POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – The Marist men's swimming and diving team opened the 2014-15 regular season with a 158-142 victory against Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference rival Canisius on Oct. 17.
A first-place finish from senior Jason Ruddy (Lake Katrine, N.Y.) in the penultimate event opened up the meet for Marist. The Red Foxes had built a 133-131 lead before Ruddy won the 200-yard IM in 1:58.90. He finished first in the 100- and 200-yard butterfly events with times of 52.47 seconds and 1:55.29 respectively. He was also a member of the winning 400-yard freestyle relay along with senior Spencer Kelley (Weston, Conn.), sophomore Ryan Murphy (New Fairfield, Conn.) and senior John Spitzer (Fairport, N.Y.). The group finished with a time of 3:13.93.
Murphy picked up three freestyle wins, taking the 200- (1:46.70), 500- (4:40.76) and 1000-yard (9:46.67) events. Spitzer won the 50- (21.97 seconds) and 100-yard (48.25 seconds) freestyle events, while Kelley finished third in the 50 free and fourth in the 100 free.
Junior Josh Dodway (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and senior Jacob Baker (Shavertown, Pa.) had a 2-3 finish in both diving events. Dodway scored slightly higher in the 1-meter dive, ending up with 273.52 points while finishing the 3-meter dive with 273 points. Baker scored 250.20 points at one meter and racked up 260.10 points at three meters.
Marist will compete in a dual meet at Fordham at 6 p.m. Oct. 23.
