BUFFALO, New York- The Marist men's swim and dive team triumphed to its first win of the early 2024-25 season, Friday afternoon. The Red Foxes defeated MAAC foe Canisius 154-117, which earned the men their first win and MAAC win of the season.

The Red Foxes improved to 1-0 overall on the 2024-25 season, and 1-0 in MAAC meets.
 

Quote From Coach Randall & Captain Dillenback

• "It was a great meet on both sides against a very strong Canisius team. Our divers really set the tone early finishing first, second, and third and our swimmers followed suit. In some new events they really stepped up and raced well. We have a really good stretch against two top MAAC teams (Rider and Fairfield) coming up that will really test us to see who we are this early in the season." - Coach Randall
• "The majority of the team was feeling rough due to the tough week of practice and the long bus ride from Buffalo, but we dug deep and got the job done."- Captain Dane Dillenback

 

Jolly James

• James Conable led the way for the Red Foxes with three first-place finishes in their win against Canisius.
• Conable dominated in the sixth event of the meet, the 200-yard freestyle. Conable placed first in the swim with a time of 1:42.44, which was almost two seconds in front of the second-place finishers (1:44.12).
• Conable also finished in first in the 20^th event of the meet, which was the 200-yard backstroke. Conable swam his way to first place with a time of 1:51.82.
• Conable finished his three-first place finishes with the 200-yard IM. Conable swam his way to a third win with a time of 1:54.12.

  

Notable Finishes: Swim

• Kellen Fletcher swam his way to a first-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle. Fletcher finished with a time of 1:54.82, which earned the Red Foxes nine points.
• Adrian Bankowski tallied his first win of the season in the 50-yard freestyle. Bankowski's first-place finish timed in at 21.30.
• Bankowski double-downed with a second first-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle. Bankowski swam to a time of 46.65, which earned him two wins in the freestyle swims.
• Sophomores Oscar Bjering and Adam Zaremba placed first and second in the 500-yard freestyle. Bjering finished first with a time of 4:50.03 and Zaremba recorded a second-place finish with a time of 4:53.79.

  

Up Next

• The Red Foxes continue MAAC play with a dual meet against Rider in an away meet.
• The meet is slated for Oct. 26 with first swim at 1 p.m.