HUNTER LEINHART
Special to The Leader
Both the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams competed at Alfred University this past Friday, November 14th. The mens team suffered an unfortunate loss to Alfred, 135-108. Meanwhile, the women’s team prevailed over Alfred, 150-90.
For the men, freshman Jake Hewitt won two individual events and sophomore Jacob Storms won his first-ever collegiate diving competition. Hewitt won both the 1,000-yard freestyle and the 200-yard butterfly. Storms finished first in the 1-meter springboard while his teammate, junior Rafael Santiago, was the 3-meter springboard winner. Santiago accomplished an NCAA provisional qualifying score with an astounding 288.25 points.
Sophomore Troy Lubanski won the 200-yard backstroke and sophomore Adam Clouthier won the 200-yard breaststroke for Fredonia’s other two individual winners.
On the women’s side, a number of individual and medley victories led the Blue Devils to triumph over their opponent — Alfred University.
Sophomore Rachael Morgano and sophomore Meghan Bartlett were each double event winners for Fredonia, contributing to their 150-90 victory.
Morgan won the 200-yard individual medley and the 200-yard backstroke. Bartlett won the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events.
Senior Breonna Henningham won the 100-yard freestyle to accomplish her first-ever collegiate victory. Junior Jamie Reidy won the 200-yard butterfly while sophomore Danielle Dembrow took the 200-yard breaststroke.
Fredonia also won the 200-yard medley relay with the victorious quartet of Sam Rokos, Larissa Dobson, Reidy and Katie Donnelly.