BALTIMORE - The Marist men's swimming and diving team finished atop the four-team field at the 2016 H2ounds Invitational with 1,054 points, coming in ahead of host Loyola (984.5 points) and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opponents Iona (840.5 points) and Saint Peter's (279 points). The two conference victories gave the Red Foxes 100 all-time in program history since they joined the MAAC prior to the 1996-97 season. 

A strong freestyle core kept the Red Foxes ahead during all three sessions, as sophomores Daniel Knoll (45.50 seconds), Miguel Madeira (46.61 seconds) and Greg Violette (46.87 seconds) went 1-2-3 in the 100-yard event in the afternoon. The three had joined forces with sophomore Michael Valceanu to clock in at the fastest time in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:25.01) at the start of the second day of competition. Madeira was also the winner of the 200-yard freestyle (1:41.40).

Marist picked up more points in the butterfly when senior Manuel Garcia led a 1-2 Marist finish in the 200-yard event. .08 seconds separated Garcia (1:52.87) from Valceanu (1:52.95). At 100 yards, Garcia finished with the top time of 50.36 seconds.

Freshman Michael O'Donovan followed up on a solid first day of competition with a second place time of 16:04.46 in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Junior captain Robert McDowell registered a trio of third-place finishes after racing in the 100-yard butterfly (51.25 seconds) and 100- (51.88 seconds) and 200-yard backstroke (1:52.94).

In the diving event freshman Raislan Aiken nabbed first place on the 1-meter board with 271.72 points, a score more than 50 points ahead of the rest of the pack.

Marist will go on its winter training trip from Dec. 28-Jan. 3 in Orlando. The Red Foxes will return to McCann Natatorium on Jan. 10 to host Southern Connecticut State at 6 p.m.