BRONX, NY - Swimming their fourth meet over a 10-day span, the Iona College men's and women's swimming and diving fell on the road to Fordham University at their Col. Francis Messmore Aquatic Center on Wednesday night.
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The Iona men's team dropped to 7-4 on the season with a hard fought 143-119 final. The Iona women's program moves to 8-5 with a 175-114 defeat. Over the course of the last 10 days, the Maroon & Gold men's team defeated Adelphi and Pace while losing Saturday to Fairfield and Wednesday to Fordham.
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"Fordham has a lot of versatility on their roster and we challenged them in spots, but couldn't win enough races to overcome that," commented 39
th-year head coach
Nick Cavataro. "We competed well in every race, but looked a bit fatigued in the back end. We will be better on Sunday at Manhattan."
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The Iona men tallied six individual wins on the night, including victories from
Matt Anderson in the 1,000-yard Freestyle with a season best of 9:42.06.
Daniel Hadary claimed the 500-Free at 4:43.64,
Jackson Madonia touched first in the 400-Individual medley at 4 :10.49,
Spencer Moran won top spot in the 100-Back at 52.30,
Jalen Ramjohn grabbed the 100-Butterfly at 51.77 and
James Whaley won the 200-Butterfly at 1:55.90.
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The Iona women had four wins, including
Luiza Da Silveira taking the 200-Back at 2:09.39,
Kate DiRaimo winning the 200-Breast at 2:29.77,
Veronica Sowinski taking first in the 100-Breast at 1:08.89 and
Taylor Spillman winning the 400-Individual Medley at 4:44.40.
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Iona wraps up their regular season on Sunday vs. rival Manhattan in Riverdale at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School.
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