By: by Joe Guster, Sports Information Director
Complete Results (PDF)
OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. (Nov. 5, 2013) – The Maritime men's and women's swimming teams travelled to Long Island Tuesday night for their first Skyline meet of the season at Old Westbury and both teams defeated the Panthers. The men won by the score of 151-53, while the women triumphed, 113-84.
On the women's side, sophomore
Hayley Hobbs (Louisville, Ky./Mercy Academy) (Louisville, Ky./Mercy Academy) led the Privateers by winning all three races that she participated in, starting the night off with a victory as part of the 200 medley relay team that touched first in 2:08.93. She also won the 100 butterfly event in 1:04.00 and was on the 200 free relay team that won in 1:52.97. Freshman
Treasa Murphy (Pearl River, N.Y./Pearl River) (Pearl River, N.Y./Pearl River) was on both the relay teams that won as well.
Also picking up victories on the night were junior
Mariel Vanderlinden (Woodside, N.Y./Dominican Academy) and sophomore
Emma Crandall (Penfield, N.Y./Penfield) (Penfield, N.Y./Penfield) as part of the 200 medley relay team, senior
Kwantisha Lozada (Freehold, N.J./Freehold Township) (Freehold, N.J./Freehold Township) in the 1000 freestyle event in 14:40.48, freshman
Danielle Leahy (Cocoa Beach, Fla./Cocoa Beach) (Cocoa Beach, Fla./Cocoa Beach) in the 100 free event in 1:03.02 and freshman
Ashley O'Brien (Middle Village, N.Y./The Mary Louis Academy) (Middle Village, N.Y./The Mary Louis Academy) and junior
Charlotte Acklin (Lewes, Del./West Broward (Fla.)) (Lewes, Del./West Broward) as part of the 200 free relay team.
The men won all but two events on the night and were led by freshman
Tony Choi (Westbury, N.Y./Clarke), who won all three events he was entered in – as part of the 200 medley relay that touched first in 1:46.52, in the 200 free event (1:59.63) and as part of the 200 free relay team that won in 1:39.47. Three swimmers won two events each, as junior
Collin McNamara (Somerville, N.J./St. Joseph-Metuchen) (Somerville, N.J./St. Joseph-Metuchen) was on both relay teams, junior
Zach Haughn (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Prep.) (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Prep.) was a part of the 200 medley relay team and also won the 200 individual medley in 2:14.93 and sophomore
Matthew Collins (Brooklyn, N.Y./Townsend Harris) (Brooklyn, N.Y./Townsend Harris) won both the distance events, the 1000 free (11:29.59) and the 500 free (5:24.01).
Freshman
Craig Lyon (Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Sachem North) (Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Sachem North) was also on the 200 medley relay team, while junior
Daniel Hemmer (Springfield, Va./West Springfield) (Springfield, Va./West Springfield) and senior
John Crawford (Webster, N.Y./Webster Schroeder) (Webster, N.Y./Webster Schroeder) won back-to-back events in the 100 fly (58.24) and the 100 free (54.03), respectively. Sophomore
Brendan Erskine (Maspeth, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy) (Maspeth, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy) also picked up an individual victory in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:06.12, while senior
James Rostrup (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) and sophomore
Peter Skerys (Sag Harbor, N.Y./Pierson) (Sag Harbor, N.Y./Pierson) closed out the wins for Maritime as part of the 200 free relay team with Choi and McNamara.
The Privateers return to action next Wednesday, Nov. 13, with a home meet against Skyline opponent Purchase College. First event is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Riesenberg Hall Pool.