SAN JUAN, P.R. 1/4/10 - The Keene State men's and women's swim teams won a combined 10 out of 16 events in a non-scoring dual meet against Ithaca College at Sacred Heart University in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Monday. Both teams participated in the meet after a grueling morning workout and the athletes rose to the challenge with strong performances.

Instead of racing in a 25-yard pool, the meet was held in a 50-meter pool. 

The Keene State men won seven races.  Senior Domingo Rose (Nashua, N.H.) and sophomore Harrison Hollingsworth (Derry, N.H.) were double winners for the Owls.  Rose won the 50-meter (26.48) and 100-meter breast (1:13.61) races while Hollingsworth was the first swimmer to the wall in the 100-meter free (59.00) and the 100-meter back (1:07.20). 

Other first-place finishes were posted by junior DJ Collis (Laconia, N.H.) in the 100-meter fly (1:04.59), and freshman Ray Estrada, a newcomer to the program from Bellingham, Mass., in the 200 I.M. (2; 28.00).

Junior Lucas Pozzetta (Merrimack, N.H.) teamed up with Hollingsworth, Rose, and Collis to win the 200-meter medley relay (2:01.41).

The Keene State women won three races against a strong Ithaca College team.  Sophomore Maureen O'Leary (Nashua, N.H.) won the 100-meter fly (1:15.50), freshman Kaila Umbarger (Chelmsford, Mass.) won the 50-meter free (28.57), and senior Alea Paddock (Newbury, N.H.) won the 200-meter I.M.

The Keene State women return to competition with a meet at Plymouth State University on Wed., Jan. 13.