New Rochelle, NY – Freshman diver
Connor Marshall (West Hartford, CT / Avon Old Farms) broke the record in the men's 1-meter dive in Manhattan's regular season finale at Iona on Saturday afternoon.
Marshall notched 237.83 points on his dive, surpassing the 231.08 score Dylan Cooney '17 set in 2016. The rookie took home gold in both the 1-meter and the 3-meter dive in the meet.
Overall, the Gaels defeated the Jaspers on the men's and women's side in Manhattan's first dual meet in the 2019 calendar year.
Manhattan now turns its attention to the 2019 MAAC Championships, which take place at the Burt Flickinger Center at Erie Community College from Wednesday, February 13 to Saturday, February 16.
WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
- Junior captain Kali Nembach (Lynbrook, NY / Lynbrook Senior) placed second in the 200 Free in 2:00.70 and third in the 100 Free in 55 seconds flat.
- Senior Klaudia Nagrabska (Belmont, MA / Belmont) earned silver in the 100 Breast, finishing in 1:11.09 and missing gold by a mere .05 seconds. She was third in the 200 IM in 2:25.09.
- Freshman diver Lexington Passamonte (Rochester, NY / Greece Athena) scored 197.55 in the 1-meter dive, her only dive on the afternoon.
- Senior Megan Pagano (LaGrangeville, NY / Arlington) was the Jaspers' top finisher and third overall in the 200 Back with a time of 2:17.80.
- In the 400 Free Relay, Nembach, sophomore Miranda Gonzalez and freshmen Jamie Quinn and Sarah Hamilton had the second-fastest time at 3:51.50.
MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
- Sophomore Artur Polyak (Haifa, Israel / Pittsburgh) won the 100 and 200 Back in both 52.37 seconds and 1:52.80, respectively.
- Freshman Branden Deiss (Benoni, South Africa / Crawford College Lonehill) was victorious in the 500 Free with a time of 4:47.21, while he recorded a second-place mark in the 1000 Free in 9:48.94.
- Junior Tyler Dalton (East Stroudsburg, PA / Pocono Mountain East) swam the 200 Breast in 2:14.97 to lead Manhattan and earn second.
- Sophomore Charles Ledda (New Fairfield, CT / New Fairfield) paced the Jaspers and was third in the 50 Free in 22.53 seconds.
- Freshman Kyle Bergin (Lynbrook, NY / Lynbrook Senior) swam the 100 Fly in 52.55 seconds to notch third.
