Iona vs Manhattan
- January 25, 2025
- Riverdale, N.Y.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Iona Athletics
RIVERDALE NY – The Iona University Swimming and Diving Team closed out their regular season on a high note, sweeping Manhattan University on the road today. The meet, held at Manhattan’s home pool at the Horace Mann School, saw the men cruise to a 133-113 win, as the women posted a 130-81 total.
The pair of wins raises the men’s record to 6 wins and 3 defeats, with the women standing now at 6 wins and four defeats.
Both teams controlled the meet from the start taking the opening 200-yard Medley relays. The Women’s quartet of Allison Mullin, Hailey Baker, Ashley Benkert and Megan Josephs posted 1;52.07 time, seven seconds ahead of Manhattan. The Iona men’s foursome of Michael Faughnan, Matthew Loftus, Brian Baldwin and Nick Patino touched first at 1:36.23, 1.7 seconds ahead of Manhattan.
The 1,000-yard Freestyle saw Kate Kennedy win at 11:06.27 as on the men’s side, Junior JP Maroney posted his first collegiate win at 10:47.63.
The 200-Free had Raegan O’Brien and Nate Wales win their events with respective times of 2:00.14 and 1:47.71.
The 100-backstroke saw freshmen Allison Mullin post her first collegiate win at 1:03.15, with graduate student Michael Faughnan winning the 100-Back at 49.87.
Junior Meeya Yan came from behind for her first collegiate win in the 100-Breaststroke at 1:10.74. The men’s race saw the defending MAAC Champion, Joe Brennan hold off a late charge from Nick Patino and Matthew Lofts to win at 58.00.
The 200-yard Butterfly had Erin McKinney and Noah Giunta touch first with respective times of 2:16.81 and 1:57.23. The 50-yard Freestyle saw another Iona sweep as Graduate student Megan Josephs won at 25.34 and Kieran Egan led a 1-2-3 Iona sweep with a 21.22 clocking. The 100-yard Freestyle had Kate Kennedy win at 55.12 with sophomore elijah Decasseres taking his first 100-Free race twin of his career at 48.67.
Mary Grace Waring (2:16.01) and Andrew Diano (2:02.06) claimed the 200-yard Backstroke events as Hailey Baker (2:29.67) and first-time winner Ajdin Methoxha (2:23.86) winning their respective 200-yard Breaststroke events.
Freshmen Mollie Sarnes (5:29.51) won for the first time at Iona with Colin Martin doing the same at 5:07/87 in the 500-Freestyle.
Graduate student Julia Moser claimed the top stop in the 100-Butterfly at 59.62, with Mikel Palaj doing the same in the men’s event at 52.50.
The meet’s final event saw O’Brien win at 1:01.79 in the 100-Individual Medley as did Freshmen Nick Patino at 55.10.
Iona closed out the meet with the Women’s 200-Freestyle Relay quartet of Josephs, Morgan Yuengling, Benkert and Moser touching first at 1:40.67. The men’s team of Faughnan, Liam Pyatt, Matthew Loftis and Egan touched first at 1:25.18.
“This was a solid meet for our group and a chance to put people in a position to work on racing events that will help us come championships in 19 days,” commented Coach Nick Cavataro.
Courtesy: Manhattan Athletics
RIVERDALE, N.Y. — The Jaspers and Gaels went head to head in the pool on Saturday afternoon at the Jeffrey H. Loria Family Aquatic. The Manhattan men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs honored its seniors with a ceremony prior to the start of the races.
HIGHLIGHTS
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On a day where he and his classmates were honored, senior Joe Brennan would not be denied 1st place in the Men’s 100 Yard Breaststroke. Brennan touched the wall at 58 seconds, which was over a second faster than Iona’s Nick Patino who finished in 2nd.
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Junior Jaila Williamson and sophomore Leticia Fontes finished 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Women’s 100 Yard Breaststroke. Williamson was clocked at 1:10.78, and Fontes was right behind her at 1:12.67.
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Freshman Tristan Ehrhardt was the Jaspers’ top performer in the Men’s 200 Yard Freestyle, finishing 2nd with a time of 1:49.85 (Season Best).
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Williamson continued to leave her mark for the Jaspers by taking home 3rd place (25.65 second) in the Women’s 50 Yard Freestyle.
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In the Men’s 100 Yard Butterfly, sophomore Gavin Hardy posted the third-best time at 53.17, and was awarded first place due to the top two Iona swimmers holding ‘exhibition’ status.
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In the Men’s 100 Yard IM, Brennan set a new personal best of 55.62 seconds, which was good for 1st place in the event due to exhibition entries on Iona.
QUOTES FROM MANHATTAN
Brian Hansbury, head coach of Manhattan Swimming & Diving: “What an amazing day for the Manhattan Jaspers with our first home meet of the season competing against a strong Iona Gaels team. The team again stepped it up with an amazing tribute to the graduating seniors, who have been not only leaders but role models for the team. The stands were packed with family, friends and Jasper Nation.”
NEXT UP
The Jasper Women will travel out to Long Island next weekend to face off with Stony Brook for a head-to-head meet on Saturday, Feb 1. The action from University Pool will begin at 1 PM and will be streamed live on FloSports.
