Molloy, Haraden, Quarantillo & Steinberger with Weekly Awards
MAAC Sports
Edison, NJ – Zack Molloy from Rider University was named the MAAC Men’s Swimmer of the Week, while Marist College’s Karly Haraden earned the MAAC Women’s Swimmer of the Week. Canisius College’s Eddie Quarantillo and Fairfield University’s Ashlee Steinberger are the MAAC Men’s and Women’s Diver of the Week.
In his first home meet Zack Molloy set a pair of pool records, wining both the 200 freestyle and the 500 freestyle against Seton Hall. The MAAC Men’s Swimmer of the Week’s time for the 200 freestyle was 1:42.25 and a time of 4:37.53 for the 500 freestyle. He also swam on the winning 200 medley relay. The Rider pool record in the 200 freestyle stood since 1990.
Karly Haraden, the MAAC Women’s Swimmer of the Week, won three individual events in Marist’s 172-121 win over Canisius in the season opener on Oct. 17th. She swam the 1000-yard freestyle in 10:31.40 to take first place, finished with a first-place time of 2:06.55 in the 200-yard backstroke and won the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:10.06. She met the ECAC A Qualifying Standard in all three events.
Senior Eddie Quarantillo from Canisius College is the MAAC Men’s Diver of the Week. He kicked off the 2014-15 swimming season with a pair of victories against MAAC rival Marist in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The senior won both the 1 meter and 3 meter diving events. Quarantillo won the 1-meter with a score of 289.05, outscoring the second place finisher by 15 points. The senior also won the 3-meter contest with a score of 275.92.
The MAAC Women’s Diver of Week is Fairfield University’s Ashlee Steinberger. Steinberger captured both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events for the women in the home opening win over Manhattan on October 18 at the RecPlex Pool. Steinberger recorded a mark of 248.55, for a personal best, on the 1-meter and a score of 249.60 on the 3-meter.
The 2015 MAAC Swimming & Diving Championships will be held on February 11th to the 14th at the Burt Flickinger Athletic Center at Erie Community College in Buffalo, N.Y. Purchase your tickets now at http://maac.ticketleap.com/2015-mens-and-womens-swimming--diving-championships/.