The women’s team earned first place in both relays as the Canisius men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams opened the new year with a dual meet against Cleveland State Thursday afternoon in collegiate swimming in diving action at the Burt Flickinger Center in downtown Buffalo.
The Vikings defeated the Golden Griffins on both sides, grabbing a 131.5-73.5 win for the men’s squad and a 132-104 victory for the women.
Sophomore Archie Minto paced the men’s team, earning first place finishes in the 50 free and 200 fly. Minto touched the wall in 21.14 in the 50 and 1:50.57 in the fly events.
Graduate student Liam O’Connell garnered a top spot in the 1000 free, swimming a 9:46.93. O’Connell also earned second place in the 200 (1:42.90) and 500 free (4:42.44) events, respectively.
The relays led the women’s side as the Griffs earned victories in the 200 free and 400 medley relays.
In the 200 free, freshmen Hannah Brainard, Emily Blake and Mandy Hill, along with junior Jordan O’Connor swam a meet-best 1:41.22 for the top spot.
The quartet of O’Connor, freshman Lana Janson, senior Grace Van Buren and sophomore Ashley Allaire swam a 4:01.54 in the medley relay.
Van Buren earned a pair of second place finishes in the 50 (24.95) and 100 (54.73) free events, finishing a hundredth of a second behind the first-place finisher in both events.
Up Next
• Canisius will return to action on Saturday for a dual meet at John Carroll. The meet is slated to begin at 1 p.m. from the Johnson Natatorium in University Heights, Ohio.
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