BALTIMORE, Maryland - Men's Swimming and Diving competed at the H2Hounds Invitational from November 30 to December 1. The men finished the competition with 807 points, beating out  Mount Saint Mary's, Iona and Howard but fell to Loyola Maryland. The men now sit at 6-2 on the season. Raislan Aiken was named Diver of the Meet.

With the results of the men's and women's meet from this weekend, Head Coach Larry VanWagner and Associate Coach Melanie Bolstad earned their 400th career duel meet victory.
 

SESSION ONE

The men started the day with a third place finish in the 400-yard Medley Relay from the A team of Miguel Madeira, Edward Oser, Pavel Makarchuk and Daniel Knoll with a time of 3:24.13.

Knoll picked up his first win of the weekend in the 50-yard freestyle, swimming with a time of 20.76 seconds. Michael O'Donovan nabbed a second place finish in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:33.12, just .5 seconds slower than first.

Raislan Aiken and David Gallino placed first and second on the 3-meter with scores of 260.40 and 254.70.

The men concluded Friday finishing second in the 800-yard freestyle relay. The team of Knoll, O'Donovan, Murray Coueslant and Madeira finished with a time of 6:52.34.
 

SESSION TWO

The men opened up the second session with a third place finish in the 200 freestyle relay. The all senior team of Knoll, Edward Oser, Mark Miller and Gregory Violette finished less than half a second behind second place with a time of 1:24.85.
 
Marist claimed two of the top three spots in the 400-yard IM, with Jackson Klarsfeld and John Hurley placing second and third.
 
The Red Foxes had three swimmers finish in the top eight for the 200-yard freestyle with Michael O'Donovan leading the way with a third place finish with a time of 1:43.56. Knoll and Coueslant finished sixth and eighth respectively.
 
Ryan Kaplan led the Red Foxes in the 100 backstroke with a fifth place finish. His time of 52.32 seconds was .2 off from fourth place.
 
Aiken and Gallino picked up the top two spots in the 1-meter as well, with Aiken earning a first place finish with a score of 281.80.
 
O'Donovan closed out the second with a second place finish in the mile. Coueslant finished in fifth and Brendan Rice rounded out the top eight with a seventh place finish.
The final session resumes at 3 p.m.
 

SESSION THREE

Kaplan finished the 200-yard backstroke in second place with a time of 1:50.87, just .5 seconds from first. His time ranks as one of the fastest in the MAAC.

Knoll had a fourth place finish in the 100-yard freestyle with Violette and Madeira tying for sixth. Klarsfeld had another second place performance, finishing the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:06.34.

Coueslant picked up a third place finish in the 200-yard butterfly with Makarchuk coming in seventh
 

UP NEXT

Marist will take a break before resuming training again in Florida at the end of December.