Army Dominates Thursday Night Throwdown in Season Opening Meet

Army vs Marist vs CCSU (Women) vs UConn (Women)

• Thursday, September 25, 2025
• West Point, N.Y.
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results (PDF)

Courtesy: Army Athletics

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army West Point swimming & diving kicked off their season with a meet sweep in their Thursday Night Throwdown. The women’s team took on Marist, Central Connecticut State, and UConn while the men competed against Marist in a multi-team matchup Thursday evening at Crandall Pool.

The Black Knights felt the home pool advantage, collecting wins in 19 of the evening’s 24 events to earn wins over all three opponents for the women and a 1,183-847 advantage for the men.

Crandall Pool was a hub of energy in the Hudson Valley as the Black Knights hosted a swim-only meet to kick off the season featuring knockout-style competitions for the 50-meter events.

Women: Army 1,018, UConn 787, Marist 495.5, CCSU 340.5
Army’s women picked up 10 first place finishes across the sprint meet’s 12 events, collecting a staggering 1,018 points through the squad’s efforts.

Men: Army 1,183, Marist 847
The men’s team swept the night’s 12 events, claiming the top spot in every event. The members of Army’s 2024-25 NCAA qualifying relay team led the charge with two individual first place finishes each from Johnny Crush, Daniel Verdolaga, Thomas Hadji, and Kohen Rankin.

FULL ARMY THURSDAY NIGHT THROWDOWN RESULTS

Post Meet Reactions
“Tonight was a fun way to start the season. We swam a different line up and focused on the importance of racing and getting your hand on the wall. The crowd was amazing and really helped fuel the energy we love to see at home meets.
The Skins competition was fun and challenging, but it also gave our team a chance to swim through the pain and grit out tough races.
Overall, I’m very happy with the way we competed. Next year, I hope more teams chose to suit up and join us in some early season fast swimming. We love competing against these teams and wish them the best in their seasons.” – Director of Swimming & Diving Brandt Nigro

“Today was an electric start to our season. The energy and effort put forth by both the men and the women was incredible and I can’t wait to see how it carries through the rest of the season.
Every dual meet is an opportunity for us to get up and go fast and we definitely did that today. I’m super excited for everything that is to come this season. We’re just getting started.” – Kira MacMullan

“Today’s meet was so exciting and an insane environment to be a part of. The anticipation of it being my first collegiate meet and watching the whole team bring a ton of energy was an incredible experience. I’m really happy with how we swam today, and the meet was a great learning moment to kick off the rest of my college career.” – Eli Edmondson

Army Top Finishers
Women’s 400 Medley Relay: Braeger, McKane, Graybill, Gilmore (3:52.56) – 1^st
Women’s 400 Medley Relay: Chun, C. Webber, Lord, Dudley (3:57.45) – 2^nd
Men’s 3×100 Medley Relay: Crush, Mann, Rankin (2:29.95) – 1^st
Men’s 3×100 Medley Relay: Verdolaga, Hahn, Kling (2:33.76) – 2^nd
Men’s 3×100 Medley Relay: Huffman, Gear, Santoso (2:38.53) – 3^rd
Women’s 2×400 Free Relay: M. Webber, MacMullan (7:51.32) – 1^st
Women’s 2×400 Free Relay: O’Shaughnessy, Lester (8:03.47) – 2^nd
Men’s 2×400 Medley Relay: Barrieault, Peterson (7:12.24) – 1^st
Men’s 2×400 Medley Relay: Gear, Reilly (7:23.52) – 2^nd
Men’s 2×400 Medley Relay: Innis, Edmondson (7:27.92) – 3^rd
Women’s 150 Fly: Sydney Braeger (1:26.03) – 1^st
Women’s 150 Fly: Cora Webber (1:31.12) – 2^nd
Women’s 150 Fly: Evy Laursen (1:31.42) – 3^rd
Men’s 150 Fly: Daniel Verdolaga (1:19.21) – 1^st
Men’s 150 Fly: Eli Edmondson (1:21.76) – 2^nd
Women’s 150 Free: Molly Webber (1:20.14) – 1^st
Women’s 150 Free: Elle Burke (1:23.98) – 3^rd
Men’s 150 Free: Thomas Hadji (1:10.43) – 1^st
Men’s 150 Free: Ramon Jiang (1:12.51) – 2^nd
Men’s 150 Free: Max Jordan (1:12.65) – 3^rd
Women’s 150 Back: Layne Peterson (1:27.91) – 1^st
Women’s 150 Back: Jenna Hart (1:29.45) – 2^nd
Women’s 150 Back: Avery Lord (1:30.46) – 3^rd
Men’s 150 Back: Johnny Crush (1:15.72) – 1^st
Men’s 150 Back: Zac Leith (1:17.32) – 2^nd
Women’s 150 Breast: Catriona Gilmore (1:40.71) – 2^nd
Men’s 150 Breast: Kohen Rankin (1:10.43) – 1^st
Men’s 150 Breast: Kalvin Hahn (1:12.51) – 2^nd
Men’s 150 Breast: Joey Kling (1:12.65) – 3^rd
Women’s 200 IM: Catriona Gilmore (2:06.97) – 1^st
Women’s 200 IM: Kira MacMullan (2:08.10) – 2^nd
Women’s 200 IM: Evy Laursen (2:11.38) – 3^rd
Men’s 200 IM: Luke Huffman (1:56.43) – 1^st
Men’s 200 IM: Reid Magner (1:57.18) – 2^nd
Women’s 6×100 Free Relay: Wagner, Mescher, M. Webber, MacMullan (5:10.24) – 1^st
Women’s 6×100 Free Relay: Burke, Lawler, Payton, McLaughlin (5:25.71) – 3^rd
Men’s 5×100 Free Relay: Jiang, Jordan, McDonald, Hadji (3:46.11) – 1^st
Men’s 5×100 Free Relay: Mann, Gear, Owen, Esterly (3:53.52) – 2^nd
Women’s 50 Back: Jenna Hart (26.76) – 1^st
Women’s 50 Back: Layne Peterson (28.38) – 2^nd
Men’s 50 Back: Johnny Crush (21.52) – 1^st
Men’s 50 Back: Zac Leith (24.27) – 2^nd
Women’s 50 Breast: Catriona Gilmore (28.71) – 1^st
Men’s 50 Breast: Kohen Rankin (24.50) – 1^st
Men’s 50 Breast: Remo Mann (25.74) – 2^nd
Women’s 50 Free: Grace Wagner (25.36) – 2^nd
Men’s 50 Free: Thomas Hadji (21.14) – 1^st
Men’s 50 Free: Ben Vorthmann (21.22) – 2^nd
Women’s 50 Fly: Angie McKane (24.63) – 1^st
Women’s 50 Fly: Sydney Braeger (24.66) – 2^nd
Men’s 50 Fly: Daniel Verdolaga (22.25) – 1^st
Men’s 50 Fly: Ramon Jiang (23.86) – 2^nd

