Results
Bronx, N.Y. – (November 22, 2019) – The Fordham swimming & diving team hosted their final meet before Thanksgiving break on Friday night and had a great showing with two wins on the evening and one school record being broken. The Fordham women defeated Stony Brook, 182-111, while the men took down NJIT, 194-102.
The highlight of the evening came from senior
Molly Dunn in the one-meter diving event, posting a career-best and winning score of 297.45, qualifying her for the NCAA Zone Diving Regional. Dunn also won the three-meter dive with a score of 246.75.
Fordham had three other women win multiple events, which began with
Caitlin McNary taking first in the 1000 freestyle in 10:29.00 and in the 100 freestyle in 53.55 seconds.
Clare Culver had the top time in both the 200 (1:53.58) and 500 (5:09.83) freestyle events with
Alison Lin taking first in the 200 backstroke (2:06.39) and the 200 IM (2:06.93).
Other winners for the Fordham women were
Naima Mackrel in the 100 backstroke (58.59),
Hannah McGee in the 200 butterfly (2:05.87) and
Michelle Martin in the 50 freestyle (24.39).
In the women's relays, the 200 medley group of Martin, Lin,
Kiara Norris, and
Theresa Mullen were first in 1:47.08, while the 200 freestyle relay of Norris, Culver,
Paulina Watson, and Mullen placed first in 1:38.29.
In the men's competition, Fordham posted five season-best performance against NJIT, along with four multi-event winners.
Connor Wright,
Josh Stegen,
Patrick Wilson, and
Ethan Murray each won two events on the night, which began with Stegen taking the top spot in the 200 (1:42.92) and 100 (47.04) freestyle events. Wright captured first in the 100 backstroke in 53.39 seconds and the 200 backstroke in a season-best 1:54.65.
Connor Wright
Wilson won both breaststroke events, taking first in the 100 breaststroke in a season-best time of 57.48 seconds and first in the 200 breaststroke in 2:07.58. The last dual event winner was Murray, with a season-best time of 1:55.68 in the 200 butterfly and a time of 4:46.55 in the 500 freestyle.
Other event winners included
Christopher Sleutjes with a season-best time of 9:50.94 in the 1000 freestyle,
Bryce Bollesen in the 50 freestyle (21.60),
Kevin Berry in the 100 butterfly (51.84), and
Nathaniel Guenther with a season-best time of 1:55.77 in the 200 IM.
In the relays, Fordham was first in both, as
Spencer Clarke, Wilson,
Casey Sawyer, and Bollesen posted a time of 1:35.05 in the 200 medley relay, while Wilson, Bollesen, Berry, and Stegen recorded a time of 1:24.98 in the 200 freestyle relay.
The Fordham swimming & diving teams are now off until they travel to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania for the Bucknell Invitational, December 6-8
