Fordham Swimming and Diving continued their perfect start to the season this past weekend, with both the men’s and women’s teams defeating Georgetown University. This was Fordham’s first ever dual-meet sweep over Georgetown.
On the women’s side of the competition, Fordham completely dominated. Four Fordham swimmers won multiple events on the day as the Rams cruised to a 172-128 win over the Hoyas.
Junior Leire Martin swept the backstroke events, winning first place in the 100 at 56.64 and the 200 at 2:02.86. Her sister Ainhoa Martin also had a successful day, taking home the 200 breaststroke in a pool-record time of 2:16.87 and the 200 individual medley at 2:05.69.
In the diving competition, sophomore Mya Bokerman placed first in the one-meter and three-meter diving events, winning the former with a score of 254.85 and the latter with a score of 264.08.
The final Ram to win multiple events was graduate student Manon Compagner. The transfer from Carson-Newman University earned wins in the 50-yard freestyle at 24.09 and the 100-yard butterfly at 56.01.
On the men’s side, the competition came down to the wire. Fordham eked out a 151-147 win thanks to a win in the final event of the day.
With the Hoyas leading by one-point heading into the 400 freestyle relay, the team of sophomore Christian Taylor, junior Alexander Shah, senior Noah Althoff and graduate student Guy Gropper came up huge. They took the event with a time of 3:04.06, sealing the victory over Georgetown for the Rams.
Taylor, Gropper and senior Alex Wilhem were among Fordham’s top performers on the day. In addition to assisting the 400 freestyle win, Taylor and Gropper won two individual events each.
Taylor won gold in both backstroke events, clinching the 100 at 50.64 and the 200 at 1:51.83. Gropper was an ace in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly, claiming the 50 freestyle in a pool-record time of 20.89 seconds and the 100 butterfly at 50.49 seconds.
Wilhem also claimed two events: the 100-yard freestyle at 46.78 and the 200-yard individual medley at 1:54.00.
For Fordham Swimming and Diving, the 2023-24 season has started just about as well as it possibly could have with both teams sitting at 4-0.
Next up, Fordham will host Bryant University this coming Saturday afternoon at the Francis B. Messmore Aquatic Center.
