Final Results

BRONXVILLE, N.Y. – The Maritime Swimming & Diving Team competed on Friday evening in Skyline Conference action with the men's team knocking off Sarah Lawrence by the score of 145-56, while the women's team dropped both head-to-head bouts against Sarah Lawrence and St. Joseph's (LI).
 
Overall on the evening the men's team won eight of its 11 events that started off with a win in the 200-Yard Medley Relay as senior Zach Haughn (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Prep.), sophomore Craig Lyon (Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Sachem North), and seniors Daniel Hemmer (Springfield, Va./West Springfield) and Collin McNamara (Somerville, N.J./St. Joseph-Metuchen)  picked up the win (1:45.71).
 
Junior Matthew Collins (Brooklyn, N.Y./Townsend Harris) won the 1,000-Yard Freestyle (11:33.64), followed by sophomore Robert Lewis (Belchertown, Mass./Belchertown) (12:18.53), and rookie Luke Doherty (Chadds Ford, Pa./Unionville) (12:19.90). Freshman Douglas Russell (Oakdale, N.Y./Connetquot) continued his success in the 200-Yard Freestyle as he finished with a two-second win (1:55.97). McNamara followed up with a victory by just two-tenths of a second in the 50-Yard Freestyle (22.80).
 
Several events later, the Privateers swept the top-three spots in the 100-Yard Freestyle as junior Peter Skerys (Sag Harbor, N.Y./Pierson) (55.51), senior Jimmy Jorgenson (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton) (55.97), and freshman Patrick Ward (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian) (59.06) all had sub-minute times. Junior Matthew Collins (Brooklyn, N.Y./Townsend Harris) also had a sub-minute time (59.36) in the 100-Yard Backstroke, inching out Haughn (59.41) by just five one-hundredths of a second.
 
The 500-Yard Freestyle Relay event saw Russell finish in second by just half a second (5:20.26). Junior Brendan Erskine (Maspeth, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy) had a victory in the final individual event of the night as he swam to a time of 1:05.34 in the 100-Yard Breaststroke. The relay team of Skerys, Russell, McNamara and freshman John Dean (Milton, Del./Cape Henlopen) capped off the night with a win in the 200-Yard Freestyle Relay event with a time of 1:35.10.
 
On the women's side, Maritime squared off against both Sarah Lawrence, and St. Joseph's (LI) as the Golden Eagles do not sponsor a men's swimming program. In the first event of the night, Maritime's 200-Yard Medley Relay team of senior Mariel VanderLinden, juniors Emma Crandall and Hayley Hobbs, and freshman Grace Stanton came in second with a time of 2:08.59.
 
Sophomore Ashley O'Brien came in third in the 200-Yard Freestyle, as she beat out a Sarah Lawrence swimmer by just one one-hundredth of a second (2:26.35). Rookie Grace Stanton had a second place performance in the 50-Yard Freestyle (28.34).
 
Maritime collected its only victory of the night as rookie Sarah Soulagnet eased to an eight-second win the in the 200-Yard Individual Medley (2:31.71), with senior Christine McCormack coming in third (2:48.27). Hobbs then came out and came in second by just seven one-hundredths of a second in the 100-Yard Butterfly (1:05.12).
 
Sophomore Danielle Leahy had a fourth place finish in the 100-Yard Freestyle (1:05.24), followed by VanderLinden collecting a second place finish in the 100-Yard Backstroke (1:09.67). Crandall finished off the individual portion of the night with a third place performance in the 100-Yard Breaststroke (1:24.86).
 
In yet another close battle, the 200-Yard Freestyle Relay team of Hobbs, VanderLinden, Leahy and Stanton finished just two-tenths of a second of the pace with a time of 1:51.62.
 
After the conference matchup on Friday evening, the Privateer Swimming & Diving Teams will compete again on Saturday as Maritime travels to nearby Merchant Marine for an invitational event in Kings Point, N.Y.