HAMILTON – Colgate swimming and diving capped off 2022 by winning their first dual meet since the 2019-20 season at home against Hamilton College on Friday night.
The Raiders won 24 events in the dual meet, with the women winning 198-98 and the men 152-110.
Right out of the bat, the women won the 200-yard medley relay as
Brooke Garretson,
Regan Hau,
Jordan Hurt, and
Elizabeth Rainey came in at 1:50.38, two minutes faster than the nearest group.
Elke Ambach,
Alyssa Dennis,
Addisyn Donfris, and
Mackenzie Ferguson placed third for the Raiders at 1:53.30. The men grabbed second and third place as
Matt Freund,
Ryan Jee,
Jack Lira, and
Matthew Szypula came in at 1:37.36.
Jack Casavant,
Cooper Luedde,
Alex Rose, and
Peyton Wray were the quartet that finished third with 1:39.90.
Colgate grabbed first in the 1,000-yard free as
Dana Witte came in at 10:49.98, with Wray finishing with 10:19.55. Emma Sengulaub and
Zach Duthie both placed third for Colgate with 10:53.66 and 10:55.20. This is Duthie's best finish of the season.
Keeping the streak of both teams taking first, sophomore
Danielle McNerney and freshman Lira found themselves leading the 200-yard free with 1:58.53 and 1:47.26. Ambach placed third with 1:59.86, while sophomore
Emmet Santry grabbed second for the men with 1:49.01.
The 100-yard back was all Colgate as the Raiders stole first and third place. Ferguson and Szypula garnered the wins with times of 59.50 and 54.10 seconds. Garretson and junior
Neil Nejame placed third at 1:00.95 and 55.79 seconds.
The women dominated the 100-yard breaststroke as Hau and Dennis took first and third place with 1:07.67 and 1:11.09. Hau finished four seconds faster than the nearest Continental.
Continuing the trend of Colgate winning first place, Donfris and Freund won the 200-yard fly coming in at 2:09.39 and 1:55.03.
Alexandra Mehos and Rose found themselves in third place as they finished at 2:14.29 and 2:03.15.
Lira won his second individual event during the 50-yard free, coming in at 22.10 seconds. Sophomore Luedde followed Lira at 22.30 seconds. Rainey and Hurt placed second and third for the women with 25.41 and 25.53 seconds.
Luedde won his first collegiate event in the 100-yard free, coming in at 48.27 seconds. Garretson and McNerney placed second and third for the women's squad with times of 54.50 and 55.44 seconds.
Freshman Ferguson went on to win her first event of the meet in the 200-yard back with 2:11.63. Fellow Raiders
Maggie DeLillo and Witte followed Ferguson at 2:14.26 and 2:15.17. Szypula won his second event for the men at 2:00.18, with Santry following at 2:01.85.
Audrey Collins was the next Raider to grab first place, winning the 200-yard breast for Colgate, coming in at 2:27.42.
Donfris and Freund were the next Raiders to grab wins during the 500-yard free with times of 5:17.80 and 4:58.06. Wray found himself in second place behind Freund at 4:58.34.
Freshmen Collins and Jee swept the 100-yard fly, coming in at 57.81 and 51.02 seconds. Hurt found herself in second place after Collins at 1:00.18.
The last individual event of the meet also went to Colgate, as Dennis and Jee won the 200-yard IM with 2:13.67 and 1:58.42. Ambach and DeLillo trailed after Dennis with 2:12.68 and 2:16.80.
The men took the final win of the meet in the 200-yard free relay as Freund, Jee, Lira, and Luedde came in at 1:28.61.
Morgan Cecil, Rose, Santry, and Szypula placed third with 1:29.82. For the women, second and third place went to Colgate as Collins, Garretson, McNerney, and Rainey came in at 1:40.15, and Ferguson, Hau, Mehos, and
Zoe Stokes finished at 1:43.83.
The diving squad ended the meet, grabbing first and second in the one and three-meter.
Ella Olafsson won the one-meter with a final score of 227.33, while fellow freshman
Kate Hoover followed with a final score of 213.98. The two first years swapped places in the three-meter, with Hoover grabbing the win with a final score of 207.00, and Olafsson placing second with 206.40.
FROM THE SOURCE
Mark S. Randall Head Swimming and Diving Coach Ed Pretre
"We had great all-around energy tonight! Both teams fought really hard, and it was nice to get two wins at the end of the first half of the season. This team is only getting started. I can't wait to see a lot of fast swimming in the second half of the season leading into the conference tournament!"
UP NEXT
The Raiders ring in the new year on the road as Colgate travels to Boston University on Jan. 11 to take on the Terriers.
