WESTON, MASS. 10/24/09 - Keene State men's and women's swim/dive teams opened theirs season by defeating Brandeis University in a dual meet held at Regis College in Weston, Mass. on Saturday.

The Keene State women won 12 out of 16 events to defeat Brandeis 155.5-121/5 while the Owl men, winners of seven of 16 events, beat the Judges 156-137.

Sophomore Maureen O'Leary (Nashua, N.H.) led the Owl women by winning three races; the 100 (1:01.27) and 200 fly (2:17.91), and the 200 I.M. (2:24.91).  She was also a member of the winning 200 medley relay (1:54.3) with freshman Robyn McCarthy (Beverly, Mass.), sophomore Meghan Wilson (Torrington, Conn.), and freshman Kaila Umbarger (Chelmsford, Mass.).

Senior Jackie Foster (Goffstown, N.H.) and sophomore Jillian Whitaker (Gilford, N.H.) were double winners. Foster swam to wins in the 200 free (2:01.05) and the 500 free (5:20.32) and Whitaker was the first to touch the wall in the 100 breast (1:10.57) and the 100 free (55.91).

Single individual wins were posted by senior Kristine Trutor (Holden, Mass.) in the 100 back (1:01.28), Umbarger in the 50 free (25.13), and freshman Jaclyn Rando (Walpole, Mass.) in the one-meter diving event (157.00 points.).

Foster, McCarthy, Trutor, and Whitaker also combined to win the 200 free realy (3:52.81).

Junior Dan Morse (Hope, R.I). and sophomore Harrison Hollingsworth (Derry, N.H.) each posted a pair of individual wins for the KSC men.  Morse won the 500 free (4:56.06) and the 1,000 free (10:09.29) while Hollingsworth topped the field in the 100 back (55.17) and the 200 back (2:01.42) races.  In other events, senior Domingo Rose (Nashua, N.H.) won the 100 breast (1:00.98), Junior Connor Pennoyer (Norwalk, Con.) won the 100 free (49.80), and sophomore Derek Peabody (Haverhill, Mass.) won the 0ne-meter diving event with 224.10 points.

Keene State hosts WPI on Sat., Nov. 7.