Results
THROGGS NECK, NY – The Maritime College men's and women's swimming & diving teams began their home schedule on Saturday afternoon by each posting a dominant win over Sarah Lawrence at the Riesenberg Aquatics Center. The Privateer men defeated the Gryphons by a 154-35 count, while the women's squad earned a 110-50 victory, its first over Sarah Lawrence since 2019.
On the men's side, Maritime finished first in 10 of the 14 events.
Johnny Walz (Staten Island, NY) led the way with three wins. His score of 231.75 in the 3-meter diving competition is among the Top 50 in all of Division III this year. Walz completed a sweep of the diving events with a score of 178.10 points on the 1-meter board. He also swam the 100 yard freestyle and posted a winning time of 56.04 seconds.
Matt Klimek (Malverne, NY) added two individual victories of his own. He took first in the 200 yard freestyle (1:54.43) and 500 yard freestyle (5:32.73). Klimek was also on the 200 yard freestyle relay squad that won the race in 1:35.47.
Noah Diaz (Mandeville, LA),
Michael Saharov (Staten Island, NY) and
Alex Osypenko (Oyster Bay, NY) were the other members of the relay. Osypenko recorded a solo victory in the 200 yard individual medley (2:12.59), as well.
In the 200 yard medley relay, Saharov and Osypenko were joined by
Patrick O'Brien (Centerport, NY) and
Gavin Smith (Long Beach, NY). The quartet earned a win in a time of 1:48.66. The Privateers also got victories from
Ryan Colombo (Cortland Manor, NY) in the 1000 yard freestyle (12:43.49) and
Frank Conwell (Staten Island, NY) in the 100 yard backstroke (1:02.06).
Leading the way for the women's squad were
Ava King (Homer City, PA) and
DoriEllen Padden (Palm City, FL), who both recorded a pair of first-place finishes. King took first in the 200 yard freestyle (2:15.20) and 100 yard butterfly (1:08.54), while Padden was victorious in the 200 yard individual medley (2:35.73) and 100 yard backstroke (1:09.91).
Four other women earned individual event wins.
Rebecca Kmiotek (Lindenhurst, NY) took first in the 1000 yard freestyle (15:25.35),
Celine Argueta (Englewood, NJ) was victorious in the 500 yard freestyle (6:56.09), and
Oceana Elefante (Sayville, NY) notched a winning time of 1:03.12 in the 100 yard freestyle.
Kelly Kelly (Madison, CT), meanwhile, scored 186.00 points in the 1-meter diving competition. In addition, the 200 yard freestyle relay squad of
Meghan Libby (Wantagh, NY),
Katerina Hevaghan (Brooklyn, NY), Argueta and Kmiotek earned a victory in 2:24.74.
Maritime has its second straight home meet on Thursday. Baruch will visit the Riesenberg Aquatics Center at 6 p.m.
