FINAL RESULTS
MEN
1. NJIT - 1692 
2. Monmouth - 1279 
3. LIU - 1063 
4. Iona - 1049.5 
5. Mount Saint Mary's - 775 
6. Marist - 630 
7. Adelphi - 571 
8. Saint Peter's - 524 
9. Le Moyne - 380.5
10. Baruch 351 
11. Manhattan - 224 
12. Lehman - 24
 
WOMEN
1. Columbia - 1876 
2. Stony Brook - 1207.5 
3. Siena - 963.5 
4. LIU - 946.5 
5. Monmouth - 870 
6. Iona - 704 
7. Mount Saint Mary's - 689 
8. Marist - 452 
9. Felician -  384 
10. Le Moyne - 295 
11. Manhattan - 156.5 
12. Adelphi - 91 
13. Baruch - 61 
14. Saint Peter's - 57
 
EAST MEADOW, NY – The Monmouth University men's and women's swimming teams completed their fall semester competition at the 2023 ECAC Winter Championship at the Nassau County Aquatic Center.
 
The men's team placed in second of 12 competing teams, while the women finished fifth overall out of 14. A total of four new team records were set over the weekend for Monmouth, while the Hawks also had two individual first-place finishes by Ziv Cohen and Owen Dyson and Cohen broke the ECAC Championship record in the 1650-yard freestyle.
 
Competing teams included Stony Brook, Siena, Iona, NJIT, Le Moyne, St. Peter's, Marist, LIU, Columbia, Mount St. Mary's, Manhattan, Baruch, Lehman, Hunter, Adelphi and Felician. 

MEET NOTES AND QUOTES
"A great weekend for the team at the ECAC Winter Championships. Everyone swam season best times along with multiple personal best times and team records. It was exciting to see the team respond in a positive way to the three day trials/finals format. This will definitely be a boost of confidence for the team to close out the first semester and we are looking forward to the second semester and the CAA Championships."
- Head Coach Matt Nunnally  
 
FRIDAY EVENTS
- The men's 200-yard freestyle relay team placed second as Owen Dyson, Blake Reynolds, Thomas Svane-From and Trevor Nolan clocked in at 1:22.21. Dyson broke the program record with his 50-free time of 20.42 to start the race. Reynolds held the previous record of 20.44, set in 2020.

- Jensen Ritter took sixth in the A Final of the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:02.18
 
- Monmouth had three men in the A Final of the 500-yard freestyle. Ziv Cohen was second (4:28.83), Cole Dyson placed fourth (4:33.15) and Dean Beyer was sixth (4:33.46).

- Kacper Sobieszuk took fifth in the 200-yard IM when he hit the wall in 1:54.49.

- Owen Dyson claimed second place with a time of 20.44 in the 50-yard freestyle. 

- Edie Ancell placed sixth in the A Final of the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 23.90.

SATURDAY EVENTS
- Owen Dyson won gold in the 100-yard backstroke, clocking in at 49.32.

- Kristen Gullickson and Bailey Rynkiewicz placed fifth and sixth, respectively in the 400 IM. Each broke Rynkiewicz's previous school records in the event. Gullickson's mark of 4:33.42 is the new Monmouth record. 
 
- Dean Beyer placed fourth in the 400-yard IM when he hit the wall in 4:09.75.
 
- Jensen Ritter took third place in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 55.99. Jenna Pryne was eighth in the event with a time of 58.17.

- Kacper Sobieszuk took eighth in the 100-yard butterfly when he clocked in at 50.68.

 - Cole Dyson swam 1:40.22 in the 200-yard freestyle to finish fourth.

- The men closed the night with a second-place effort in the 800-free relay with a time of 6:46.78. Cole Dyson, Thomas Svane-From, Ziv Cohen and Owen Dyson competed for Monmouth.
 
SUNDAY EVENTS
- Ziv Cohen won the 1650-yard freestyle and broke the ECAC record with his time of 15:30.32. Cohen set the Monmouth records in the 1650 and also the 1000 free (9:19.35) in the race. Cohen won his sixth race of the season. 

- Owen Dyson placed second behind Cohen in the 1650 with a time of 15:45.18. Dean Beyer (16:07.15) was fifth and Leo Fricker took seventh (16:17.83) for Monmouth. 

- Kristen Gullickson and Helena Colletta were sixth and seventh for MU in the 1650 free. Gullickson clocked in at 17:38.83 and Collette had a time of 17:43.76.

- Dylan Edge was seventh in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:52.56.

- Thomas Svane-From earned a fourth place finish in the 100-yard freestyle with his time of 45.66.

- Isabella Aguanno turned in a time of 2:22.06 in the 200-yard breaststroke to place fifth overall.

- Monmouth had two swimmers in the A final of the 200-yard butterfly. Jensen Ritter (2:05.05) was fourth and Bailey Rynkiewicz (2:07.25) was seventh. 

- The men also had two swimmers in the A final of the 200-yard butterfly with Kacper Sobieszuk coming in second at 1:51.13 and Dylan Edge eighth at 1:57.24. 
 
- The men's 400-yard freestyle relay finished third with a time of 3:02.36. Owen Dyson, Thomas Svane-From, Trevor Nolan and Cole Dyson earned the bronze medals.
 
UP NEXT
Monmouth's next competition is scheduled for January 13 when the women's team faces Stony Brook at Steadman Natatorium.