BALTIMORE, Md. - Sophomore Ian O'Rourke (Grand Island, N.Y.) was able to claim the MAAC Championship in the one-meter diving event, a happening that completed a big day three for Niagara's swimming and diving team that also saw three school records broken.

After winning the three-meter diving event on Friday, O'Rourke was able to finish the sweep of the diving events by finishing the one-meter diving event with a mark of 302.75, nearly 10 points better then that of Paul Apostolakis from Rider.

Niagara now has had an individual win two MAAC Championships for the second consecutive year, with Pat Garvey earning two individual titles at the 2008 MAAC Championships. O'Rourke was also named the MAAC Men's Most Outstanding Diver, for his efforts this weekend.

After he broke his own record in the 1,000 freestyle event on Friday, freshman Mike Smiechowski (Apex, N.C.) claimed his third Niagara record, this time during preliminaries in the 200 butterfly event. The North Carolina native's finishing time of 1:56.21 betters junior teammate Ryan O'Laughlin's (Lewiston, N.Y.) mark of 1:57.67 from 2007. 

The freshman wasn't done breaking records, as he shattered his own mark of 16:44.26 in the 1,650 freestyle event, finishing seventh with a time of 16:24.31.

Junior Ashley Clingersmith (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) broke her second school record during the 2009 MAAC Championships by finishing the 100 freestyle event in 53.31 during preliminaries, beating Traci Liberi's mark of 53.32 from 2003. The special education major re-wrote the 100 freestyle record as part of a seventh place finish, clocking in at 52.94.  Clingersmith now has a hand in four school records.

The men's team finished in fifth place with 318 points, while the women's team finished in eighth place with 182 points.

Final Men's Results
1. Loyola                843.5
2. Rider                  762.0
3. Marist                 625.0        
4. Iona                    325.0
5. Niagara             318.0
6. Saint Peter's     289.0   
7. Fairfield             286.5
8. Canisius           208.0
9. Manhattan           72.0


Final Women's Results
1. Rider                       766.5
2. Marist                      755.0
3. Loyola                     714.0
4. Iona                         322.5
5. Fairfield                   315.0
6. Siena                       310.0
7. Canisius                 184.0
8. Niagara                   182.0
9. Manhattan               114.0
10. Saint Peter's           88.0