Marist wins first scored event of season
The Marist Men’s Swimming and Diving team picked up a 125-118 win over Fordham on Thursday night. Senior captain Pat Collins (Nutley, N.J.) won two events, while Devon O’Nalty (East Hartford, Conn.) finished second in both diving events. Marist opened the night by winning the 400-yard medley relay.
The team of Dan Garaffa (Manchester, Conn.), Greg Jablonski (Massapequa, N.Y.), Mark Esolen (Archbald, Pa.) and Collins bested the field in a time of 3:32.48. Collins would go on to win the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 21.47 seconds and the 100-yard free in a time of 47.20 seconds.
Jablonski was also an individual winner on Thursday, as he won the 200-yard IM in a time of 1:57.27. He went on to finish second in the 200-yard breaststroke in a time of 2:12.92. Ralph Rienzo (Wallingford, Conn.) also had a strong swim, as he finished second it the 1,000 and 500-yard freestyle events, in times of 9:53.45 and 4:47.88, respectively. Sophomore Spencer Hartmann (Windsor, Conn.) took the second position in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:46.17 and third in the 500-yard free in 4:51.82.
The Red Foxes also took the top three positions in the 200-yard backstroke. Garaffa took first in 1:55.06, while Brandon Youse (Boyertown, Pa.) and Luke Johnson (Pensacola, Fla) took second and third in 1:59.12 and 1:59.27, respectively. O'Nalty, the MAAC Men's Diver of the Week, took second off the one-meter board with a score of 266.40 as well as in the three-meter event in 243.82. At 1-0, Marist will be back in the pool on November 4 when it hosts Rider. The meet is set t begin at 1:00 p.m.
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