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MAAC Swim Championships Day Two

The second day of competition at the 2025 Metro Atlantic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships started out on a high note, as the MAAC, after consultation with the NCAA, awarded Iona with the gold medal in the Men's 800-yard Freestyle Relay. The night continued with two more individual gold and silver medals for the men and a pair of bronze medals for the men and women in the 200-Free Relay.
 
The two day point totals find the men in a tight team race with Niagara holding the top spot with 232.5-points; Marist stands at 219.5 and Iona has 207.5. Fairfield is fourth at 204.5.
 
The Iona women stand eighth with 95-points. Niagara, Marist and Fairfield hold the top three spots with respective totals of 289, 184 and 184.
 
The 800-Free relay results on Wednesday were placed on hold after a failure of the primary electronic timing system and backup times. The MAAC reviewed the watch times and poolside officials visual order of finish and confirmed that Iona touched the wall first at 6:29.30 as Kieran Egan (1:37.78), Nate Wales (1:39.82), Harry Platt (1:38.51) and Michael Faughnan (1:33.19) were under the MAAC and Iona standards.
 
Thursday's finals saw Faughnan grab his third consecutive MAAC 500-yard Freestyle title with a new MAAC record of 4:19.62. Junior Matthew Woyksnar posted a career best for tenth at 4:33.40. The women's race had Sophomore Anabel Huffstutler place 13th with a career best effort of 5:04.38. 
 
The 200-yard Individual medley saw Sophomore Noah Giunta place eighth with a Iona record time of 1:50.38, breaking the 2023 mark held by Daniel Hadary at 1:50.47. Senior Brian Baldwin fifteenth at 1:53.28. The women's race had Junior Brennyn Veit and Freshmen Raegan O'Brien place twelfth and thirteenth with respective times of 2:07.13 and 2:07.52.
 
The 50-yard Freestyle had sophomore Kieran Egan lower his own school record with a silver medal effort of 20.13, Nick Patino (20.58); Mikel Palaj (20.54) and Nate Wales (20.76) were seventh, eleventh and thirteenth, respectively.
 
The women's 200-Free Relay team of Megan Josephs (23.95); Ashley Benkert (23.64) Nia Thomas (23.94) and Julia Moser (23.52) took bronze at 1:35.05. The men's foursome of Nick Patino *20.49); Matthew Loftus (20.35), Nate Wales (19.88) and Mikel Palaj 20.23 took bronze at 1:20.75.
 
Sophomore Emma Todd, wrapped up the scoring with a 16th place effort on the 3-Meter Springboard.
 
Day 3 action resumes Friday with the 100-Butterfly, 400-IM, 200-Free, 100-Breast, 100-Back, Men's 1-Meter Diving.
 
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Players Mentioned

Anabel Huffstutler

Anabel Huffstutler

Distance
5' 8"
Sophomore
Megan Josephs

Megan Josephs

Sprint
5' 8"
Graduate Student
Emma Todd

Emma Todd

Diver
5' 2"
Sophomore
Ashley Benkert

Ashley Benkert

Fly
5' 6"
Senior
Brennyn  Veit

Brennyn Veit

Breast
5' 7"
Junior
Julia Moser

Julia Moser

Breast
5' 7"
Graduate Student
Brian Baldwin

Brian Baldwin

Fly / Back
6' 2"
Senior
Kieran Egan

Kieran Egan

Back / Free
6' 1"
Sophomore
Michael Faughnan

Michael Faughnan

Middle Free
6' 6"
Graduate Student
Noah Giunta

Noah Giunta

Butterfly
6' 1"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Anabel Huffstutler

Anabel Huffstutler

5' 8"
Sophomore
Distance
Megan Josephs

Megan Josephs

5' 8"
Graduate Student
Sprint
Emma Todd

Emma Todd

5' 2"
Sophomore
Diver
Ashley Benkert

Ashley Benkert

5' 6"
Senior
Fly
Brennyn  Veit

Brennyn Veit

5' 7"
Junior
Breast
Julia Moser

Julia Moser

5' 7"
Graduate Student
Breast
Brian Baldwin

Brian Baldwin

6' 2"
Senior
Fly / Back
Kieran Egan

Kieran Egan

6' 1"
Sophomore
Back / Free
Michael Faughnan

Michael Faughnan

6' 6"
Graduate Student
Middle Free
Noah Giunta

Noah Giunta

6' 1"
Sophomore
Butterfly