KEENE, N.H. – The Keene State College men's and women's swimming and diving team returned back to Spaulding Pool on Saturday for the team's first dual meet of the season, hosting St. Michael's, as the day was highlighted by a pair of first place finishes, with
Caiden Cox and
Carter Beauchesne winning an event each.
Women's Highlights
- The Owls' 200 medley relay led off the day placing second in 2:04.25, composed of London Armitage, Sophia Paredes, Rebecca Radonovich, and Hannah Reddick.
- Paredes also added a second place finish in the 100 breast (1:18.25) and third place finish in the 50 free (27.39).
- To go with her relay group finishing in second, Reddick added a pair of third place finishes, coming in the 200 free (2:08.42) and the 100 free (59.18).
- KSC finished second and third in a pair of events, with Armitage (1:08.12) coming in second and Faith Cullen (1:12.07) coming in third in the 100 back, while Radonovich finished in second (2:34.80) and Maddy Fitzgerald (2:36.97) finished in third in the 200 fly. Fitzgerald also added a second place finish in the 200 breast in 2:48.52, less than a second out of first place in the event.
- Emily Stokel added a pair of third place finishes swimming, coming in the 1000 free (12:07.20) and 500 free (5:59.12).
Men's Highlights
- The men's side started and ended the day with a pair of second place relay finishes with Zack Menz, Caiden Cox, Carter Beauchesne, and Charlie Lamonica swimming the 200 medley relay in 1:45.04, while Lamonica, Kyle Bilodeau, Cox, and Menz swam the 300 free relay in 3:29.38.
- Cox took home one of two swimming event wins on the day, winning the 100 breast by .02 with a time of 1:03.00, while also finishing second in the 100 free (52.56).
- Beauchesne won the other event for the Owls on the day in the 400 IM, winning the event by over seven seconds with a time of 4:52.20.
- Cooper Niles scored a 188.92 in the 1M diving, wining the event by 66.14 points, while also winning the 3M diving with a score of 185.77.
- Alec Agosto recorded a pair of second place finishes on the day, swimming the 1000 free in 11:27.35, and the 200 fly in 2:23.99.
- Bilodeau also places second in a pair of events, swimming the 100 back in 1:00.12 and the 200 back in 2:13.16.
- Lamonica placed second in the 100 fly with a time of 59.50, while Aidan Hall placed second in the 50 free with a time of 25.08.
Keene State returns to action on the road next weekend as the Owls travel to take on Gordon College on Saturday, October 24, at 1:00 PM.
