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Women's Swimming and Diving

Kasda Leads Women's Swimming To Wins Against VMI And NJIT

LEXINGTON, Va. – Mary Beth Kasda (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) posted two individual victories and swam the second leg of the first place 200-medley relay to help the Mount St. Mary's women's swimming team to a pair of victories on Saturday. The Mount defeated host VMI 78-36 and New Jersey Institute of Technology 66-31.

Kasda won the 200 free and the 50 free while she teamed up with Paige Chenet (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga), Courtney Gaddi (Silver Spring, Md./Our Lady of Good Counsel) and Kelsey Albright (Endicott, N.Y./Endicott-Maine) to win the 200-medley relay.

Chenet also finished second in the 50 back and Albright placed second in the 200 free and third in the 100 back while Gaddi was third in the 50 breast.

Katie Fives (Silver Spring, Md./Academy of Holy Cross) won the 1 meter diving with 152.80 points.

Heather Kurtman (Bel Air, Md./Bel Air) won the 50 breast and finished second in the 100 back. Jeanne Marie Benedetti (Olney, Md./Our Lady of Good Counsel) and Elise Radziwill (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill) were also individual winners with wins in the 100 free and 50 free, respectively. Freshman Chelsea Marrocco Matawan, N.J./Red Bank Catholic) earned her first individual win in the 1000 free.

Maggie O'Connell (Hagerstown, Md.) finished second in the 100 breast and third in the 50 back. Julie Farrell (Bernardsville, N.J./Bernardsville) was second in the 50 free and Eileen McHenry Harleysville, Pa./Souderton Area) finished third in the 100 free.

Mount St. Mary's returns to the pool at the Youngstown Invitational. The four-day tournament starts at 8 a.m. on Thursday.

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