Swimming & Diving Celebrates Senior Night

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The Fordham swimming & diving team hosted the St. Francis (NY) College Terriers on Wednesday for Senior Night, as 17 senior Rams participated in their final home meet. The Rams sent off their Class of 2015 in style, as the women defeated the Terriers, 126-68, while the men took home a 127-81 win.
 
The Fordham senior class didn't disappoint, as the seniors were a part of seven of the 21 event wins on the night.
 
First, senior co-captain Savannah Coe anchored the winning 200 medley relay for the women, joining Katerina Lisitsin, Deirdre McGrath, and Kalena Laurent to post a time of 1:53.47.  The Fordham men also won the 200 medley relay behind the group of Thomas Gillespie, Alex Tunaru, Thomas Shetler, and Liam Semple in a time of 1:38.97.
 
In the individual events, senior Theresa Santoro led the way, winning the 50 (25.35) and 100 (54.44) freestyle events, while freshman Sarah Barrett and Regina Foley were also dual event winners.  Barrett took first in the 200 (1:57.46) and 500 (5:12.62) freestyle events, with Foley winning both diving competitions with scores of 200.92 (1M) and 217.52 (3M).
 
Other women's event winners included senior Spencer Chappell in the 200 individual medley (2:11.50), and sophomores Laurent (100 fly – 58.61), Lisitsin (100 back – 1:00.20), and Morgan Fairclough (100 breast – 1:10.03).
 
On the men's side, senior Patrick Militti won the 100 butterfly in 51.70 seconds, while fellow classmate Zach Jacobsen took home the 50 freestyle in 23.07 seconds.
 
Other individual winners including Steve Sholdra in the 200 freestyle (1:44.00), Semple in the 200 individual medley (1:57.91), Joe Mercurio in the 100 backstroke (52.60), J.T. Klimko in the 500 freestyle (4:53.36), and Nicholas D'Souza in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.01).
 
The meet wrapped up with the 200 freestyle relay, where the women's senior relay of Kelly Carroll, Frances Warren, Chappell, and Megan Zarriello won in 1:42.75, while the men's relay squad of Semple, Kurtis Rossie, Chris Viera, and Sholdra won in a time of 1:29.36.
 
The Rams now set their sights on the 2015 Atlantic 10 Championship, which will be held February 18-21 at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio.