Day 1 Concludes at MAAC Swimming & Diving Championships
MAAC Sports
Buffalo, N.Y. – The MAAC teams concluded their first day of the 2014 men’s and women’s swimming and diving championships in Buffalo, N.Y. There was excitement from start to finish as the athletes in each event pushed for their best times and highest scores.
The Marist men lead after scoring 185 points earlier today, while second-place Rider registered 171 points. Canisius College is in third with 116 points, followed by Saint Peter's (109), Bryant University (104), Niagara University (95), Iona College (84), Manhattan College (59) and Fairfield University (50).
On the women's side, Marist has tallied 169 points, while Saint Peter’s stands in second place (152.5). Canisius is in third with 144.5 points, followed by Rider (135), Iona (99), Siena (98). Fairfield comes in at seventh (59), followed by Niagara (53) and Manhattan (36).
In the 50 freestyle preliminary, Saint Peter’s Rachel Wuko broke the MAAC championship record with a time of 23.35, a record previously held by Siena’s Katie Ness. Ness recorded a time of 23.48 in 2011. Later in the day during the 50 freestyle finals, Wuko again broke her own MAAC championship record she set only hours before when she finished with a time of 23.09. Saint Peter's women’s 400 medley relay team of Matea Samardzic, Alexandra Sison, Cristina Decisneros and Rachel Wuko broke another MAAC championship record finishing their relay in 3:46.90. The past record of 3:48.42 was held by Marist since 2012. Another MAAC championship record was broke during the first day of the championship, when Matea Samardzic broke the 100 backstroke record of 55.62 set by Michelle Yoshida of Fairfield University in 2011. Samardzic broke the record while swimming the lead leg of the record breaking 400 medley relay when she finished her split in 55.49.
Marist got off to a great start with both the men’s and women’s 200 free relay taking first place. The Red Foxes Kimberly Tobias grabbed first place in the three-meter dive, scoring a 237.95. John Spitzer also took first place in the men’s 50 freestyle. Rider’s Trevor Hiller placed first in the men’s one-meter dive, the second consecutive year he took home that title. Marissa Oakey of Canisius barely edged out Bonnie Orr of Marist to take first place in the women’s 500 freestyle.
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Men's Scores
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Women's Scores
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Marist
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185
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Marist
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196
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Rider
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171
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Saint Peter’s
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152.5
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Canisius
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116
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Canisius
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144.5
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Saint Peter's
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109
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Rider
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135
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Bryant
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104
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Iona
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99
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Niagara
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95
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Siena
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98
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Iona
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84
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Fairfield
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59
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Manhattan
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59
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Niagara
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53
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Fairfield
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50
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Manhattan
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36
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The 2014 MAAC swimming and diving championships continue tomorrow February 14th at the Burt Flickinger Athletic Center at Erie Community College in Buffalo, N.Y. Tickets are still available for purchase at MAAC.Ticketleap.com.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
The MAAC, headquartered in Edison, N.J., consists of 11 member institutions in 2013: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter's University and Siena College. For more on the conference please visit, www.maacsports.com. Follow the MAAC on Facebook and Twitter: @MAACSports. Follow MAAC Swimming & Diving on Twitter using the hashtag #MAACSWIM.
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