Marist Women Top Binghamton, Bearcat Men Take Down Red Foxes

MARIST VS BINGHAMTON

  • January 24, 2026
  • Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
  • SCY (25 yards)
  • Results

Courtesy: Marist Athletics

POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist Red Foxes competed in a dual meet against Binghamton on Saturday, January 24th, where they defeated Binghamton on the women’s side by a score of 177-123, but fell to the Bearcats on the men’s side by a score of 165-143.

Women’s Highlights

The Marist women started strong with three victories to start the evening. Elie KauffmanRae DodsonSabrina Conrad, and Rian Dickman secured first in the 400-yard medley relay (3:56.93). Following this, Anna Hoskovec finished first in the 100-yard freestyle (10:39.70). To finish the strong start Charlotte Lepis earned a victory in the 200-yard freestyle (1:57.69).

Lepis and Conrad continued having strong nights where Lepis placed first in the 500-yard freestyle (5:17.46) and Conrad in the 100-yard butterfly (59.49). Many other Red Foxes were able to help secure first place finished. April Avila won the 100-yard backstroke (1:04.21), while Kennedy Wheeler won the 50-yard backstroke (24.48). Ashley Connor placed first in the 400-yard IM (4:36.96). In the final women’s relay, Wheeler, Dickman, Lauren Castellani, and Anna Kirby took home the win in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:37.56).

In the diving category Gabrielle Norton secured first in the 3-meter dive (287.33) as well as the 1-meter (268.58).
The women prevailed and secured a victory over the Bearcats, winning 177-123.

Men’s Highlights

The men would also start strong with two victories to start the night. Matthew McManusCaden HardyDane Dillenback, and Jake Mercer won the 400-yard medley relay (3:29.23). In the next race, Oscar Bjering earned first in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:44.60).

Later on in the night, Brady King secured another first-place victory for the Red Foxes in the 200-yard backstroke (1:54.02) and Hunter Emerson won the 400-yard IM (4:09.34). The men would win the final event of the evening in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:25.66) with Joey Myer, McManus, Dillenback, and Mercer.
The men would ultimately fall to Binghamton by a score of 165-143.

Following the meet, Head Coach Anthony Randall praised both squads’ efforts:

“For our special senior day meet, our women earned a hard-fught win over Binghamton for the first time in four years—set in motion by Gabbie’s dominance on both boards and her zone cuts—while our swimmers battled to the very end against a tough Binghamton squad, the men delivered numerous hard fought performances, and we proudly honored a senior class that has meant so much to this program. As we shift our focus to MAACs, I’m really excited to see how we perform up in Ohio.”

Up Next
The Red Foxes look to keep momentum going into the MAAC Championships coming up, starting on February 11th.

Courtesy: Binghamton Athletics

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Senior Liam Preston swept three individual events and freshman Samuel Pikofsky-Christiansen met both NCAA Zone Diving cuts, highlighting the Binghamton swimming & diving teams’ dual meet split at Marist on Saturday evening. The Bearcat men took a 165-134 decision but the women were defeated by the host Red Foxes 177-123.

Preston took top honors in the men’s 200 free (1:42.97), 50 free (21.89) and 100 free (47.22). Pikofsky-Christiansen, meanwhile, captured both the one- and three-meter diving competitions with scores of 311.10 and 327.30 respectively. In the process, he cleared the NCAA Zone cuts in the one-meter (300.00) and three-meter (320.00) events.

Other double winners for the Bearcats at Marist were sophomore Amir Sadykov in the men’s 100 breast (58.34) and 200 breast (2:07.34) as well as fellow sophomore Eva Smith in the women’s 100 back (58.52) and 200 back (2:08.07).

The rest of the individual winners on the men’s side included junior Harrison Lambert in the 200 fly (1:54.93), freshman Isaih Francis in the 100 back (52.88), sophomore Evan Peters in the 500 free (4:48.86) and senior Patrick Lang in the 100 fly (52.35).

On the women’s side, other event winners were freshman Lauren Maierle in the 200 fly (2:10.43), senior Maria Pignatelli in the 100 free (53.92) and freshman Julia Iwanow in the 200 breast (2:19.95).

Binghamton returns home for its Senior Day Meet against Wagner next Saturday at 1 p.m. 

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