Complete results

WORCESTER, Mass. – Seniors Des Cairns and Morgan Cohara set pool marks in the 100 back to spark Colgate Swimming & Diving to a dual meet sweep of Patriot League foe Holy Cross Sunday.
 
The men posted a 174-124 triumph while the women were victorious by a 170-116 margin.
 
The win gave the men their first dual meet victory since the 2011-12 season. The women, meanwhile, remained undefeated on the season as they improved to 3-0.
 
Cohara set her third pool mark of the season with her victory in the 100 back, posting a time of 58.08. Cairns, swimming immediately after Cohara, recorded his first pool mark of the year, touching the wall with a time of 52.21. His time broke the pool mark that had stood since the 2003 campaign.
 
Paced by the pool marks from Cairns and Cohara, the Raiders combined to take first in 21 of 32 events during the dual meet.
 
Sophomore diver Tommy Fretz picked up his first dual meet victory of his career, turning in a finals score of 235.94 in the 1 meter competition.
 
Bottom Line
Colgate men 174, Holy Cross 124
Colgate women 170, Holy Cross 116
 
Won-Lost Records
- The men improved to 1-2 on the season, picking up their first dual meet victory since the 2011-12 season.
- The women remain undefeated, raising their mark to 3-0.
 
 
Men's Highlights
- The Raiders took first and third in the 200 medley relay. Cairns, Trey Johnson, Danny Graham and Andrew Hacker claimed first (1:38.93). Ryan Birdsall, Ryan Mathes, Spencer Lambert and Carter Christensen placed third (1:41.14).
- It was a 1-2-3 finish in the 1000 free. Dominic Wilkins took first (10:20.05), Anders Brekke placed second (10:20.82) and Seamus Fitzhenry claimed third (10:54.26).
- It was 2-3-4 result in the 200 free with Paul Kersjes (1:46.85), Max Michael (1:51.23) and Milos Gak (1:51.72) finishing in that order.
- Cairns' pool record highlighted a 1-3-4 result for the Raiders in the 100 back. Cairns touched the wall at 52.21, while Birdsall (58.77) and Nicholas Konovalov (59.08) claimed third and fourth, respectively.
- Johnson won the 100 breast with a time of 1:02.26 while Ryan Mathes placed third (1:03.34). The duo repeated their finish in the 200 breast, with Johnson posting a time of 2:18.15 to claim first and Mathes touching the wall at 2:19.16 for third. 
- The 200 butterfly saw Spencer Lambert (2:09.33), Danny Graham (2:09.69) and Seamus Fitzhenry (2:10.34) place 2-3-4.
- Hacker and Christensen gave Colgate a 1-2 result in the 50 free. Hacker won the race with a time of 22.25, while Christensen took second (22.39).
- Fretz claimed the 1 meter diving competition with a finals score of 235.94. He took second in the 3 meter event with a finals total of 235.80.
- Cairns claimed his second race of the meet with a win in the 200 back (1:57.77). Gak gave the Raiders a third-place result in the race with a time of 2:05.37.
- Wilkins took first in the 500 free with a time of 4:50.47. Kersjes was third with a result of 5:02.93.
- Michael (54.17), Graham (56.51) and Birdsall (58.52) went 2-3-4 in the 100 butterfly.
- Colgate went 1-3 in the 200 free relay. Cairns, Gak, Christensen and Hacker took first (1:29.04) and Brekke, Birdsall, Mathes and Michael claimed third (1:31.38).
 
Women's Highlights
- Colgate opened the meet with a 1-2 finish in the 200 medley relay. Cohara, Cammie Kirby, Maggie Carney and Madison Fitzgerald took first (1:51.00) while Flora Hanson, Jessica Cauley, Olivia Castro and Sam Hynes placed second (1:54.43).
- Erica Silverman and Michelle Dols went 1-2 in the 1000 free. Silverman placed first (10:40.37) and Dols went third (10:49.86).  
- The Raiders claimed the top three spots in the 200 free as Hanson placed first (1:59.17), Olivia Castro took second (1:59.65) and Bernadette Tankle was third (2:00.41).
- Cohara set the pool record in the 100 back (58.08) and Fitzgerald took second (1:03.12).
- Kirby led Colgate to a 1-2-3 finish in the 100 breast, winning the race with a time of 1:09.33. Talia Fishbein (1:11.73) and Hynes (1:12.86) claimed second and third.
- Carney led the Raiders to a 1-3 result in the 200 butterfly, finishing first with a time of 2:13.14. Gilroy placed third with a pace of 2:16.67.
- Cohara and Fitzgerald took the top two spots in the 100 free with Cohara placing first (53.88) and Fitzgerald claiming second (55.83).
- Hanson was first in the 200 back, touching the wall with a time of 2:13.34. Tankle (2:18.71) and Dols (2:20.91) placed third and fourth, respectively.
- Colgate took the top three spots in the 200 breast with Gilroy (2:31.68), Fishbein (2:36.10) and Hynes (2:38.07) finishing 1-2-3.
- Silverman and Carney went 1-2 in the 500 free as Sliverman (5:20.45) touched first and Carney was second (5:29.91).
- Olivia Castro took first in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:00.56 and Tankle placed third (1:03.47).
- Kimberly Chan (2:21.41) and Kirby placed second and third, respectively in the 200 IM.
 
From the Source
Head Coach Andy Wageer
(General thoughts on meet)
"I could not be prouder of both team's performance today. It was a true team effort from top to bottom. We're looking forward to going out to Lehigh next week and continuing league competition against a tough opponent.
 
"An amazing job by our men today getting a win that was four years in the making. Our staff did an amazing job of getting them ready for today."
 
(on men's meet)
"For a long time our team has been fast, but we've lacked depth. This year, we have fast swimmers and we have the depth to post some of the second, third and fourth places finishes that are needed to win in the dual meet format.
 
"We had a great start to the meet with a 1-3 finish in the 200 medley relay and a 1-2-3 result in the 1000 free. Those results put us right where we wanted to be going into the rest of the meet.
 
"Trey Johnson had two come-from-behind victories in the 100 and 200 breast. He had to dig deep to win those races and he wanted it more than his competitors.
 
"Dominic Wilkins sealed the deal with a close win in the 500 free that was by a total of 0.03 seconds. Over the course of 20 lanes and five minutes of racing, a difference of 0.03 is a testament to how bad the team wanted it."
 
(on women's meet)
"We were really in control from the start. We had a lot of solid finishes throughout the meet, showing the type of depth we have as a program this season."
 
Video of the Day

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Up Next
- Both teams return to action Oct. 31 with a dual meet at Lehigh. The men's meet also includes NJIT.