LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – The Rider University women's swimming and diving team fell 160-126 in a dual meet against Lafayette Saturday afternoon. The Broncs fall to 0-6 on the season.
The Broncs won six events on the day.
Kylie McMahon (Annapolis, MD/St. Mary's) got Rider's first win of the day, winning the 200-fly with a time of 2:11.16. McMahon later led a Rider sweep in the 100-fly, stopping the clock at 59.24, followed by
Maddie McSorley (Philadelphia, PA/Nazareth Academy) at 1:00.47 and
Giavanna Lupi (Vineland, NJ/Vineland), who touched the wall at 1:01.06.
Maddy Altieri (Schenectady, NY/Guilderland) then scored 218.48 to win the 1-meter diving event. Altieri went on to lead a Rider sweep on the 3-meter, scoring 205.28, ahead of Karyn Ceelman's (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin) 189.08 and
Adriana Raymond's (Southington, CT/St. Paul Catholic) 153.83.
McMahon got her third win of the day in the 200-IM, leading another Rider sweep with a time of 2:17.97.
Meaghan Keegan (Jersey Shore, PA/Jersey Shore Area) was second in 2:24.07 and
Gianna Farina (Easton, PA/Notre Dame Green Pond) took third in 2:26.56.
The Broncs got their final win of the day in the 400-free relay.
Logan Wilson (Muskego, WI/Waukesha South), McSorley,
Connar Melcher (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin), and
Aviah Dahlgren (Honesdale, PA/Wyoming Seminary College Prep) stopped the clock at 3:49.19.
NOTES & QUOTES
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Ashlee Limbacher was second in the 1,000-free and third in the 500-free.
- Dahlgren and
Paola Carlesso (Caracas, Venezuela/The New School Medellin/Colegio Simon Bolivar) finished two-three in the 200-free
- Melcher finished second in the 50-free.
- Wilson was third in the 200-back.
- Keegan took third in the 200-breast.
- Prior to the meet, the team honored it's graduating senior class.
UP NEXT
Rider returns to the pool next Saturday when the Broncs take on Stony Brook, in a dual meet hosted by NJIT beginning at 11 a.m.
