Men's Swimming and Diving | January 28, 2022

WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – In their penultimate action of the regular season, La Salle swimming & diving split a pair of duals on the road against Monmouth.
 
The women's team picked up a 163-98 win over the Hawks, while the men's team fell in a 163.5-98.5 decision.
 
HOW THE WOMEN FINISHED:
 

• Sara Rizzetto continued her dominant season with another win on Friday, adding her 10^th individual win of the season and her first in the 1000-freestyle with a time of 10:35.82.
• Brynn Peterson made it two-consecutive wins for the Explorers in the 200-yard free, dashing to a final time of 1:56.40. She would later add another victory in the 100-yard free
• Megan Heist took the top spot in the 100-yard breast at 1:06.97, good for first by over three seconds, before sweeping the breaststroke events with another victory in the 200-yard breast.
• Sam Boyes swept the butterfly events for the third-consecutive meet, taking first in both the 200-yard and 100-yard butterfly.
• Anne Moser picked up a distance win in the 500-yard freestyle, ending with a time of 5:12.97.
• Megan Gaffney also joined her teammates on the win sheet with the top-spot in the 200-yard IM.
• The women capped their afternoon with a freestyle-relay victory, courtesy of Lauren Fenn, Iris Faur, Moser and Peterson.

 
HOW THE MEN FINISHED:
 

• The Explorers started their meet with a medley-relay victory, as Alex Kuriawa, Jason Rosales, Trenton Burr, and Zack Miller raced to the top spot.
• Reigning Novacare Student Athlete of the Week Liam McFadden added his second-consecutive win in the 200-yard butterfly.
• Burr took the other butterfly event, ending in first with a time of 51.65 in the 100-yard fly.
• Jason Rosales continued his hot stretch, taking the top-spot in the 100-yard breast for the second time in under a week. He added another win in the 200-yard breast with a time of 2:10.89.
• In the final event of the meet, La Salle and Monmouth split the 200-yard freestyle relay, ending in a tie at 1:27.61.

 
UP NEXT:
The Explorers will have a quick turnaround, as they close their regular season on Sunday, Jan. 30 when they head to Villanova's sprint fest for their final tune-up before the Atlantic 10 championships.