BUFFALO, New York – The Marist men's swimming and diving team showed its depth and edged Canisius, 158-142, on Oct. 13 to begin the 2017-18 regular season.
The meet came down to the final relay when the 400-yard freestyle foursome of junior
Daniel Knoll, freshman
Diego Faucher, freshman
Murray Coueslant, and junior
Miguel Madeira clocked in at the fastest dual meet time in school history (3:08.67).
Sophomore
Evan Nilsson took first place in the 1,000-yard freestyle and his time of 9:37.70 was just three seconds slower than his time at last year's MAAC Championships, which took place in the same pool Marist competed in today. He won the 500-yard freestyle in 4:44.17 and placed second in the 200-yard backstroke (1:54.99).
In other individual victories Knoll clocked in at 47.21 seconds to place first in the 100-yard freestyle and junior
Mark Miller stole a late win in the 200-yard individual medley (1:58.81). Coueslant took the top spot in the 200-yard freestyle
On both diving boards senior
Peter Gallino and sophomore
Raislan Aiken placed third and fourth respectively.
Notes
- Marist finished 2-5 in three events: the 200-yard backstroke, 200-yard breaststroke, and 200-yard butterfly. Nilsson, freshman
John Hurley and Coueslant were the respective no. 2 finishers.
- Nilsson led a 1-2-3 Marist finish in the 500-yard freestyle as he was followed by Madeira and sophomore
Michael O'Donovan.
- The top four finishers in the 200-yard freestyle were all Red Foxes, as Coueslant led the group by .04 seconds with a time of 1:43.94. Madeira, O'Donovan and Miller rounded out the rest of the pack.
- Gallino racked up 289.50 points and 312.98 points at one and three meters respectively while Aiken's higher score came on the 1-meter board (278.48 points). Aiken's score at three meters was 264.23 points.
- Canisius senior Travis Wright claimed the top spot on both diving boards with 320.85 points and 369.90 points at one and three meters respectively.
Up Next
The Red Foxes will host Fordham in their home opener at 6 p.m. Oct. 19 in McCann Natatorium.
