GRANTHAM, Pa. (October 21st, 2023) – Mount St. Mary's traveled to northern Pennsylvania this weekend to compete against Messiah in an afternoon dual meet. The Mountaineers had the ideal day with monstrous wins as the men's team won 208-49, while the women's team won 182-77. Between the men and the women, the Mount totaled 24 event wins.
The women's team started cleanly with the 200-yard medley relay as
Hanna Aggen, Christine Lazari,
Abigail Steckiel, and
Maddy Samuels won the event with a finals time of 1:48.63. After their start the women went on to win nine additional events with notable wins in the 1650-yard free and the 200 butterfly.
Maddy Samuels claimed consecutive first place finishes in the 50 (24.59) and 100 (55.66) freestyle events, while also contributing to the women's relay first place finishes.
The men's team started the day with a dominant win in the 200-medley relay as
Jason Fitch,
Aidan Grady,
Jacob Wallace, and
Austin Toland added the first eight points of the day finishing with a time of 1:35.35. The men went on to go undefeated, winning 14 total events. Notable wins include the 200-yard IM and the 100-yard butterfly as freshmen
Antonio Gurri and
John Haskins claimed their first individual wins as a Mountaineer. Gurri won the 200 IM with a finals time of 2:04.44, while Haskins won the 100 fly with a finals time of 54.86.
UPCOMING
Mount swim & dive returns to the pool on November 4
th as they host VMI on their senior day at the ARCC swimming pool in Emmitsburg, Md. at 1:00 p.m.
