Junior breaks her own records in the 200-yard free and back
(Poughkeepsie) - Marist Junior Jamie Falco (North Haven, Conn.) set school records in the 200-yard freestyle and backstroke on Saturday, during day two of the Red Fox Invitational. Falco would win three individual events on Saturday to lead Marist in the season's opening event.
Falco bested the field to break the Marist record in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 1:54.92, before setting her second record of the day in the 200-yard backstroke in 2:05.78. Falco also won the 100-yard backstroke on Saturday in a time of :58.96 seconds.
Marist had an all around strong day, as the Foxes opened day two by placing three in the top six in the 400-yard individual medley. Savannah Puca (Huntington, N.Y.) led the charge in third place in a time of 4:46.91. Jenell Walsh-Thomas (Medford, N.J.) and Cindy Spiecker (Plainview, N.Y.) followed in fifth and sixth, with times of 4:52.23 and 5:01.03, respectively.
Marist also had three in the top 10 in the 100-yard butterfly, led by Lyndsay Martin (Schenectady, N.Y.) in fifth in 1:01.05. Sandra Bujalski (Thomaston, Conn.) followed in sixth in 1:01.09 and Victoria Kemp (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) took 10th in 1:03.06.
Following Falco in the 200-yard freestyle were Walsh-Thomas in third with a time of 1:58.36 and Jenny Serino (Shleton, Conn.) in fourth in 1:59.49. Serino would go on to finish fifth in the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 1:03.15 and first in the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 25.36. Walsh-Thomas would win the 500-yard freestyle in 5:11.27 and was part of the 400-yard freestyle team that won in 3:39.52.
In diving action on Saturday, Melissa Mangona (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) posted a score of 243.80 off the 3-meter board, which was good enough for second place. Senior captain Anna Sanner (Somerset, Pa.) took fourth with a total of 222.70 and freshman Katherine Carpenter (Ballston, N.Y.) finished in seventh position with a total of 178.70.
After the two day, non-scoring event this weekend, Marist will open its dual meet schedule on Thursday, October 26 at Fordham. The meet is schedule to begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Bronx.
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