Swimming & Diving Hosts Marist On Saturday

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – After a quick street journey to Providence per week in the past, the Fairfield University swimming and diving packages return to the RecPlex Pool for a twin meet this Saturday. The Stags will welcome Marist University to campus, the crew’s first competitors in opposition to a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) college this season. The diving occasions will begin the day at 10 am with the swimming occasions following at roughly 12 pm.

Head Coach Jake Lichter seems to construct on the early season success that the groups have earned by way of sturdy efforts on the Fairfield University Invitational in addition to twin meets in opposition to Bryant University and Providence College. In addition to the dependability of the returning athletes, Coach Lichter has witnessed the emergence of a bunch of newcomers who’re already making an affect.

Freshmen Natasha De Pree and Andrew Nathe are already making contributions as illustrated by each profitable their respective MAAC Rookie of the Week award for the second time earlier this week.

De Pree gained three particular person occasions (100 free, 200 free, 400 free) along with serving to the 200 free relay. Nathe additionally excelled within the freestyle with a first-place end within the 200 earlier than taking second place within the 400 free later within the day. He additionally was a member of the Stags’ 200 free relay first-place crew.

The upperclassmen are additionally placing collectively stellar begins to the season. Junior Tone Sandsjo comes off a twin win effort at Providence, profitable the 100 and 200 breaststroke, after taking first place within the 100 breast in opposition to Bryant in addition to on the Fairfield Invitational. Olivia Glaser was additionally a double winner within the Providence meet (400 fly, 200 IM) as well as her success in opposition to Bryant one week earlier.

On the lads’s aspect, junior Aidan Schnapf got here away with first-place swims within the 800 free and the 200 again, giving him high finishes in every of the crew’s occasions this season. Junior Andrew Cataldo swept each diving occasions in opposition to Providence, the identical outcomes he earned on the Fairfield Invitational.

Both Marist swimming and diving opened its twin meet portion of the season with a win over Canisius University final weekend. Anna Kirby picked up first-place finishes within the 50 free and the 100 free along with being a part of the profitable 200 free relay crew. Gabrielle Norton gained each the 1-meter and 3-meter diving occasions, incomes MAAC Women’s Diver of the Week. Oscar Bjering was a twin winner within the 200 and 500 free swims.

Following the Marist meet, the Fairfield males’s and ladies’s swimming and diving groups will make one other street journey for a November 1 assembly with Fordham University.