The highlight of the week for the Fordham Swim and Dive team was their Senior Day celebration and meets vs. the La Salle University Explorers on Saturday, Jan. 25. The Rams made a statement in their final home meet of the 2024-25 season, sweeping La Salle in both men’s and women’s meets. Across 32 events, the women scored 181-119, while the men scored 195-99. The team celebrated their seniors competing in their last meet at Rose Hill in a ceremony before the meet commenced.
Some bright points on Saturday included the 200 medley relay for both the Fordham men and women. The all-senior women’s squad of Leire Martin, Emma Shaughnessy, Jessica Zebrowski and Ainhoa Martin took home first place with a time of 1:46.49. On the men’s side, senior Christian Taylor, fifth year Noah Althoff, and sophomores Daniel Ribeiro and David Topi won first place by over four seconds with a time of 1:30.94.
Alongside their 200 medley relay wins, L. Martin and A. Martin took home multiple individual event wins, with L. Martin winning the 100 and 200 backstroke and A. Martin taking the 200 breaststroke and 200 individual medley.
These are just a few of the important performances from the Rams on Saturday coming off of their visits to Piscataway to face Rutgers University on Friday, Jan. 24. The women’s 200 medley relay squad also took first in New Jersey, but the Rams dropped their first meet of the new semester to the Scarlet Knights, 187-108.
So far, the men are 3-1 this season, while the women stand at 3-2. Looking forward, the Rams will head to Amherst to face the University of Massachusetts Minutemen this Saturday, Feb. 1. The A10 Championship is on the horizon, taking place Feb. 19-22 at the Hampton Virginia Aquaplex. Both the men’s and women’s NCAA Championships take place in March, which will be at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center located in Federal Way, Wa. The women’s competition will take place Mar. 19-22, and the men’ competition will take place Mar. 26-29.
