BANGOR, Maine – Following three weeks without a competition, the Keene State College men's and women's swimming and diving team returned to action on Saturday night at Husson University for a double-dual meet against Husson and Maine Maritime and picked up a pair of wins on the women's side on the day.
Women's Highlights
- Tallulah Going placed first in a pair of individual events, swimming the 50 free in 26.43 and the 100 free in 58.37. Going also anchored the Owls' first place finish in the 400 free relay with a split of 58.66 for the fastest split in the event on the day and anchored the Owls' second place finish in the 200 medley relay with the fastest split of the event of 26.17.
- Rory Lee also won a pair of individual events, swimming the 500 free in 5:46.09 and 1,000 free in 11:38.67, 14 seconds faster than second place. Lee was also a part of the Owls' 400 free relay that finished first with her starting split of 59.80 and finished second in the 100 free in 59.85.
- Maddie Wilson won the 200 free in 2:09.69 and picked up third in the 500 free in 5:57.23.
- London Armitage finished second in both the 100 back in 1:06.75 and 200 back in 2:26.98, while also starting off the Owls' second place in the 200 medley relay with a split of 31.61.
- Olivia Boulris placed first in the 200 fly in 2:32.79 and picked up a pair of second place individual finishes in 100 fly (1:08.14) and 200 IM (2:29.28), while also swimming the third leg of the 200 medley relay to second place in 30.09.
- Maddy Fitzgerald won the 200 breast in 2:51.20 and swam the second leg of the Owls' second place finish in the 200 medley in 35.56.
- Kyleigh Dyer and Hannah Reddick were the other two parts to the Owls' first place finish in the 400 free relay, swimming times of 58.88 and 1:00.72, respectively.
- Rebecca Radonovich placed second in the 200 fly in 2:33.11.
Men's Highlights
- Zack Menz placed second in the 100 breast with a time of 1:05.14, just .2 behind first place.
- Leo Lauridsen finished second in the 200 fly in 2:17.74.
- Keegan Johnson finished third in the 1M diving with a score of 133.35, while Cooper Niles finished second in second grouping of the 1M diving with a score of 128.40.
- The Owls' placed second in the 400 free relay with a combined time of 3:34.39, composed of Carter Beauchesne (54.74), Alex Agosto (54.47), Caiden Cox (52.80), and Zack Menz (52.38).
"Both teams showed a lot of grit today. We're right in the middle of a hard training block, so it was good to see them show up and race well, throughout the entire meet, said Owls' head coach
Chris Woolridge. "We ended up having to make some changes to our line-up mid meet and they took those in stride and did what the team needed to do. It was good to see a young 400 Free relay, step up big on the men's side at the end of the meet and to watch our first-year swimmers and divers continue to improve. We've got our big, mid-season invite in three weeks, so we'll be sharpening up and giving them a bit of rest to see where they're at as we wrap up the semester."
On the women's side KSC picked up a 152-124 win over Husson and a 186-88 win over Maine Maritime.
On the men's side, KSC was defeated by Husson 176-103 and was defeated by Maine Maritime 192-97.
Keene State returns home for their next contest against Bentley University on Saturday, November 22, at 1:00 PM.
