Swimming & Diving Defeats SCSU And Wagner Friday Night

The Central Connecticut State swimming and diving team earned two dual meet wins on Friday evening. The Blue Devils defeated NEC foe Wagner 140-120, and host Southern Connecticut State, 179-109.

The Blue Devils captured the top spot in seven events, with Sophie Milhomens and Jewelle Maziarz winning twice each on the evening.

CCSU is back in action next Saturday, November 8^th when they take on Binghamton in a meet hosted at NJIT. The Blue Devils will host Friday Night Sprints on November 14^th at 5:00 pm

RELAY

• Francesca Fusco (28.63), Grace Young (30.65), Megan Dunnidgan (25.97) and Grace M. Young (24.39) placed second in the 200-medley relay, with a time of 1:49.64
• The Blue Devils closed the night with a win in the 200-freestyle relay, with Katrine O'Leary (24.67), Addison Kenney (24.45), Lauryn Cowing (23.97) and Grace M. Young (23.91) going 1:37.00 to win by nearly three full seconds

FREESTYLE

• Izzy Vega took the top spot in the 1000 freestyle, pulling away over the final laps of the race to win by more than eight seconds in a time of 10:57.06
• Dunningan took the second spot in the 200-freestyle, 1:57.02, as the Blue Devils went 2-3-4 with Addison Kenney (1:57.69 and Grace M. Young (1:59.35)
• Katrine O'Leary won the 50-freestyle by .05 seconds, in a time of 24.55, while Lauryn Cowing took fourth at 24.74
• The Blue Devils went 3-4-5 in the 100-freestyle, with Grace M. Young (53.95), O'Leary (54.43) and Gabby Spaciano (55.19)
• Maggie Rutledge (5:10.07), Spaciano (5:20.84) and Vega (5:23.96) placed 2-3-4 in the 500-freestyle

STROKES

• Sophie Milhomens won the 100-backstroke, going 57.94, while Fusco was third at 1:00.85
• Grace Young was the second-place finisher in the 100-breaststroke with a swim of 1:07.20
• Loretta Santora was the Blue Devils top 200 butterfly finisher, touching at 2:15.98
• Milhomens picked up her second win of the night with a 2:04.72 200-backstroke effort, with teammate Addison Kenney second at 2:07.59
• Young won the 200-breaststroke for the Blue Devils at 2:27.02, as she took the lead on the final 50 of the race
• Kenney was the second-place finisher in the 100-butterfly, with a time of 59.51, while Fusco took third at 1:00.76
• Dunnigan placed second in the 200 IM with a swim of 2:10.90, as her last 50 closing effort fell .01 short of the win

DIVING

• Jewelle Maziarz scored the highest total on the 1-meter board, with 236.25 points, with Kaitlyn Carroll next at 224.65
• Maziarz was the top scorer on the 3-meter board as well, at 232.35, while Carroll scored 229.80