NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Marist men's swimming and diving team cruised to a 160-123 victory over the host Southern Connecticut State Owls in New Haven on Saturday afternoon. Sophomore Sean Molloy (Slingerlands, N.Y.) and freshman Dylan Cummings (Midland Park, N.J.) highlighted Marist's strong performance in the non-conference meet.

On a day when Marist won nine events, Cummings was the sole multi-race winner as he earned victories in the 100- and 200-yd backstroke races with times of 53.66 and 1:57.97, respectively.

Molloy and freshman Jacob Baker (Shavertown, Pa.) split the diving events with Molloy winning the 3-m board with a tremendous score of 330.83 that qualified him for the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships. Baker, meanwhile held off his teammate in the 1-meter board with a score of 262.95

The list of individual event winners include: freshmen Jason Ruddy (Lake Katrine, N.Y.) and John Spitzer (Fairport, N.Y.), sophomore Nick Spinella (Franklin Square, N.Y.) and junior Dan Gaynor (Sonoma, Calif.).

Ruddy and Spitzer took their victories in freestyle action with Ruddy winning the 500-yd race in a time of 4:49.54 and Spitzer in the 50-yd sprint with a time of 22.02.

Gaynor and Spinella split the butterfly events with Gaynor victorious in the 100-yd race at 55.84 and Spinella coming in first in the 200-yd with a time of 1:58.27.

The 200-yd medley relay team of Cummings, Evan Uy (Kailua-Kona, Hawaii), Ruddy and Alex Lombardi (Branford, Conn.) took the win with a 1:39.60 result.

The Red Foxes will begin their final homestand of the season with the first of two meets next Saturday, Jan. 21. They will welcome Boston College to the McCann Natatorium in a 1 p.m. meet.