Bronx, N.Y. – (November 8, 2024) – The Fordham swimming & diving team hosted Boston College on Friday afternoon at the Col. Francis B. Messmore Aquatic Center, sweeping both competitions from the Eagles for the first time since 2009. The Fordham women posted a 155-145 win, while the men took a 157-141 decision.
On the women's side, Fordham placed first in nine events, led by
Ainhoa Martin, who won three events on the day. She took first in the 200 butterfly (2:03.55), the 200 breaststroke (2:18.29), and the 200 individual medley (2:03.81), She was also a part of the winning 200 medley relay with
Leire Martin,
Emma Shaughnessy, and
Allison Kim that took first in 1:44.52.
Jessica Zebrowski was also a multiple event winner on Friday, taking first in the 100 freestyle (52.54) and 100 butterfly (56.24), while Shaughnessy (100 breaststroke – 1:03.65),
Mya Bokerman (1M diving – 258.53), and
Mya Sharkey (3M diving – 259.43) rounded out the event win for Fordham.
On the men's side, the Rams also won nine events, two of which were in the relay events. The 200 medley relay team of
Christian Taylor,
David Topi,
Vitalis Onu, and
Alexander Shah took first in 1:30.21, while the 400 freestyle relay of Taylor,
Daniel Ribeiro,
Theo Vandenberg, and Shah placed first in 3:02.64.
Individually, Ribeiro added a pair of event wins in the 100 backstroke (48.83) and the 100 freestyle (45.65).
Noah Althoff (200 freestyle – 1:39.96), Topi (100 breaststroke – 56.15), Shah (50 freestyle – 20.79), Taylor (200 backstroke – 1:50.62), and
Daniel Langlois (200 individual medley – 2:02.95) also won events on Friday.
The Rams will next be in action on November 22-24, as they travel to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, for the Bucknell Invitational.
