2008 Woodie Awards
Mangona and Falco lead women's swimming and diving at H2Ounds
Rich Arleo
Issue date: 12/7/06 Section: Sports
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Juniors Melissa Mangona and Jamie Falco led the Marist women's swimming and diving team to wins over two of its three opponents in the H20unds Invitational at Loyola this past weekend.
Falco won two individual events for Marist, as she bested the field in the 100-yard butterfly and then again in the 100-yard freestyle, posting times of 59.16 and 54.62 seconds respectively; continuing her great season thus far.
Mangona also had another spectacular meet, as she was able to sweep the diving events for the Red Foxes. She placed first in both the one and three-meter diving events on Saturday. The junior diver posted a winning score of 226.45 in the one meter dive, while also winning the three-meter event with a score of 424.30.
Mangona has had an impressive season off the boards thus far, and when asked about his top diver, coach Larry Van Wagner had nothing but positive things to say.
"Outstanding," Van Wagner said. "Melissa obviously, after being runner up in the [Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference] MAAC for the past two years, is without a doubt the most talented diver in the MAAC."
As for the teams overall performance, Coach Van Wagner was satisfied with defeating MAAC rivals Loyola and Niagara. He knew though, that Delaware would pose some extremely tough competition.
"We performed well over all," Van Wagner said. "We knew we had tough competition with Delaware. They are ranked, and it was our first time competing with them, so we knew they would be our biggest challenge."
The coach went on to mention freshman Lyndsay Martin's surprising performance.
"We've been without senior Lauren Malski for this first part of the season, so freshman Lyndsay Martin has been filling in for the breaststroke and medley relays, and she had an outstanding weekend," he said. "She posted a season best in the 100-yard butterfly, and personal bests in the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke. She's been getting faster and faster, and I am pleasantly surprised."
Falco won two individual events for Marist, as she bested the field in the 100-yard butterfly and then again in the 100-yard freestyle, posting times of 59.16 and 54.62 seconds respectively; continuing her great season thus far.
Mangona also had another spectacular meet, as she was able to sweep the diving events for the Red Foxes. She placed first in both the one and three-meter diving events on Saturday. The junior diver posted a winning score of 226.45 in the one meter dive, while also winning the three-meter event with a score of 424.30.
Mangona has had an impressive season off the boards thus far, and when asked about his top diver, coach Larry Van Wagner had nothing but positive things to say.
"Outstanding," Van Wagner said. "Melissa obviously, after being runner up in the [Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference] MAAC for the past two years, is without a doubt the most talented diver in the MAAC."
As for the teams overall performance, Coach Van Wagner was satisfied with defeating MAAC rivals Loyola and Niagara. He knew though, that Delaware would pose some extremely tough competition.
"We performed well over all," Van Wagner said. "We knew we had tough competition with Delaware. They are ranked, and it was our first time competing with them, so we knew they would be our biggest challenge."
The coach went on to mention freshman Lyndsay Martin's surprising performance.
"We've been without senior Lauren Malski for this first part of the season, so freshman Lyndsay Martin has been filling in for the breaststroke and medley relays, and she had an outstanding weekend," he said. "She posted a season best in the 100-yard butterfly, and personal bests in the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke. She's been getting faster and faster, and I am pleasantly surprised."
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