Swimming and Diving Faces Boston Opponents
This past weekend, both the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams hosted Boston College (BC) and Boston University (BU) at Lineberry Natatorium. The men lost 161-125 on Saturday to BC and then fell to BU 160-71 on Sunday. The women earned a significant win over BC on Saturday, 209-89 before losing 148-95 to BU on Sunday. The Colgate women set two new school records in the 400-yard medley and the 200-yard backstroke and a new pool record in the 500-yard freestyle.
The Raiders won nine events in their loss to BC. Senior captain Tucker Gniewek and junior Costas Hadjipateras each won two individual events, though Gniewek’s 50-yard freestyle was a first-place tie with Raider sophomore Dan Sweeney. Senior Devon Healy and juniors Teddy Perley and Patrick White also came up with individual victories. Two of Colgate’s wins came from relay events. The team of Gniewek, Hadjipateras, Sweeney and Perley took first place in the 400-yard medley relay and the 400-yard freestyle relay.
On Sunday, the men came away with only three victories, earned by Sweeney, Hadjipateras and Gniewek. The team is now 0-4, but they look to improve this weekend in their Patriot League opener at Bucknell.
The women had a very successful Saturday, as they lost only one event against BC. The senior duo of Caren Guyett and Erin McGraw each boasted three individual victories, while sophomores Lia Kunnapas and Emma Santoro each earned two apiece. Sophomore Kim Pilka also claimed two firsts in her diving events. Junior Jenna Daly and sophomore Ryan Marynowski also earned first-place finishes in their individual events.
The 400-yard medley relay of Kunnapas, McGraw, Santoro and first-year Claire Hunter also brought home the gold and set a new school record with their time of 3:54.30.
In Sunday’s defeat, the Raiders earned four individual victories, including a new school record in the 200-yard backstroke by Kunnapas with a time of 2:04.19 and a new pool record by Guyett, who swam a 5:00.07 in the 500-yard freestyle. Other individual titles came from McGraw in the 200-yard freestyle and Pilka in the 1-meter dive competition.
The women are now 1-2 and will join the men at Bucknell this weekend.
