GRANTHAM, Pa. (October 12, 2024) – Mount St. Mary's swim and dive opened their 2024-25 dual meet schedule with a dominant win in both the men's and women's competition against Messiah, with the men coming out on top 144-61 and the women winning out 130-75. Several records were broken for the women's team as Carmen Del Aguila 
 
In a dominant showing of talent, the Mount placed first in 17 of the 22 events at the meet against the Falcons. The men's 400-Yard Medley Relay team of Jason Fitch, Aidan Grady, Liam Rooney, and Austin Toland recorded a time of 3:31.60 in the event. Toland also recorded a time of 1:46.92 in the 200-Yard Freestyle, four seconds in front of the second-place swimmer. Lucas Hancock set a time of 22.06 in the 50-Yard Freestyle and Nicholas Santorelli set a time of 55.37 in the 100-Yard Backstroke.
 
On the women's side of the meet, the team of Hanna Aggen, Christina Lazari, Meghan Speicher, and Madison Murphy recorded a time of 4:02.26 in the women's 400-Yard Medley relay, eight second in front of the second-placed Messiah relay team. Murphy also recorded a time of 2:00.36 in the 200-Yard Freestyle. Carmen Del Aguila recorded a time of 18:01.41 in the 1650-Yard Freestyle event and Theodora Kanellopoulou set a time of 25.18 in the 50-Yard Freestyle.
 
UPCOMING
 
The Mountaineers return to competition on October 26 at the Thomas Murphy Invitational hosted by Loyola University in Baltimore, Maryland.