On a day that saw Fordham Swimming and Diving honor their seniors and alums, the men’s and women’s teams were able to claim an impressive victory over the University of Massachusetts for the first-ever dual sweep over the Minutemen.
The women’s team continued their undefeated season with an 182.5 to 117.5 win, while the men’s team made it two wins in a row, winning 160-136.
For the second straight meet, Fordham started and ended by winning both relay events.
First was the women’s 200-yard medley, which the team of Jane Brown, Emma Shaughnessy, Jessica Zebrowski and Manon Compagner won by just over a second and a half. On the men’s side, the top two finishers were both Fordham teams, with the team of Christian Taylor, Noah Althoff, Guy Gropper and Alex Shah taking home first with a time of 1:32.19.
The meet ended with dual wins in the 400-yard freestyle. The women’s team of Brown, Zebrowski, Compagner and Zoei Howard captured the best time with a time of 3:30.80, while the men’s team of Taylor, Shah, Gropper and Alex Wilhelm also had the best time.
Overall, the Rams won 22 of the 32 events, with 12 coming from the women’s side and 10 from the men’s. The women’s team finished strong, winning their last seven races and one dive.
It was a joint effort from the women’s team in this meet, with only one multi-event winner in the individual events. The only Ram to win twice on Saturday was Ainhoa Martin, who had the best time in the 200 breaststroke and 200 individual medley.
Rams on the women’s team, who won both in a relay team event and an individual event, consisted of Brown in the 100 backstroke, Shaughnessy in the 100 breaststroke, Zebrowski in the 100 freestyle and Compagner in the 100 butterfly.
Other winners for the women included Ellen Brooks in the 1000 freestyle, Leire Martin in the 200 backstroke, Alison Lin in the 500 freestyle and Mya Bokerman in the three-meter dive.
On the men’s side, Gropper and Wilhelm each won two events, with Gropper taking the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly, while Wilhelm won the 100 and 200 freestyle events. Andrew Bell also won the men’s one- and three-meter dives.
Rams on the men’s team who won in the relay along with one individual event were Taylor in the 100 backstroke and Althoff in the 200 individual medley.
Other contributors for the men’s team included Daniel Langlois in the 200 breaststroke and Wojciech Dutkowiak in the 500 freestyle.
The Rams will conclude the regular season on Wednesday, Feb. 7, when they host Wagner College. The women will look for their third straight undefeated season, while the men hope to match their record from last year of 8-1.