Courtesy: Marist Athletics

West Point, New York – The Marist men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams began their 2025–26 season on Thursday night at the Army Thursday Night Throwdown, competing against host Army, UConn, and Central Connecticut State at Crandall Pool. The Red Foxes turned in several strong early-season performances across both squads in the unique relay-heavy format.

On the women’s side, Marist’s top finish came in the 50-yard breaststroke, where April Avila placed second overall in 29.47. She was followed closely by teammate Rae Dodson, who earned fourth in 30.16. Avila and Dodson later combined with Sabrina Conrad and Milena Judge to lead the Red Foxes to a fourth-place showing in the 400-yard medley relay (4:04.92).

Freshman Anna Hoskovec and sophomore Emily Krucoff highlighted the distance events, teaming up for a sixth-place finish in the 2×400 freestyle relay (8:27.43). In sprint freestyle, Rian Dickman led Marist with a ninth-place finish in the 50 free (24.62).

On the men’s side, Matthew McManus impressed with a third-place finish in the 50 backstroke (23.76) and followed that with another strong swim in the 50 free (21.47), where he finished third overall. Caden Hardy led Marist in the breaststroke events, placing third in the 50 breast (26.10) and fifth in the 150 breast (1:31.38).

Marist showed depth in the butterfly races, with Kris Flores (1:22.32) and Ty Dropic (1:22.80) finishing third and fourth, respectively, in the 150 fly. Flores added a top-eight result in the 50 fly, clocking 23.68.

In the relay portion of the meet, Marist’s men turned in a fourth-place finish in the 2×400 freestyle relay as Lorenzo Aquilino and Tyler Roer combined for a time of 7:36.57. The Red Foxes also earned three scoring positions in the 3×100 medley relay and placed third in the 5×100 freestyle relay (3:57.17).

The Red Foxes continue their fall slate on Saturday, October 11th, when they host their home opener against Canisius at McCann Natatorium.

Courtesy: CCSU Athletics

The Central Connecticut swimming and diving team was in action on Thursday with the divers competing at UConn in Storrs, CT, and the swimmers at the Thursday Night Throwdown at Army West Point.

THURSDAY NIGHT THROWDOWN | RESULTS
Location: Crandall Pool | West Point, NY (Swimming)

400 YARD MEDLEY RELAY

• The relay of Addison Kenney, Megan Dunnigan, Katrine O’Leary and Lauryn Cowing opened the night with a time of 4:09.01 and turned in the sixth-fastest time.
• The CCSU ‘B’ relay of Loretta Santora, Mackenzie Talbot, Izzy Vega and Grace Young finished in 4:27.48.

