By: Hannah Wiley
The Canisius Men and Women’s swim teams finished off their regular season meets with a loss to rival Niagara University. They also recognized the seniors and super-seniors who will be graduating in May.
The men’s side finished with a final score of 93-201. Freshman Toby Mayfield placed 3rd in the 100 yard IM, with a program record of 53:23. Graduate student Liam O’Connell placed 2nd in both the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:41:42 and the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 4:39:97.
Sophomore Archie Minto placed 1st in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:50:57, and 2nd in both the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 49:84 and the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 46:56. Freshman Samuel Nykamp placed 2nd in the 1 meter dive with a score of 251.78 and he also placed 2nd in the 3 meter dive with a score of 277.13. Sophomore Bronson Benes placed 2nd in the 200 yard butterfly with a time of 1:53:41 and 3rd in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 50:37.
The Women’s team had a final score of 79-219. Graduate student Adrianna Boldender placed 1st in the 1 meter dive with a score of 255.98 making that a new program record and 1st in the 3 meter dive with a score of 248.40. Freshman Lana Janson placed 1st in the 100 yard IM with a program record and time of 59:71. She also placed 2nd in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:53:98, and 3rd in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 53:10.
The Griffs next meet is the MACC Swimming and Diving championships on February 8th-11th in Buffalo, NY at The Burt Flickinger Center.