Nov. 4, 2006

Final Stats

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - The Marist Men's Swimming and Diving team avenged last season's first ever MAAC dual meet loss in a big way, as it defeated Rider 143-84 on Saturday in the McCann Center. Pat Collins (Nutley, N.J.) and Ralph Rienzo (Wallingford, Conn.) each won multiple events for the Foxes in the win.

Marist opened the meet by winning the 400-yard medley relay. The team of Dan Garaffa (Manchester, Conn.), Greg Jablonski (Massapequa, N.Y.), Mark Esolen (Archbald, Pa.) and Collins posted the win in a time of 3:33.73. Garaffa went on to win the 200-yard backstroke in 1:56.30, while Jablonski would take the top spot in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:58.63.

Following the relay, Collins went on to post wins in the 50-yard freestyle in 21.31 seconds and the 100-yard free in 47.87 seconds.

Rienzo would also have a strong day for the Foxes, as he swept the distance freestyle events on Saturday. In the 1,000-yard free he posted a winning time of 9:50.84, over seven seconds faster then the second place competitor from Rider. The junior would then post the win in the 500-yard event in a time of 4:47.42.

Other individual winners for Marist included Spencer Hartmann (Windsor, Conn.) in the 200-yard freestyle and Nick Chevalier (Milford, N.H.) in the 200-yard butterfly.

In diving, junior Jesus Santos (Haverstraw, N.Y.) led Marist in the 1-meter event by finishing second with a score of 230.40. He was followed by Devon O'Nalty (East Hartford, Conn.) in second and John Luboja (New York, N.Y.) in third. O'Nalty then led the way off the 3-meter board by taking second with a score of 225.82. He was followed by Katz in third and Santos in fourth.

With a 2-0 overall record and 1-0 mark in MAAC meets, Marist will be back in the pool on Sunday, November 12 when it hosts Fairfield. The meet is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. in the McCann Center.