Friday, March 12
Bethlehem, Pa.
5:00 p.m.

Lehigh University

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Rider (V)

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Swimming and Diving completes first virtual meet against Rider

3/12/2021 9:54:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Competing for the first time this season, both Lehigh men's and women's swimming and diving teams returned to competition on Friday evening inside Jacobs Pool. The Mountain Hawks participated in a virtual meet with the Rider Broncs. The women's team picked up an 84-38 win, while the men didn't compete against Rider's men's times. Rider's men's team was put into quarantine today due to contact tracing.
 
On the women's side, the Mountain Hawks dominated the majority of the events throughout the evening, as senior Ann Foley led the way with two individual wins. Foley took first in the 100 (54.31) and 200 free (1:57.53). In the 100 back, Anna Francisco blew by the competition with a time of 58.60 for the win, while Anna Thomas won the 100 breast with a time of 1:09.43.
 
In the 100 fly, first-year swimmer Jordan Macdonald just barely edged teammate Malia Wolf for the win. Macdonald's time was 59.62, while Wolf's time was 59.71. In the 1-meter dive, Megan Fennell was first with a score of 21758. Freshman Emma Camp was right behind the senior with a score of 188.10.
 
Back to the 200 free, first-year swimmer Sarah Manthorp picked up a second-place finish with a time of 1:59.29, two seconds behind the first-place Foley. In the 50 free, Noel Fresa's 25.08 was good enough for second. In the 200 IM, the senior Thomas earned a second-place finish with a time of 2:12.75. Samantha Gallego finished eighth tenths of a second behind Thomas in the 100 breast for second.
 
In the relays, the Mountain Hawks registered three wins in total. In the 4x50 free, the group of Foley, Fresa, Francisco and Olivia Giampietro won with a time of 1:39.95, while registering a time of 1:49.62 in the 4x50 medley with the group of Francisco, Gallego, Giampietro and Wolf. Then in the 4x100 relay, the Mountain Hawks' third relay win came from Foley, Fresa, Manthorp and MacDonald at 3:40.91
 
With the men not competing against Rider's men's times, the Mountain Hawks competed in a Brown and White meet.
 
Glenn Lasco and Max Goldenberg each compiled two wins in individual events. For Lasco, the junior notched wins in the 100 (46.32) and the 200 free (1:44.54). The senior Goldenberg's wins came in the 100 fly at 51.95 and the 100 back at 54.32.
 
First-year swimmer Connor Drucis earned a hard-fought win in the 200 IM with a time of 1:59.70. Senior Collin Hanlon finished second at 2:02.89. Another first-year swimmer picking up a win was Aiden McCurley, the freshman registered the victory in the 50 free at 22.19, while sophomore Caleb Eberly was second at 22.44. Two other individual winners on Friday were Connor Sept in the 100 breast (1:01.71) and Keagan Casey in the 500 free at 4:49.29.  
 
Sophomore Janik Wing took second in the 100 fly at 52.25, while senior Matt Feryo registered a second-place finish in the 100 back at 54.73. The freshman Casey also compiled a second-place finish in the 200 free behind Lasco at 1:45.29, and then McCurley added a second in the 100 breast at 1:0177, six tenths of a second behind Sept's winning time of 1:01.71.
 
In the relays, Eberly, Casey, Hanlon and Lasco finished first with a time of 1:27.80 in the 4x50 free, while the winning group of Feryo, Sept, Goldenberg and Eberly took first in the 4x50 medley at 1:37.29. Finally, in the 4x100 relay, the winning time of 3:14.07 was earned by the group of Goldenberg, Hanlon, Lasco and Alex Patti.
 
Up next, the Brown and White will travel to Lewisburg for an in-person meet with the Bison on Saturday, Mar. 27.
 
 

Next Event

Bucknell
L, 89-192

Mar 27 (Sat)

12:00 p.m.

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