FINAL RESULTS
MEN
Monmouth 151
Manhattan 65
WOMEN
Monmouth 220
Manhattan 28
Monmouth 146
Siena 113
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Monmouth University men's and women's swimming team both earned victories on Friday afternoon at Steadman Natatorium.
The men won by a 151-65 final score to remain unbeaten in the MAAC, while the women's topped Manhattan 220-28 and Siena 146-113 for their first wins of the fall.
Georgia Watkins won three individual races and broke her own school record in the 1000 free, while Alexandro Ho and Camryn McHugh also added three wins apiece. For the men's team,
Callan Smith Sam Poching,
Blake Reynolds and
Cole Dyson each won two individual races.
NOTES & QUOTES
"A really strong performance from both teams tonight and we are really happy with the results. Going into the meet we knew we had the stronger team and we swam like it and I am happy we lived up to the expectations we put on ourselves.
We were able to get our men some good experience and go deep into our lineup against Manhattan and with the women we knew it was going to be tight. We put a strong lineup out there and the women took control right from the start and never really gave Siena a chance to be in the meet."
- Monmouth head coach Matt Nunnally
- Georgia Watkins broke her own Monmouth record in the 1000 free for the second consecutive meet. Her time of 10:46.06 was more than a second faster than her time last week.
- Watkins also won the 200 fly with a time of 2:08.68 and the 500 free in 5:18.62.
- Watkins has eight individual wins this season after winning three events Friday.
- Alexandra Ho paced the 200 free with her first-place time of 1:57.98. Ho also won the 50 free in 24.59 and 100 free in 53.51. Ho's three victories give her eight this year and 24 for her career.
- Camryn McHugh won the 100 back in 58.44, 200 back in 2:08.04 and 100 fly in 58.92. McHugh has nine wins in 2021 and 49 for her career.
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Sam Poching took the top spot in the 100 back with his time of 52.70. Poching also won the 200 back in 1:52.40. Poching has three wins in his freshman season.
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Blake Reynolds hit the wall first in the 50 free with a time of 21.49. Reynolds also won the 100 fly in 52.36. Reynolds earned his 20
th career win and his third this season.
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Cole Dyson finished ahead of the field in the 100 free with his time of 47.85. Dyson also won the 500 free when he hit the wall in 4:42.37. Dyson now has six wins in 2021 and seven in his Monmouth career.
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Leo Fricker touched the wall first in the 1000 free, clocking in at 10:01.49. It was the first individual win of his career.
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Callan Smith won the 200 free in 1:45.41 and the 200 IM in 1:59.79. Smith leads Monmouth with 11 wins this year and 66 in his career.
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Sean Cook won the 100 breast with a time of 59.49. Cook won his third race of the season and the fourth of his career.
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Connor Currie won his first race of the season and the third of his career when he won the 200 fly in 2:01.47.
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Nate Heisey won the 200 breast with his time of 2:12.36.
- Monmouth's men and women both won the 400-yard medley relay event. The women placed first with a time of 4:04.88 as Camryn McHugh, Tahlia Botha, Jensen Ritter and Katie Parker combined for the win.
Callan Smith,
Sean Cook,
Dylan Edge and
Dylan Barkhuizen won the men's race in 3:32.29.
- The men also closed out the meet with a victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
Blake Reynolds,
Dylan Barkhuizen,
Kevin Del Giorno and
Thomas From finished in 1:27.56.
UP NEXT
Monmouth will close out the fall semester at the ECAC Winter Championships in East Meadow, NY beginning on December 3.