NEW HAVEN, CT – Led by 16 different individual event winners, including five swimmers with two wins each, the Iona College men's and women's swimming and diving team came away with a pair of win's today as they squared off with Southern Connecticut State University. The Iona women increased their season mark to 6-2 with a 191-78 win and the Iona men climbed to 5-2 with a 176-93 triumph.

MEET SUMMARY

Freshman Luiza Da Silveria touched first in both the 100 and 200-yard backstroke at 1:00.72 and 2:10.39, respectively. Sophomore Samantha Whitney won the 100-free at 55.65.
 
On the men's side, junior Robert Wisniewski and senior Shane Syron each claimed their first career wins. Wisniewski took the 1,000-Free at 10:01.89 and Syron won the 200-breaststroke at 2:15.87.
 
"Getting contributions like this really lifts the team and shows that the daily work is paying off. Luiza, Samantha, Rob and Whitney are among our most consistent workers and everyone was excited for them," noted head coach Nick Cavataro.
 
Other double winners on the day included junior Kate Flynn, who won two events she rarely competes in with a pair of lifetime best efforts. Flynn touched first in the 200-free nearly 2.5 seconds better than her previous best at 1:57.05 and was .47 seconds better in the 100-butterfly at 59.06.  
 
On the men's side, sophomore Jackson Madonia won his first ever 200-backstroke race at 1:55.86 and also took the 100-breaststroke at 1:00.30. Classmates Aidan Holbrook and Jalen Ramjohn also picked up two wins each. Holbrook took the 50 and 200-freestyle events at 22.01 and 1:45.82, respectively. Ramjohn won the 100 and 200-butterfly with respective times of 51.60 and 1:56.27.
 
Other women winners included Amanda Agostino in the 200-breaststroke (2:29.37); Aly Chain in the 50-free (24.89); Isabella Nicholson in the 200-individual medley (2:14.17); Isabelle Pabon in the 200-butterfly (2:14.20); Veronica Sowinski in the 100-breaststroke (1:09.40) and Tristan Urso in the 1,000-freeestyle (10:54.68). For the men, Daniel Hadary took the 100-backstroke (54.07) and Spencer Moran won the 100-freestyle (48.26).

COACH'S THOUGHTS

"This was a strong day for the team and many swimmers. We are starting to swim smarter and it showed. I was particularly pleased with the contributions today of Da Silveria and Whitney, who each picked up their first individual college wins."

UP NEXT

The team resumes training for their final meet of the semester, the Loyola University H2Ounds Invitational in Baltimore, which features Loyola and MAAC rivals Saint Peter's and Marist, along with Howard and VMI. The two-day meet begins on December 6 at 5:00 p.m.

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