Both the women’s and men’s swimming and diving teams beat Iona University in New Rochelle last Wednesday for the sixth time out of seven that the Rams have swept an opponent this season.
The women extended their historic winning streak to 28 by blowing the Gaels out of the water 222-74, while the men improved to 6-1 after winning 162-126.
The meet started and ended with wins in both relay competitions. The women took the 200 medley relay in a tight race, winning by 13-tenths of a second in with a time of 1:45.56. The men snagged first more comfortably by over a second and a time of 1:32.86. The final event was the 400 freestyle relay, which the women won very handily by almost five seconds, while the men, this time, found themselves in a more tightly contested event, finishing just under a second faster than the opponent.
In total, seven different Rams won more than one event, with five coming from the women’s side and two from the men’s.
Junior sisters Leire and Ainhoa Martin each took home two: Leire the 200 freestyle and breaststroke and Ainhoa the 200 butterfly and individual medley. Graduate student Jane Brown won both backstroke events, the 100-meter and 200-meter. Juniors Emma Shaughnessy and Jessica Zebrowski rounded out the multi-race winners for the women, Shaughnessy in the 100 breaststroke and 500 freestyle and Zebrowski in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly.
The women also took wins in both diving events, sophomore Mya Bokerman in the 1-meter dive and junior Cai Flowers in the 3-meter dive. Graduate swimmer Manon Compagner rounded out the women’s wins with a victory in the 100-meter freestyle, although she was also a part of both relay-winning teams.
For the men, graduate student Guy Gropper and junior Daniel Langlois each won two events. Gropper held the best time in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly and Langlois in the 200 breaststroke and 200 individual medley. Other men’s wins came from freshman David Topi in the 100-meter breaststroke and senior Alex Wilhelm in the 100-meter freestyle. Both were part of one of the relay-winning teams as well, Topi in the 200 and Wilhelm in the 400.
Overall, the Rams took home 23 of 32 events for an incredible showing in New Rochelle. Two home meets will round out the regular season for the Rams, with the first being on Saturday, Feb. 3, where Fordham will celebrate their future graduates and former swimmers with Senior Day and Alumni Day.
