hannah Brockman took the top spots in the 1000-yard freestyle, finishing at 11:00.08 and 11:00.52 respectively. Thomas came out strong again in the 100-yard breaststroke, taking first place at 1:08.15.
Sotek had an impressive finish in the 50-yard freestyle, taking first place with a time of 24.84. She followed it up with another first place in the 100-yard freestyle, touching at 54.99. Hale led the way in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing with a time of 58.92. The 400-yard freestyle relay finished with a time of 3:40.15 and securing first place.
In diving, Lydia Benjamin, Lauren Savage and Aurora Jacobson swept the top spots in the 1-meter dive, scoring 214.13, 210.75, and 171.23 respectively. They continued their dominant performance, taking the top spots in the 3-meter dive. Benjamin scored 212.78 while Savage had 206.63 and Savage finished with 169.43.
Geneseo will return next Saturday, as they compete against SUNY Brockport at Alumni Pool in Geneseo.
GENESEO, NY- The Men’s Swimming & Diving team took down Canisius University this afternoon, winning 154-137.
The Knights opened the meet with a first-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay, led by Griffin Merkling, Jake Nielsen, Brian Pabisch and Jordan Nielsen with a time of 1:33.16. In the 1000-yard freestyle, Collin Babbitt took second place, touching at 10:17.65, with teammate Will Fagan taking third. Jake Nielsen and Alex Palmer took the top two spots in the 100-yard backstroke, finishing at 58.84 and 59.12 respectively. Pabisch took first place in the 50-yard freestyle, with an impressive time of 21.31, narrowly beating Jordan Nielsen by .08.
Jake Nielsen and Pabisch finished first and second in the 100-freestyle, touching at 46.92 and 47.94. In the 200-yard IM, Griffin Merkling finished first and teammate Alex Palmer took third. The 400-yard Freestyle relay team of Nielsen, Pabisch, Nielsen and Casey Connors took first place with a time of 3:08.43.
In diving, Trent Makowiec finished in first with 333.83 points in the 1-meter dive, while Greg Meder took second with 304.58 points. In the 3-meter, Makowiec took first again with 362.10 points and Meder was close behind with 353.55.
Geneseo will return to the pool next Saturday, as they compete against SUNY Brockport at Alumni Pool in Geneseo.
Courtesy: Canisius Athletics
Freshman Daphne Mead set a pool record in the women’s 200 backstroke and took first place in all three of her individual races as Canisius suffered a setback against SUNY Geneseo in collegiate swimming and diving action at Alumni Pool in Geneseo, N.Y.
The Knights took the victory over the Golden Griffins on both men’s and women’s sides of the meet, earning a 154 -137 win for the men and a 160-139 victory in the women’s event.
Mead continued her torrid start in her rookie swimming campaign, taking first in the 100 backstroke (59.85), 200 IM (2:08.55) and breaking the Alumni Pool record in the 200 backstroke (2:06.41). Mead has won the majority of her races this season with seven first place finishes and four other podium finishes.
The trio of sophomore Andi Mackey, junior Emily Blake and senior Ashley Allaire swept the podium in the 200 freestyle. Mackey came out on top with a time of 1:59.72, followed by Blake in second place (2:00.76) and Allaire in third (2:00.87). Allaire took home an individual victory in the 500 free with a time of 5:24.86.
The women’s team continued their string of podium sweeps in the 200 breaststroke as sophomore SaraJo Gardner took first (2:29.0), followed by sophomore Cassandra Ercoli (2:34.29) and Tori Spacciapolli (2:34.39), respectively.
On the men’s side, sophomore Elliot Somers and junior Halsted Barton each took a pair of individual wins. Barton took first in both men’s distance races with a 10:07.78 in the 1000 freestyle and a 4:53.66 in the 500 free. Somers was the winner in the 100 backstroke (52.21) and 200 backstroke (1:55.21)
Seniors Toby Mayfield and Sam Vidal also took home a pair of podium finishes as Mayfield took first place in the 200 freestyle (1:45.70). He was followed closely by Vidal, who finished second with a time of 1:46.89. Vidal took home first prize in the 200 breaststroke (2:09.55) while Mayfield took third in the 100 free (48.01)
UP NEXT
The Griffs return to downtown Buffalo on Nov. 2 to face regional foe Binghamton in a dual-meet. The meet is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start at the Burt Flickinger Center.
