Swimming & Diving Celebrates Senior Day

Results
 
Bronx, N.Y. – (January 18, 2020) – The Fordham swimming & diving team had their Senior Day meet on Saturday afternoon at the Col. Francis B. Messmore Aquatic Center, hosting the La Salle Explorers and the Richmond Spiders.
 
Fordham began the day honoring 14 student-athletes that competed in their final home conference meet.  The Rams would follow by posting women's wins over both Richmond (181.5-117.5) and La Salle (206-92).  The Fordham men were a bit shorthanded due to illness in their meet with La Salle, falling by a 217-71 score.
 
Senior diver Molly Dunn led the women, as she won both diving events with NCAA Zone Diving qualifying marks.  She won the one-meter dive with a score of 276.85, while setting a personal-best with a winning score of 284.75 on the three-meter board.

 
Junior Hannah McGee also had an impressive meet, taking first in the 100 butterfly in 56.85 seconds and in the 200 butterfly in 2:06.49.  She was also a part of the winning 200 medley relay with Michelle Martin, Amelia Bullock, and Theresa Mullen, as they posted a time of 1:46.12.
 
Martin, Bullock, and Mullen each had an individual win as well, starting with Bullock in the 100 breaststroke in 1:05.34.  Martin then took first in the 50 freestyle in 24.23 seconds, with Mullen grabbing the top time in the 100 freestyle in 52.97 seconds.
 
Fordham's final two event wins came in the 500 freestyle and the 400 freestyle relay.  Clare Culver finished first in the 500 freestyle in 5:04.98, while Martin, Paulina Watson, Bullock, and Mullen were first in the 400 freestyle relay in 3:30.32.
 
In the men's competition, Fordham's Bryce Bollesen was the lone event winner for the shorthanded Rams, grabbing the top spot in the 50 freestyle in 21.65 seconds.  He was also a part of the 400 freestyle relay with Nicholas Chao, Kevin Berry, and Patrick Wilson, that took second in 3:13.61, as well as third in the 200 medley relay with Scott Stern, Berry, and Wilson (1:35.87).

 
Aside from the relays, Wilson was also second in the 200 breaststroke (2:09.40) and third in the 100 breaststroke (58.51), while Chao was third in the 100 freestyle in 48.57 seconds.
 
Other top performers were Ethan Murray, who was second in the 500 freestyle (4:43.20) and third in the 200 freestyle (1:43.50), while Connor Wright was third in both the 100 (54.06) and 200 (1:55.49) backstroke events.  Nathaniel Guenther also had a pair of third place finishes in the 200 breaststroke (2:11.76) and the 200 IM (1:58.64).
 
The Fordham swimming & diving team will next be in action on Wednesday, January 22^nd, as the Rams host their final home meet of the season against the Iona Gaels, beginning at 5:00 PM.