2×400 YARD FREE RELAY

• Sophie Milhomens and Maggie Rutledge swam an 8:27.24, which was fifth-fastest in the field.
• Hannah Kretkowski and Sophia Pincince finished in 8:55.96.

50 YARD BACKSTROKE

• Kenney swam a 27.89 in the night’s first individual event. Teammates Francesca Fusco (28.87), Young (29.19) and Talbot (31.55) also swam in the event.

50 YARD BREASTSTROKE

• Young (33.24), Katie Suchowiecki (33.47) and Veronica Okurowski (33.70) all finished within a half-second of each other.

150 YARD FLY

• Milhomens led a quartet of Blue Devils with a time of 1:36.51. Kyla Behrle (1:41.30), Jilena Plowucha (1:41.44) and Lauren Lord (1:47.12) also competed in the race.

150 YARD FREE

• Gabby Spaciano (1:26.65) and Rutledge (1:28.21) both earned top-10 finishes. Hannah Kretkowski (1:30.16) and Pincince (1:37.70) were also in the field..

50 YARD FREE

• Young led four CCSU swimmers with a time of 24.54. O’Leary (25.59), Suchowieki (26.48) and Amelia Cieslik (35.01) also swam in the event.

50 YARD FLY

• Lauryn Cowing (27.56) and Plowucha (28.11) led the Blue Devils entrants in the event. Santora (29.13) and Lauren Lord (30.47) rounded out the CCSU swimmers.

150 YARD BACK

• Fusco (1:35.67), Dunnigan (1:36.18) and Kenney (1:36.19) finished within a second of each other. Talbot (1:44.64) was also in the field.

150 YARD BREASTSTROKE

• Young (1:54.18) and Veronica Okurowski (1:54.31) represented CCSU in the field of 14 swimmers .

200 YARD IM – REVERSE IM

• Santora (2:23.00), Izzy Vega (2:24.51) and Behrle (2:26.15) were the Blue Devils’ trio in the event.

6×100 YARD FREE RELAY

• The ‘A’ relay of Young, O’Leary, Dunnigan and Cowing placed fourth with a time of 5:30.53.
• Rutledge, Fusco, Milhomens and Okurowski put together a time of 6:10.91.

50 YARD BACK

• Kenney and Fusco finished back-to-back in 28.29 and 29.34, respectively.

50 YARD BREASTSTROKE

• Young and Suchowiecki finished in 32.74 and 33.53, respectively.

50 YARD FREE

• Young had a time of 25.42 and O’Leary finished in 26.73.

50 YARD FLY

• Cowing finished in 27.63 and Plowucha finished in 28.29.

DIVING DUAL | RESULTS
Location: Wolff-Zackin Natatorium | Storrs, CT (Diving)

1-Meter Diving

• Jewelle Maziarz placed third, scoring 246.98 points, 11.92 shy of the top spot
• Jacquelyn Kenna tallied 185.55 points for eight place, while Kaitlyn Carroll was ninth with a score of 184.50
• Kristin Krause (157.73) and Adriana Waton (153.60) rounded out the CCSU effort

3-Meter Diving

• Maziarz took the top spot on the high board, soring 223.88 points, winning by 7.88 ponts
• Carroll was fifth, with 192.98, 7.1 points in front of Kenna
• Krause paced sevent, scoring 174.30, while Rachel Giroux (150.75) and Waton (147.53) took 10th and 11th in the field

NEXT UP

• CCSU will host Stony Brook on Saturday, October 18.

Courtesy: UConn Athletics

West Point, New York – The UConn women’s swimming and diving team finished second to open the season vs. Army, Marist and Central Connecticut State University. The Huskies finished with a final score of 787 points only trailing Army who finished with 1,018 points.

In the first meet of the season, the Huskies had strong swims across the board, led by Jessica Sheng and Sydney Perkins. The Huskies started the meet strong, placing top three in the 400 Medley Relay and the 400 Freestyle relay followed by a second place finish by Rhian Russel in the 50 yard Backstroke.

“Tonight was a great way to start our dual meet season,” said head coach Chris Maiello. “With the unique format it allowed us to rediscover our racing skills in a fun and competitive environment. Our expectations were to practice our process, execute our racing details and learn where we can get better. I think we did a good job of that tonight. Swimming against competition that uses tech suits this early in the season is challenging, but our team handled it well and raced hard tonight. It was cool to get a couple event wins as well, with Jessica in the knock-out 50 free against suited competitors was special, she’s off to a great start this season. Similarly, Sydney picked up a nice win in the 150 Breaststroke, her time in that event compares well to previous seasons. Overall, a good start to the competition year.”

UConn will now turn their attention to dual meets as the Huskies will welcome BIG EAST rival Villanova to Storrs on October 18.