BUFFALO, NY – The Niagara men's team highlighted the first meet of the season with a sweep of the relay events, while the women picked up multiple top-five finishes against Cornell and host Buffalo.
 
Women's Recap
• In the 200 medley relay, Niagara placed fourth overall as the Purple Eagle quartet of Paige South, Amanda Silva, Lila Maddux, and Moana Houde-Camirand finished with a time of 1:49.86.
• Megan Smith finished second in the 400 IM, touching the wall in 4:38.05, just ahead of teammate Kathryn Brady who finished fourth with a time of 4:39.86.
• Maddux picked up a sixth-place finish in the 100 fly with a time of 59.07. Zoe Gavin and Kayla Kreager also notched top-10 finishes with in eighth and ninth, respectively.
• Maddie Norton made her collegiate debut and earned a fifth-place finish in the 50 back, with a time of 29.98. Sophomore Nia Thomas placed 10th in the event with a time of 20.56, followed by Anna Gann who placed 11th with a mark of 31.00.
• Houde-Camirand finished second in the 200 free with a time of 1:57.56, ahead of teammates Maddie Hudson and Avery King who placed sixth and seventh overall.
• South took home a fourth-place finish in the 50 free with a time of 24.68.
• In the 400 free relay, Houde-Camirand, Maddux, Thomas, and South finished in fifth with a time of 3:39.66.
• Niagara had three other relay quartets compete in the 400 free, finishing with times of 3:49.42, 3:51.14, and, 4:04.00 respectively.
• Sydney Sarkis placed eight on the 1-meter board with a score of 199.98, followed by Morgan McMahon and Maggie Hennebaul with scores of 141.30 and 138.45, respectively.
• The 200 free relay saw NU place third with its quartet of Houde-Camirand, South, Maddux and Thomas. The Purple Eagles finished with a time of 1:40.26.
• Maggie Marody finished fifth in the 500 free with a time of 5:20.06.
• In the 100 IM, Maddux came in the third with a time of 1:00.24.
• Maddie Hudson placed fourth in the 100 back, clocking in at 1:01.32.
• The 50 breast was highlighted by Silva's third place finish with a time of 31.60.
 
Men's Recap
• Riley Dafoe, Tanner Isaacs, Kevin Vu and Levi Morgan picked up a win in the 200 medlay relay with a time of 1:34.21.
• Niagara took the fourth through eighth spots in the 400 IM as Sean Finley, Chad Rocha, Andrew Davis, and Keith Elgar each placed in the A-final.
• Vu finished second in the 100 fly clocking in at 51.51, less than a full second behind the winner from Cornell. Graeme Staples also collected a top-five finish in the 100 fly, finishing with a time of 57.37.
• Isaacs and TyQuann Walker earned third and fourth place finishes in the 50 back with times 25.78 and 27.69, respectively.
•  Dafoe added to his relay win earlier in the day with a second-place finish in the 200 free, completing the event in 1:42.14.
• Fellow Purple Eagle, Jake Ruffolo finished in third with a time of 1:45.68 in third, followed by Dragon in fourth with a mark of 1:46.21.
• James Huff came in fourth-place in the 100 breast, clocking in at 1:02.42, followed by Sam Schwabauer in fifth and Elgar in sixth.
• Morgan picked up the team's second win of the afternoon with a first-place finish in the 50 free with a time of 21.45, ahead of teammate Germano in second with a time of 22.01.
• The men won their second relay of the day when Tichy, Dafoe, Ruffolo and Dragon finished the 400 free relay with a time of 3:09.92, edging out Cornell's quartet.
• Freshman Patrick Scott earned a score of 142.65 on the 1-meter board.
• The Purple and White earned another relay win in the 200 free relay as Vu, Morgan, Ruffolo and Dragon finished with a time of 1:25.64.
• Germano, Rowan Markham, Schwabauer and Huff placed third with a time of 1:28.47.
• Dafoe notched a win in the 500 free with a time of 4:43.95, followed by Dragon in third with a time of 4:50.49.
• Ruffolo finished second in the 100 IM, touching the wall in 54.07, while Isaacs finished fifth in 55.03.
• Germano added to the Purple Eagles win total with a time of 52.33 in the 100 back to edge out the competition. Walker clocked in a 1:00.49 for a fourth-place finish.
• Jake Lauzonis placed second in the 50 breast with a time of 27.91.
• Alex Magditch and Markham finished top-five in the 100 free with times of 49.07 and 49.48.
• The men completed the sweep of the relays with a win in the 400 free relay. Dafoe, Finley, Vu, and Dragon clocked in at 3:28.02 to earn the win.
• John Furner recorded the top Purple Eagle score in the 3-meter board with a score of 214.73.
 
Up Next
Niagara will host Youngstown State and Saint Francis (Pa.) on Saturday, Oct. 29 for its first of three meets at the Oxy Aquatic Center this season.