FINAL RESULTS
MEN
Monmouth 161
Mount St. Mary's 93

WOMEN
Monmouth 198
Mount St. Mary's 71
 
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ –  The Monmouth University men's and women's swimming teams opened their 2019-20 home schedules with decisive victories over Mount St. Mary's on Friday afternoon at Steadman Natatorium.
 
The men won by a 161-93 margin, while the women's team earned a 158-104 victory. The men moved to 3-1 on the season and the women leveled their record at 2-2.
 
Junior Trevor Askew (Johnstown, NY / Johnstown), freshman Dylan Edge (Chandler, AZ / Corona del Sol) and freshmen Tahlia Botha (Cape Town, South Africa / Reddam House Durbanville / Kenridge Primary) and Alexandra Ho (Perth, Australia / St Hilda's ASG) each contributed three individual first-place finishes to propel the Hawks to victory.
 
NOTES & QUOTES
"There is always a lot of excitement for the first home dual meet of the season and the team showed that early. Getting off to a fast start was something the team was focused on and they were able to execute that plan. Overall I am pleased with the progress the team is making through the early part of the season."
- Monmouth head coach Matt Nunnally
 
- Junior Trevor Askew led the Hawks with three first-place finishes in the 100 breast, 200 breast and 500 free. Askew now has seven first-place finishes this season and 13 for his career.

- Freshman Dylan Edge took first in the 1000 free, 200 fly and 200 back to secure the first three victories of his career.

- Rookie Thomas From increased his season wins total to four with his two victories in the 100 and 200 yard freestyle events.

- Classmate Blake Reynolds touched the wall first in the 50 free, his fifth individual win of the season.

- Rookie James Leitz won his second-career race by finishing first in the 100 back.

- Monmouth's men won the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 3:32.87 as Edge, Austin D'Angelo, Dylan Barkhuizen and Leitz teamed up for the victory.

- For the women's team, reigning MAAC Swimmer of the Week Tahlia Botha continued her torrid start to her career with three more individual wins in the 100 breast, 200 breast and 200 IM. Botha has won seven races so far this season.
 
- Rookie Alexandra Ho also won three individual races, giving her four wins on the year. She won the 50, 100 and 200-yard freestyle events.

- Sophomore Sarah Brennan won her first race of the year, the 1000 free, to give her five-career victories.

- Monmouth's women's 400-yard medley relay team of Muriel Maloney, Botha, Camryn McHugh and Ho clocked in at 4:05.01 to win the event.

 NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Dylan Edge registered a new personal best time in the 200-yard butterfly (1:57.06).

- Trevor Askew set a new personal record time in the 500-yard freestyle (4:54.06), nearly 15 seconds faster than his previous best.

- Thomas From's time of 48.14 in the 100-yard freestyle and 1:46.54 in the 200-yard freestyle were both new personal records.

- James Leitz turned in a new personal record time in the 100-yard backstroke (53.52).

- Tahlia Botha set a new personal best with his first-place time of 1:09.07 in the 100-yard breaststroke.

- Alexandra Ho set a new personal record with her first-place finish of 1:57.80 in the 200-yard freestyle.

- Rookie Maggie McMillan's second-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke was a personal record (2:14.04).

UP NEXT
Monmouth travels to Iona next Friday afternoon for a MAAC dual meet with the Gaels. The competition is set to begin at 4 p.m.