Emmitsburg, Md. (February 11, 2023) – The 2023 MAAC Championships is finished. With the first appearance in the MAAC Championships the Mount Men's team placed seventh tallying a final score of 260.5, while the women's team placed eighth tallying a final score of 239.
Senior
Montana Griffith placed 14
th in the 1-meter diving event, tallying a score of 153.45.
Jessalyn Powell finished 17
th, tallying a score of 110.20.
Sophomore Lauren Wetzel finished 11
th in the 200 back with a final time of 2:08.42. Junior
Maddy Samuels finished eighth in the 100 free tallying a time of 53.25, while sophomore
Meghan Speicher finished 15
th with a final time (53.46). Freshman
Christina Lazari finished ninth in the 200-breast tallying a final time of 2:20.52. Lazari shattered the previous record (2:26.47) held by Alyssa Felos set back in November of 2017.
Junior
Dahna Yoon and freshman
Abigail Steckiel competed in the 200 fly, Yoon placed fifth tallying a final time of 2:07.32, while Steckiel placed seventh notching a final time 2:08.82.
The women's team that competed in the 400 free relay included Samuels, Speicher, Lazari, and Steckiel finished in fifth place tallying a final time of 3:32.04
Junior
Jason Fitch placed second in the 200 back with a final time of 1:45.89. Freshman
John Baroody finished in 13
th tallying a final time of 1:45.28. Fitch broke his previous record (1:45.86) that was set in February of 2022 at the NEC Championships. Graduate student
Peter Jones finished 14
th in the 100 free tallying a time of 46.43.
Sophomore
Aidan Grady finished 3
rd in the 200-breast tallying a final time of 2:00.67. Grady broke the previous record (2:01.30) held be
Jacob Wallace set back in February of 2021. Junior,
Jacob Wallace and
Griffin Distler also competed in the 200-breast, Wallace placed tenth notching a final time of 2:05.07, while Distler placed 15
th notching a final time 2:09.09.
The men's team that competed in the 400 free relay included junior
Nicholas Santorelli, junior
Jonah Hancock, freshman
Austin Toland, and graduate student
Peter Jones. The team finished seventh place notching a final time of 3:08.16.
