Iona Swim & Dive Splashes To Three Wins On Homecoming

NEW ROCHELLE, NY – In entrance of a capability crowd on the Hynes Athletics Center Pool, the Iona University males’s and girls’s swimming and diving packages delivered an exhilarating efficiency, posting a trio of come-from-behind victories.

The Iona girls overcame an early 32-0 springboard diving deficit to rally and take the lead after the ultimate particular person occasion, defeating Sacred Heart University 126-111 and Wagner College 120-85. A key issue within the comeback was the efficiency of Mary Grace Waring, Paige Fiorino, Caitlin Hopkins, and Kate Kennedy, who mixed to win the 400-yard freestyle relay in a season-best time of three:35.64. The pair of wins strikes the ladies’s season document to an ideal 6-0.

The Iona males trailed all through their meet till the ultimate occasion, the 400-yard freestyle relay. Kieran Egan, Elijah Decasseres, Nate Wales, and Harry Platt posted a MAAC-best time of three:04.72 to safe the victory, bringing the lads’s document to 2-2.

Individually, the ladies scored first-place finishes in a number of occasions, with Marissa Hengesbach profitable the 1000 free in 10:48.85, Victoria Mordaunt taking the 50 free in 24.52, and Brennyn Veit claiming the 200 breaststroke in 2:25.16. On the lads’s aspect, standout performances included Kieran Egan within the 50 free (20.93) and 200 again (1:51.17), Harry Platt within the 200 free (1:43.24) and 100 free (46.92), Dylan Riccio on the 1-meter (236.96) and 3-meter (258.95) springboard occasions, and Max Buchen within the 200 breaststroke (2:08.87).

“The story of today’s meet was our group’s competitiveness in every race and heat,” stated Head Coach Nick Cavataro. “The double-dual format on the women’s side, along with multiple heats in every event, made every race and placing valuable. We had 16 women score in the top five across events, and 18 different men contributed points. That depth and teamwork is what positioned us to win.”

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Both groups bounce proper again into Hynes subsequent Friday and Saturday because the host Holy Cross and Providence College respectively on Friday and Saturday.