Men's Team Shines in Wins Over Fordham, Bucknell

Friday, January 17

New York, NY

4:00 PM

Boston College

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Men's swimmers dive into the pool at the Connell Center.

Men's Team Shines in Wins Over Fordham, Bucknell

January 20, 2020 | Swimming

Fordham Results Bucknell Results

The swim and dive team capped a weekend full of success on the road

By: Athletic Communications

BRONX, New York / LEWISBURG, Penn. -- The Boston College swim and dive team wrapped up two days of road meets, capping off the weekend with wins over Fordham and Bucknell. The Eagles earned first-place finishes in 21 out of 32 events against Fordham and 19 out of 32 events against Bucknell. The team is back in action for its final home meet of the season on Jan. 25 against rival Boston University.

WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

vs. Fordham

The team of Maura Grimes, Taylor Covington, Victoria Lin and Haley Dolan placed first in the 200 yard medley relay with a 1:45.78 finish.
Lindsey Ryalls won the 1000 yard freestyle with a 10:32.04 performance.
Grimes placed first in the 100 yard backstroke, finishing in 57.78.
Alexa Lantin earned the top spot in the 100 yard breaststroke with a 1:06.89 finish. She also placed first in the 200 yard breaststroke, finishing in 2:21.41.
Dolan won the 50 yard free with a 23.84 performance.
Kristina Fecarotta placed first in the 500 yard freestyle, finishing in 5:06.71.
Sofia Zinis, Ashleigh Scott, Ali Kea and Dolan combined for the first-place finish in the 400 yard freestyle relay with a 3:27.14 finish.
The Eagles finished with 150.5 points to Fordham's 149.5.

vs. Bucknell

Grimes, Covington, Lin and Dolan took the top spot again in the 200 yard medley relay, improving to a 1:44.39 time.
Lin won the 200 yard butterfly with a time of 2:04.76.
Dolan placed first in the 50 yard freestyle, finishing in 23.40.
Ellie Uhl won the 1-meter dive with a score of 238.05.
Mackenna Buchanan (263.48), Kate Cilley (242.63) and Uhl (229.35) swept the top three spots in the 3-meter dive.

MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

vs. Fordham

Sam Roche, Matt Clark, Colin O'Leary and Damion Geoghegan Ribeiro combined for a first-place, 1:34.15 finish in the 200 yard medley relay.
Zach Szmania took first in the 1000 yard freestyle with a 9:33.27 finish. He also finished first in the 500 yard freestyle, finishing in 4:48.71.
Roche earned the top spot in the 100 yard backstroke with a 51:29 finish. He also earned the first-place finish in the 100 yard butterfly, finishing in 51.74.
Clark placed first in the 100 yard breaststroke, finishing in 57.19. The freshman also placed first in the 100 yard freestyle with a 45.88 finish.
Cole Gvozdas won the 200 yard butterfly with a 1:56.66 finish.
Dale Nickerson won both the 1-meter dive with a score of 313.57 and the 3-meter dive with a 318.00 score.
O'Leary placed first in the 200 yard backstroke, finishing in 1:53.40.
Peter Shepanzyk won the 200 yard breaststroke with a 2:04.54 finish.
Geoghegan Ribeiro, Matt Szekely, Michael Hinton and Max Threlkeld combined to take the top spot in the 400 yard freestyle relay, finishing in 3:08.51.
The team combined for a score of 183.5 to Fordham's 96.5.

vs. Bucknell

Roche, Sami Fares, Clark and Geoghegan Ribeiro placed first in the 200 yard medley relay with a 1:31.87 finish.
Szmania placed first in the 1000 yard freestyle, improving to a 9:37.64 finish. He also took the top spot in the 500 yard freestyle, finishing in 4:39.66.
Clark placed first in the 200 yard freestyle with a 1:39.18 finish. He also won the 100 yard freestyle (45.46) and the 200 yard individual medley (1:51.41).
Roche won the 100 yard backstroke with a 49.67 performance. He also placed first in the 100 yard butterfly, finishing in 50.96.
Fares placed first in the 100 yard breaststroke, finishing in 57.51.
O'Leary took the top finish in the 200 yard butterfly with a 1:54.66 finish. He also won the 200 yard backstroke, finishing in 1:52.03.
Nickerson won the 1-meter dive with a score of 296.40. He also took the top spot in the 3-meter dive with a 338.25 score.
Shepanzyk won the 200 yard breaststroke, finishing in 2:05.97.
The team of Geoghegan Ribeiro, Roche, Santana and Threlkeld placed first in the 400 yard freestyle relay with a 3:06.11 finish.
The team totaled 181 points to Bucknell's 113.