WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 3rd, 2023) – Mount St. Mary's swimmers finished the ECAC Invitational claiming a total of eight school records in individual and team events. The men's team finished in fifth place with a gross team score of 775 points, while the women placed seventh with a 689-point total.
The women's team opened their day with two top 15 finishes in the 200-Yard Backstroke as
Lauren Wetzel finished 11
th (2:05.99), while
Hanna Aggen placed 13
th (2:06.90).
Meghan Speicher followed with an eighth-place nod in the 100-Freestyle finishing with a time of 52.56 seconds, a second shy of a school record.
Christina Lazari, a swimmer who has been the backbone of the team throughout this tournament, finished third in the 200-Breaststroke with a time of 2:18.67, smashing Alyssa Felos' record of 2:26.47 established in 2017. A few events later the team comprised of
Christina Lazari,
Madison Murphy,
Meghan Speicher, and
Maddy Samuels, earned a third-place nod in the 400-Free Relay with a time of 3:30.19, while claiming the long-lived school record established in 2012.
The men opened their day with a sixth-place nod in the 200-Back as
Jason Fitch finished with a time of 1:49.73.
Austin Toland followed with a dominant second place finish in the 100-Free in a speedy 44.98 seconds, claiming a school record set by
Peter Jones in 2022.
Aidan Grady followed with a second-place finish in the 200-Breast with a time of 2:01.30, missing his personal best and a school record by decimals of a second.
Liam Rooney finished sixth in the 200-Fly with a finals time of 1:53.73. The men closed their day with a fifth-place nod in the 400-Free Relay as competitors
Nicholas Santorelli,
Antonio Gurri,
Griffin Distler, and
Austin Toland swam the event in 3:05.04, claiming the fourth school record of the day set back in 2021.
UPCOMING
Mount St. Mary's will take a weekend off to prepare for a head-to-head dual meet against Rider in Lawrenceville, N.J. on December 16
th.
