NEW ROCHELLE, NY - Before a large and familiar crowd, the Iona College men's and women's swimming and diving teams closed out their regular season with a pair of wins at the Hynes Athletics Center Pool Sunday morning.
 
In a meet rescheduled due to Saturday's snowstorm the Gaels swam to a pair of wins, taking the men's contest by a score of 162-71, to raise the season mark to 7-4. The Iona women splashed the visitors by a score of 150.50 to 92.50 to close out the season with an 8-4 record.

MEET SUMMARY

Individual women event winners included Ashley Benkert (200-Fly); Luiza Da Silveira (100-Free); Megan Josephs (200-Breast); Isabella Nicholson (100-Breast); Isabelle Pabon (100-Fly); Meghan Pattison (1000-Free and 200-Back); and, Tristan Urso (500-Free).

Men taking individual races included Brian Baldwin (200-Back); Jake DeMartino (200-Butterfly); Michael Faughnan (200-Free); Daniel Hadary (100-Back and 500-Free); Aidan Holbrook (50, tie; and 100-Free); Matthew Loftus (200-Breast); Jackson Madonia (1000-Free); Conor Mullin and (50-Free, tie).

Coaches COMMENTS

"Where the wins are always nice, today was about our 14 seniors and 4 graduate students who swam their last meet in Hynes for the maroon and gold," commented Coach Nick Cavataro.
 
Our Senior women – Riley Baron, Sarah Flaherty, Katherine Lee, Brianna Mulcahy, Sydney Ruschmeier, Rebecca Sembrano, Samantha Whitney and our Graduate students Isabella Pabon and Kate DiRaimo are all model student athletes. Great in the pool and in the classroom, deck and locker room," commented Cavataro.
 
The Iona men – Jake DeMartino, Trevor Foti, Daniel Hadary, Aidan Holbrook, Jackson Madonia, Mauro Pacsi, Jalen Ramjohn and graduate students Spencer Moran and Conor Mullin have been dominant in nearly every meet over the past four years. These men all have progressed so much in the pool and with the leadership on deck, in the weight room and class," continued Cavataro.

Up Next

Both teams will get ready to compete in the MAAC Swimming and Diving Championships beginning on February 9th, in Buffalo and continuing through February 12.

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