Swimming & Diving Hosts Nazareth for First Home Meet of Season

NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, NY – The Niagara men's and women's swimming & diving program will host Nazareth for the Purple and White's first home meet of the season this Saturday, Oct. 31, at the Oxy Aquatic Center. The meet is scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. start.

Last Time Out
Sydney Sarkis set a program record in the 1-meter dive with a score of 251.55.
• The Purple Eagles 400 free relay sealed the win over the Bearcats for Niagara. Nianna Thomas, Yvonne Schere, Moana Houde-Camirand, and Katrina Wardner defeated the Binghamton quartet by less than two seconds, with a time of 3:36.20.
• Avery Sanquist finished first in the women's 1000 free, with a time of 10:41.30. The senior would later win the 500 free in 5:15.44.
• Paige South and Megan Smith finished one-two in the 100 back, with times of 59.28 and 1:00.83, respectively. Smith went on to win the 200 back with a time of 2:09.28.
• Zoe Gavin placed first in the 200 fly with a mark of 2:12.24, followed by teammate Maggie Marody in third with a time of 2:15.02. Gavin would also win the 100 fly with a time of 59.48.
The Orchard Park, NY, native won her third individual event of the afternoon, the 200 IM, with a time of 2:10.90. • Wardner edged out Binghamton's Molly Greeley in the 50 free, finishing in 24.52. She also won the 100 free with a time of 53.33.
• The Niagara men's day was highlighted by wins in the 200 free and 200 fly. Reid Tichy won the free in 1:45.33, while Dalton Stier won the fly with a time of 1:57.34.
• Niagara placed third in the 200 medley relay as Gio Germano, Tanner Isaacs, Kevin Vu, and Levi Morgan finished the event in 1:36.28.
• Vu placed second in the 50 free, finishing the event in 21.48 and the 100 fly with a time of 51.72.
• In his collegiate debut Nathan Dragon placed third in the 1000 free with a time of 10:02.92.
• Germano finished second in the 100 back with a time of 54.24, followed by teammate Sean Finley in fourth with a time of 56.04.
• Benjamin Brkanovic finished third in the 200 breast with a time of 1:59.98, less than a second back of the leader.
• Wardner and Sarkis earned MAAC Women's Swimmer and Diver of the Week awards for the performances at Binghamton.
• In the 200 IM, Finley placed third with a mark of 2:02.05.
• John Furner was the Purple Eagles' top diver, scoring 245.63 in the 1-meter and 236.63 in the 3-meter.

Up Next
• Niagara will head to Youngstown, Ohio, to take on the Penguins on Nov. 6.

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Players Mentioned

Zoe Gavin: Fly/IM; Senior

Moana Houde-Camirand: Fly/Free; Senior

Avery Sanquist: Free; Senior

Sydney Sarkis: Diving; Senior

Yvonne Schere: Free; Graduate Student

Maggie Marody: Freshman

Megan Smith: Freshman

Paige South: Freshman

Nia Thomas: Free; Freshman

Katrina Wardner: Free/IM; Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

Zoe Gavin
: Senior
: Fly/IM

Moana Houde-Camirand
: Senior
: Fly/Free

Avery Sanquist
: Senior
: Free

Sydney Sarkis
: Senior
: Diving

Yvonne Schere
: Graduate Student
: Free

Maggie Marody
: Freshman

Megan Smith
: Freshman

Paige South
: Freshman

Nia Thomas
: Freshman
: Free

Katrina Wardner
: Graduate Student
: Free/IM