POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Both the men's and women's swimming & diving teams will take on the Fairfield Stags on Saturday, November 23 in a dual meet. The Stags are the two-time defending MAAC champions on the women's side, however they finished ninth out of 10 last season on the men's side. This is the Red Foxes second to last home meet of the season, with the final being on January 29 against Bryant.
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- Both teams thoroughly dominated last time out, as the Marist's men's team defeated Colgate 209-74 while the women's team defeated the Raiders 190-92.
- Ante Dany led the Men's swimmers with 18 points in the meet. He won both the 200-yard fly and the 500-yard free, with times of 2:01.85 and 4:47.63, respectively.
- Brendan Rice also put up 18 points in the meet, also winning the 200-yard breast with a time of 2:17.51, other than the events already mentioned. · Raislan Aiken had a stellar day for the divers, as he was the third Red Fox to total 18 points. He put up a monstrous 309 points in the 1-meter dive, taking first place by nearly 40 points. Then, he also won the 3-meter dive with a score of 271.95
- Leigh-Anne Zanella had the best meet of any swimmer on either men's or women's team. She won three events, and then came in second in the 100-yard fly, totaling a massive 22 total points.
- Juliet Nowak was the second leading scorer for the Marist women, totaling 12 points. Besides the 100-yard back and 200-yard medley as previously mentions, she also took first place in the 200-yard back with a time of 2:10.18. She then placed third in the 100-yard fly.
- Junior Esabelle Gervasio and senior Raislan Aiken are fresh off being named MAAC Divers of the Week for the week of November 20. Combined they won all four diving events.
- This was the third team this season that Gervasio has won the award, and the first for Aiken.
- Gervasio dominated once again last week for Marist, leading all divers in points. She totaled nine, placing first in both the 3-meter dive and the 1-meter dive. Her scores were 284.40 and 247.13, respectively.
- Aiken had a stellar day for the divers, as he was the third Red Fox to total 18 points. He put up a monstrous 309 points in the 1-meter dive, taking first place by nearly 40 points. Then, he also won the 3-meter dive with a score of 271.95.
- The Fairfield Men are 2-4 so far on the season, while the women's team is off to a 1-5 start.
- Both the men's and women's teams lost at the hands of Loyola Maryland on Saturday November 16. The men lost 91-198 while the women were defeated 113-182.
- Both teams were able to find some success in two invitationals to begin the season. The men placed first and fourth, while the women placed third and fifth in the Fairfield Invitational and New England Catholic Invitational, respectively.
- Sara Ostensen is fresh off a great meet for the Stags, picking up a first-place victory in the 1000-yard free with a time of 10:31.41. She also came in first in the 500-yard free, clocking in at5:10.79.
- Lukas Stanton had a nice meet for the men, taking first in the 3-meter dive with 220.87 points, and then second in the 1-meter dive with a score of 210.60
The Red Foxes have a small stretch of time off, as they will not swim for the rest of November. They will return to action on December 6 in the H2Ounds Invitational. While there, they will take on Iona and Loyola Maryland over the course of two days.
