BUFFALO, New York – After two days of competition at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships, the men's swimming and diving team is currently in second place, trailing Rider 255.5-200. The women's team is sitting in third place, trailing first place Fairfield, 228-189. 

Today's events included the 500-yard free, 200-yard IM, 50-yard free, men's 3-meter dive, and the 200-yard free relay. In total, Marist had six student-athletes advance to the finals. Prelim Results can be found at the bottom of the recap. 
 

WOMEN'S FINALS

• Sidney Judson was crowned the MAAC Champion of the women's 500-yard free, clocking in at first place with a time of 4:59.67.
• Heather Hartmann finished in a close fourth place, clocking in at 5:04.12.
• The team consisting of Juliet Nowak, Emma Butzler, Megan Lasto, and Georgeanne Zimmerman finished with a time of 1:37.74 in the 200-yard free relay, which was good for seventh place. 

 

MEN'S FINALS

• Raislan Aiken placed second in the 3-meter dive, scoring 297.50 points. 
• David Gallino finished right behind Aiken in third place with 236.10 points. 
• Ahmed Sallam and Ethan McCormac finished ties for third in the 50-yard free clocking in with the exact same time of 20.62.
• Sallam and McCormac, along with Devin White and Murray Coueslant, took fourth place in the 200-yard free relay with a time of 1:22.91. 

 

UP NEXT

Day three of the event begins tomorrow at 10 a.m. The events include: 400-yard IM, 100-yard fly, 200-yard free, 100-yard breast, 100-yard back, women's 3-meter dive, and 400-yard medley relay. 




 

MEN'S PRELIMS

• Raislan Aiken and David Gallino dominated the 3-meter boards, finishing in second and third in the prelims, with scores of 278.85 and 246.65, respectively.
• Ahmed Sallam dominated the 50-yard free, finishing in 20.35 seconds which was easily good for first place (also .14 seconds away from a school record). Ethan McCormac also advanced to the finals, taking sixth place in the prelims with a time of 20.67.
• Michael O'Donovan placed ninth in the 500-yard free with a time of 4:34.98. He narrowly missed a spot in the finals by .45 seconds. Brendan Rice, Adam Kapusta, and John Hurley placed 13th, 14th, and 15th in the event, respectively.
• Ryan Kaplan narrowly missed a spot in the finals in the 200-yard IM, finishing in ninth place with a time of 1:52.29. Jackson Klarsfeld placed 13th.

 

WOMEN'S PRELIMS

• Sidney Judson and Heather Hartmann finished in second and third place, respectively, in the 500-yard free, earning a spot in the finals tonight. Judson finished at 5:01.01, while Hartmann clocked in at 5:03.87. Kimberly Chan finished in 14th place.
• Megan Lasto had .14 seconds added to her time, and ended up missing the finals of the 200-yard IM by .01 seconds, finishing in ninth. Jessica Freund finished in 13th place, Jessica Miller took 15th place, and Danielle Cianciotto ended in 17th place.