ResultsThe Fordham swimming & diving teams wrapped up a busy opening week, featuring three meets in three days, on Saturday as the Rams hosted the University of Connecticut Huskies at the Messmore Aquatic Center.
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UConn earned the sweep of the meet, as the Huskies downed the Fordham women, 165-135, and the Fordham men, 182.5-106.5.
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Fordham would however post nine events wins with six in the women's competition and three in the men's.
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Sophomore
Megan Polaha led the Rams with three individual event wins, as she took first place in the 200 butterfly (2:01.72), the 100 butterfly (56.80), and the 200 individual medley (2:07.81). She almost added a fourth win, as a part of the 200 medley relay with
Morgan Fairclough,
Victoria McGovern, and
Chandler Lulley, but the Rams were touched out by .19 seconds (1:47.41), earning a second place finish.
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Megan Zarriello and
Kelly Carroll also won individual events, as Zarriello captured the 1000 freestyle event in 10:33.93, while Carroll won the 100 breaststroke in 1:07.43.
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The final women's event win was in the 400 freestyle relay, where
Shannon Lulley,
Kalena Laurent,
Erin McBride, and
Chandler Lulley won the race in 3:33.76.
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On the men's side, junior
Steve Sholdra was the top performer, winning two events, while taking second place in another. He won the 1000 freestyle in 9:26.07, as well as the 200 butterfly in 1:50.75. Sholdra also took second in the 500 freestyle in 4:40.51.
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Fordham's only other win came from
Liam Semple, who finished first in the 200 freestyle in 1:44.35.
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The Fordham swimming & diving team will next be in action on Saturday, November 8
th, when the Rams host Boston University at 1:00 PM
