Swimming and diving sweeps Niagara

Canisius swimming and diving swept Niagara last weekend in their first meet of the winter season. (Tom Wolf / Canisius College)

By Matthew Duke

Communications Director

The Griffs’ swimming and diving team took on Niagara at the Kiernan Center in Lewiston last Saturday.

The men’s team defeated the Purple Eagles, 192-102, and the women’s team came out on top by a score of 169-130.

The women’s diving team performed especially well. Gianna Cornelia got her first sweep of the year, posting top honors in the 1-meter with a score of 224.33 and posting a 230.62 from the 3-meter. Vinnie Costanzo placed second in both the 100- and 300-meter events, scoring 216.00 and 222.75 respectively. Vivian Mroz placed third in the 300-meter, rounding out the top three scores in that category.

The women’s swimming team started the day off by placing second in the 200-yard relay medley. Sage Pollack finished first in the 50-yard freestyle and Kelsey Childress placed second in the 100- and 200-yard freestyle races. Senior Cassie Brousseau placed first in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke races. Alexis Agee placed first in her 200-yard freestyle race, while Ashlynn Gilfillan took home the top spot in the 100-yard freestyle.

On the men’s side, Kenyon Winkky, Kyle Griffin, Lucas Kennedy, and Kyle Kimerer started off the day by winning the 200-yard medley relay. Kennedy also had success in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke races. Winkky earned top honors in the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard butterfly.

James Pokornowski earned top honors in the 1000-yard free race, while Liam O’Connell finished first in the 200- and 500-yard freestyle races.

For the men’s diving team, Brett Palo received top scores on the 1-meter and 3-meter boards, and senior Joe Egloff placed second on the 1-meter and 3-meter boards.

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will meet Gannon University for Senior Day at the Burt Flickinger Center tomorrow at 3 p.m.