LE MOYNE VS LIU
- January 16, 2026
- Brooklyn, N.Y.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Note: Le Moyne reports that the women’s meet ended in a 102-102 tie (and a different score in the men’s meet). However, the results file shows the 102-102 score with the new score, reported by LIU, beside it: 135-126 for the Sharks. The LIU press release was issued four hours after Le Moyne’s, so we’re trusting LIU’s is correct for the time being.
Courtesy: LIU Athletics
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – The Long Island University women’s swimming team resumed its 2025-26 season with a win over Le Moyne College, 135-126, after earning first-place finishes in nine of 14 events. The men’s swimming team won eight of 14 events but fell to Le Moyne, 131-117.
The LIU women had strong showings from sophomore Amanda Gkeli and senior Anapaula Gomez Janeiro, who each won two races.
Gkeli took first place in the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard freestyle and was a part of two first-place relay finishes in the 200-yard medley relay (Gkeli, Liene Vientiesa, Gabriela Novais Lima, Alexandra Ciorna) and 400-yard freestyle relay (Gkeli, Vientiesa, Janne Niederste-Hollenberg, Novais Lima).
Gomez Janeiro claimed first place in both the 1,000-yard freestyle and 200-yard butterfly as well as a second-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke.
Ciorna (200-yard freestyle), Novais Lima (50-yard freestyle), and Aryka Bennett (100-yard butterfly) all also claimed first-place finishes for the Sharks.
“We had solid swims from both teams,” said head coach Jon Pepaj. “We won multiple events on the men’s side but just didn’t have enough depth. It was our first meet back since ECACs. We have been in a training camp for two weeks now and with that in mind, they swam really well.”
The Sharks return to action on Jan. 23, where they are scheduled to compete at Wagner College at 5 p.m.
Courtesy: Le Moyne Athletics
Brooklyn, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams traveled to LIU to take on the Sharks in a pair of dual meets on Friday morning. The men’s team came away with a 119-104 victory while the women’s squad tied with LIU, 102-102, to kick off their spring schedules.
Women’s Squad:
The 200-yard medley relay team of senior Brooke Sommo (Guilderland, N.Y. / Guilderland), junior Madeleine O’Dea (Milton, O.N. / Milton District), freshman Ella Twomey (Melrose, Mass. / Landmark), and junior Kayleigh Bigwarfe (Glenmont, N.Y. / Bethlehem) earned second place with a time of 1:53.04.
Sophomore Sydney Stalbaum (Austin, T.X. / Dripping Springs) worked to a final time of 11:39.85 in the 1000-yard freestyle, earning her third place.
Sophomore Shannon Swezey (Bayport, N.Y. / Bayport-Blue Point) and freshman Sophia Stinnett (Hillsborough, N.C. / Cedar Ridge) finished second and third in the 200-yard freestyle with final times of 2:03.11 and 2:03.46, respectively.
Sommo and junior Zoe Coburn (Hickory, N.C. / St. Stephens) earned second and third place finishes in the 100-yard backstroke, coming in at the 1:02.09 and 1:04.05 marks.
O’Dea took the top spot in the 100-yard breaststroke with a final time of 1:07.30, ahead of freshman Katelin Fawcett (Littleton, Colo. / Thunderridge) who finished at the 1:09.99 mark in third place. The pair also finished in the same spots in the 200-yard backstroke with times of 2:27.09 and 2:37.90.
Sophomore Kim Velazquez (Fairfield, Conn. / Fairfield Warde) came in third in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:22.31.
Bigwarfe placed second in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.51 and third in the 100-yard freestyle, coming in at the 55.54 point.
Sommo, Coburn, and freshman Selena Snow (Ijamsville, Md. / Oakdale) swept the top-three place finishes in the 200-yard backstroke with times of 2:13.52, 2:19.59, and 2:20.95, respectively.
Stinnett and junior Abigail Jaros (New Hartford, N.Y. / New Hartford) placed first and third in the 500-yard freestyle with final times of 5:35.53 and 5:57.88.
Fawcett added a third place finish in the 100-yard butterfly with a final time of 1:02.97.
O’Dea and freshman Ryann Ellefsen (Staten Island, N.Y. / Notre Dame Academy) earned first and third places in the 200-yard IM with times of 2:18.01 and 2:22.26.
The 400-yard freestyle relay team of Sommo, sophomore Kaiya Fraley (Watervliet N.Y. / Shaker), Stinnett, and Bigwarfe earned second place with a final time of 3:44.69.
Men’s Team:
The 200-yard medley relay team consisting of freshman Owen Daniels (Rhinebeck, N.Y. / Redhook), sophomore Lucas Clay (Baldwinsville, N.Y. / C.W. Baker), sophomore Alex Pilieci (Ottawa, O.N. / John McCrae), and junior Justin Enser (Hilton, N.Y. / Hilton) took first place, coming in at the 1:35.30 mark.
Freshman John Mummery (New Windsor, N.Y. / Newburgh) placed third in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:31.83 and second in the 500-yard freestyle, coming in at 4:54.10.
Sophomores Michael White Jr. (Baldwinsville, N.Y. / C.W. Baker) and Jack Milligan (East Islip, N.Y. / East Islip) finished second and third in the 200-yard freestyle with final times of 1:44.88 and 1:52.60, respectively.
Daniels added first place finishes in the 100-yard backstroke with a final time of 54.30 and 200-yard backstroke at the 1:56.93 mark while freshman Peyton Tuttle (Newburgh, N.Y. / Newburgh) finished third in the latter event with a final time of 2:04.32.
Clay and freshman Neil Adamski (Manlius, N.Y. / Fayetteville-Manlius) placed second and third in the 100-yard breaststroke with final times of 56.41 and 59.18. In the 200-yard version of the breaststroke, the pair finished in first and third at the 2:03.03 and 2:13.92 marks.
Pilieci earned a top-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly with a final time of 1:56.60 while freshman Max Strohecker (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. / The King’s Academy) earned third at the 2:04.21 mark.
Enser finished second in the 50-yard freestyle with a final time of 21.82.
White and junior Michael Han (Auckland, New Zealand / Pakuranga College) came in at the 48.25 and 48.97 marks of the 100-yard freestyle, earning them second and third-place finishes. The pair also finished in the same spots in the 200-yard IM with times of 2:02.01 and 2:08.82.
Pilieci and Han took first and second places in the 100-yard butterfly event with final times of 51.85 and 54.08, respectively.
The 400-yard freestyle relay team consisting of Clay, Enser, Pilieci, and Milligan earned second place, finishing out the meet at the 3:13.66 mark.
What’s Next:
The Dolphins will host Canisius University in another set of dual meets at the Rev. Vincent B. Ryan, S.J. Pool at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24.
