HOBOKEN, N.J. (February 1, 2020) – In the final home dual meet for the class of 2020, the Stevens Institute of Technology women's swimming team won seven total events in a 140-122 defeat at the hands of Hartwick College Saturday inside DeBaun Aquatic Center.
Stevens picked up victories in the 400-yard medley relay, the 200-yard freestyle, the 100-yard backstroke, the 200-yard breaststroke, the 500-yard freestyle, the 100-yard butterfly and the 200-yard individual medley on the day.
Seniors
Samantha Zdesar and
Isabella Fairman along with junior
Isabelle Rivera and freshman
Emma Beaney started the meet with a bang, winning the 400-medley relay with a final time of 4:09.27.
Fairman and Rivera were not done winning events, however, taking home the gold in both the 200 and 500 free and the 100-back and 100-fly, respectively, en route to three total first place finishes each on the day.
Beaney also picked up an individual win on the day, touching the wall in 2:34.46 in the 200-breast for first place.
The final gold medal winner on the day was junior
Alexis Colasurdo who grabbed first place in the 200-yard IM with a final time of 2:19.54.
Prior to the contest, Stevens honored seniors
Kyla Barry,
Sarah Chan,
Isabella Fairman,
Meaghan Wilson and
Samantha Zdesar for their accomplishments in their four years with the Stevens swimming program.
Top Performers
- In the last dual of her career, Fairman went out with a bang, touching the wall in 1:59.81 in the 200-free and 5:18.72 in the 500-free for two individual victories in two races on the day.
- Rivera touched the wall in 1:02.17 and 1:00.62 in the 100 back and fly, respectively, for her two victories.
- After a runner-up finish with a final time of 1:11.68 in the 100-breast, Beaney avenged her loss to Hartwick's Gina Grauer in the 200-breast with a final time of 2:34.46 to beat Grauer by over a second.
- Colasurdo finished just behind Beaney in the 100-breast for third place and followed it up with a final time of 2:19.54 for her victory in the 200-IM.
- Zdesar narrowly missed out on an individual win, coming in second place in both the 1,000-yard freestyle as well as the 200-yard backstroke with times of 11:20.76 and 2:20.83, respectively.
- Sophomores Madie DeJong and Kaitlyn Chen along with junior April Ullrich finished in second, third and fourth place respectively in the 50-yard freestyle for the Ducks.
- Senior Sarah Chan was Stevens' top performer in the 100-yard freestyle, swimming a final time of 59.53 for third place.
- Senior Kyla Barry earned a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke with a final time of 2:46.14.
- Senior Meaghan Wilson swam times of 1:05.90 and 2:29.05 for a pair of fourth-place finishes in both the 100 and 200-yard butterfly.
Next Up
- The Ducks will return to the pool Thursday, Feb. 13 for the first day of the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships at the Graham Aquatic Center in York, Pennsylvania.
- Live video for each day will be available on StevensDucks.com.
- Stevens is in its first year in the MAC after taking home second place in the Empire 8 Conference Championships in 2018-19.
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