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Women's Swimming Charles O'Brien

Fast start leads Women’s Swimming over The College of New Jersey

January 21, 2018

Full Results

The Basics
  • Score: Stevens Institute of Technology Women's Swimming: 119; The College of New Jersey 86
  • Location: DeBaun Aquatic Center - Hoboken, N.J.
  • Short Story: The Stevens Institute of Technology women's swimming team claimed first place in 10 of 11 events to defeat in-state rival, The College of New Jersey 119-86 Sunday in a dual meet at the DeBaun Aquatic Center.
  • The record: The victory improved Stevens' dual meet record to 2-4.

Top Performers
  • The 200-yard medley relay team got the meet off to a strong start with a first-place finish. The team of junior Courtney Jones, senior Kaitlynn Prescott, junior Caroline Shusta and freshman Isabelle Rivera earned 11 points with a time of 1:53.62. The quartet finished a second-and-a-half ahead of the field.
  • Junior Samantha Geyer won the 1,000-yard freestyle race with a time of 11:00.42 to earn the team's second win of the day. The Brunswick, Ohio native finished three seconds ahead of the pack.
  • Sophomore Isabella Fairman made it five straight for Stevens swimming and three straight for the women's swimming team with her victory in the 200-yard freestyle event. Fairman reached the wall in 1:59.97. Sophomore Samantha Zdesar placed second.
  • Jones continued the run for women's swimming by claiming first in the 50-yard freestyle race, reaching the wall in 25.39 seconds.
  • Geyer made it two wins in as many events as the junior took the top spot in the 200-yard individual medley. Geyer bested Melanie Foski by two-tenths-of-a-second to earn nine points for the Ducks. Prescott finished third.
  • Rivera took her first individual win of the meet with a victory in the 100 fly.
  • Fairman earned nine points after winning the 100 free. She reached the wall in 55.74 seconds to pick up her second individual victory of the day. Zdesar placed third to earn three points.
  • After TCNJ won its lone event of the day (100-yard backstroke), the Ducks returned to their winning way, taking first and second in the 500 free. Geyer claimed first with a time of 5:21.02 and Zdesar finished second with a time of 5:22.49.
  • Prescott claimed first in the 100 yard breaststroke, reaching the wall in 1:08.63 to finish ahead of three TCNJ swimmers.
  • In the final event of the day, the quartet of freshman Olivia Powers, Rivera, Fairman and Jones took first in the 400-yard freestyle relay, winning the event by over six seconds to put a big exclamation point on the day.

From the Coach's Lane
  • "After a solid week of training and the semester starting back up, the men and women both showed up ready to race. It was a quick turnaround with the meet yesterday, but they swam well today. We are in a good spot as a team, but we have some more work to do to prepare us for the end of the year." - assistant swimming coach Daniel MacQuarrie

Up Next
  • The Ducks welcome Hartwick College to the DeBaun Aquatic Center for a dual meet on Feb. 3.
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Players Mentioned

Isabella Fairman

Isabella Fairman

Freestyle/IM
5' 9"
Sophomore
Sam Geyer

Sam Geyer

Freestyle/IM
5' 8"
Junior
Courtney Jones

Courtney Jones

Freestyle/Backstroke
5' 10"
Junior
Kaitlynn Prescott

Kaitlynn Prescott

Breaststroke/IM
5' 10"
Senior
Caroline Shusta

Caroline Shusta

Butterfly/Backstroke
5' 8"
Junior
Samantha Zdesar

Samantha Zdesar

Backstroke
5' 10"
Sophomore
Olivia Powers

Olivia Powers

Sprint Freestyle
5' 8"
First-Year
Isabelle Rivera

Isabelle Rivera

Butterfly/Freestyle
5' 2"
First-Year

Players Mentioned

Isabella Fairman

Isabella Fairman

5' 9"
Sophomore
Freestyle/IM
Sam Geyer

Sam Geyer

5' 8"
Junior
Freestyle/IM
Courtney Jones

Courtney Jones

5' 10"
Junior
Freestyle/Backstroke
Kaitlynn Prescott

Kaitlynn Prescott

5' 10"
Senior
Breaststroke/IM
Caroline Shusta

Caroline Shusta

5' 8"
Junior
Butterfly/Backstroke
Samantha Zdesar

Samantha Zdesar

5' 10"
Sophomore
Backstroke
Olivia Powers

Olivia Powers

5' 8"
First-Year
Sprint Freestyle
Isabelle Rivera

Isabelle Rivera

5' 2"
First-Year
Butterfly/Freestyle