Results

NIAGARA UNIV, N.Y. – In the team’s final home meet of the season, the Niagara swimming and diving teams were swept by cross-town rival Canisius on Saturday afternoon during Senior Day. 

The men fell to the Golden Griffins by a 168.5-72.5 score.  Shane Baxter put together a pair of first place finishes in the 200-yard IM (2:01.07), and the 200-yard backstroke (1:55.20).  Baxter combined with Carl Roycroft, Brian Sawma and Eric Ebert in the 400-yard medley relay to earn second place with a time of 3:35.04. 

Jason Ellis  earned second in the 500-yard freestyle (4:56.82), and placed third in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:09.92), while teammate Joshua Remaniak came in a 10:09.38 to take second place.  Roycroft swam the 50-yard freestyle in 22:85 for second place.

The women’s team was defeated by Canisius by a 147-96 margin.  Double-winner Aubrey Kettrick won both the 100 and 200-yard freestyle events (54.10/1:55.98), while Ashley Harrington placed second in both the 50-yard freestyle (26.03), and the 200-yard butterfly (2:20.21).  The women also received second-place finishes from Emily Kisloski in the 1000-yard freestyle (11:06.79), and Lindsey Jackson in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:29.34). 

The team of Harrington, Kisloski, Chelsea O'Laughlin, and Kettrick took top honors in the 400-yard freestyle relay event with a time of 3:45.89. 

Austin Devlin grabbed first place in the one-meter diving event (270.83), and his final score of 258.83 in the three-meter event was good enough for second.  Faith O'Malley and Emily Hughes place fourth and fifth, respectively in the one-meter dive with final scores of 204.98 and 195.60.  The pair flip flopped in the three-meter event as Hughes placed fourth (191.85), and O’Malley finished fifth (190.95).

The Purple Eagles take a trip to Olean, N.Y. on Friday, Jan. 25 to battle Little Three foe St. Bonaventure.  The meet is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.