LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – The Rider University women's swimming and diving team capped its 2019-20 dual-meet season with a resounding victory against visiting Lafayette on Friday evening at the Richard A. Coppola Pool inside the Canastra Health & Sports Center on campus.
 
The Broncs (2-5) won their second home dual meet this season.
 
Senior Olivia Iswalt (Reading, PA/Berks Catholic) had arguably her strongest meet of the year as she racked up two individual wins. Iswalt came in first-place in both the 50 free (24.84) and the 100 free (54.22).
 
Kayla May (Columbia, MD/Oakland Mills) won the 1,000 free with a time of 10:44.65.
 
Kylie McMahon (Annapolis, MD/St. Mary's) finished first in the 200 free with a time of 1:57.74.
 
Giavanna Lupi (Vineland, NJ/Vineland) came in first-place in the 200 IM with a time of 2:15.80.
 
Anastasia Aleksandrova (North Brunswick, NJ/North Brunswick Township) won the 100 fly at 1:00.52.
 
Jessica Homitz (West Chester, PA/Unionville High School) ended up in first-place in the 100 back with a time of 59.83.
 
Kyra Schwerzler (Mullica Hill, NJ/Clearview Regional) finished first in the 100 breast thanks to touching at 1:08.85.
 
Senior Meg Tomayko (Murfreesboro, TN/Siegel) had another strong meet on the boards for the Broncs. She won both the 1M and the 3M for the second meet in a row. She finished first in the 1M with a mark of 278.25 and she tops in the 3M with a score of 265.57.

The 200 free relay of Meave Lersch (Pittsburgh, PA/Upper Saint Clair High School), Homitz, Brianna Hatzold (Delran, NJ/Delran High School) and McMahon broke a 14-year old Coppola Pool record with a time of 1:39.03. 
 
NOTES
- Prior to the start of the meet, the Broncs honored their graduating seniors for their contributions to the program.
- The Bronc 200 medley relay quartet of Kayla May, Kyra Schwerzler, Kylie McMahon and Olivia Iswalt won with a time of 1:49.38.
- Maddie McSorley finished second in both 200 free (1:59.58) and the 100 back (1:00.23).
- Lauren Kerner came in second-place in the 50 free with a time of 26.02.
- Kyra Schwerzler ended up in second in the 200 IM at 2:17.02.
- Meagan Fornero was second in the 3M with a score of 206.24.
- Maeve Lersch finished second in the 100 free with a time of 55.90.
- Kellie Quinn came in second-place in the 100 breast at 1:11.48.


UP NEXT
Rider returns to action in a little over two weeks at the 2020 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championships. The four-day event takes place February 12-15, at the Burt Flickinger Athletic Center at Eerie Community College in Buffalo, New York.