RIVERDALE, NY – Sparked by a sweep of all four relay events, the Iona College men's and women's swimming team closed out the regular season with a pair of convincing, dual-meet wins over MAAC-rival Manhattan College.
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The Iona men, led by
Gabriel Finch,
Jackson Madonia,
Jalen Ramjohn and
Conor Mullin, combined to take the opening 200-Medley relay. The entire unit rolled to a 163-95 win.Â
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The Iona women with
Luiza Da Silveira,
Veronica Sowinski,
Katherine Lee and Aly Chain, teamed up for a 200-Medley Relay victory and paced the team to a 173-79 win.
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The win raised the men's regular season mark to 8 wins and 4 losses, as the women climbed to 9-5 on the season.
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Individually, on the men's side, double wins came from Matthew Anderson in the 200 and 500-Freestyle;
Conor Mullin in the 50-free and 100-Butterfly. Single wins came from
Gabriel Finch in the 200-Indvidual Medley;
Daniel Hadary in the 100-Free;
Jackson Madonia in the 200-Backstroke,
Spencer Moran in the 100-Backstroke and
David Son in the 200-Butterfly.
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Kate Flynn led the way for the Iona women with wins in both the 50 and 100-Freestyle sprints. Single winners included:
Amanda Agostino taking the 200-Breaststroke; Da Silveira in the 200-Backstroke;
Willow Lopez-Silvers grabbing the 200-Freestyle;
Isabelle Pabon claiming the 200-Inidviudal Medley;
Meghan Pattison winning the 100-Back;
Sydney Ruschmeier posting a career best en route to winning the 500-Freestyle;
Veronica Sowinski in the 100-Breaststroke and
Taylor Spillman taking the top spot in the 200-Butterfly.
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The Gaels start their post season run on February 7 with a contingent travel to Boston University for the Winter Open Championship Invitational. That is followed by the 2020 MAAC Championships in Buffalo, which take place February 12-15 and then the team is onto the March 12-14 National Invitational Championships in Cleveland, Ohio.
