2008 Woodie Awards
Martin claims lone individual victory in season finale loss to UMBC
Nate Fields
Issue date: 2/1/07 Section: Sports
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After two consecutive wins to start 2007, Marist's women's swimming and diving team finally tasted defeat last Saturday. The Foxes dropped their final dual meet of the season, 161-130 to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC).
Only one Red Fox swimmer, freshman Lyndsay Martin, claimed an individual event victory in the loss, besting the field in both the 200-yard butterfly and 100-yard fly with times of 2:09.84 and 59.02 seconds respectively. Head coach Larry VanWagner praised his freshman, who is one of the top butterflyers in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).
"Lyndsay is really becoming an integral part of our team," he said. "She is now the second fastest 200-yard butterflyer in the MAAC, and both of her first place finishes Saturday were career best times."
Although Martin posted Marist's only individual event wins, several other Foxes had strong performances, including some close second-place finishes.
Junior Jamie Falco had several second place finishes, including both the 100 (59.66 seconds) and 200-yard (2:08.86) backstroke. Her 100-yard time was only .89 seconds behind UMBC's Agnes Stanislawska.
Falco also set a Marist College record for 100-yard freestyle with a time 52.91 seconds while swimming the opening leg of the 400-yard freestyle relay. VanWagner said the previous record, 53.01 seconds, was set by Erin McGrath in 2001.
"Erin's record swim was performed in a championship event," he said. "Jamie did it in a dual meet, where we don't perform as well."
Other Foxes who performed well included junior Lauren Malski, who finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke, behind UMBC's Christin Cantwell by only .32 seconds.
Junior diver Melissa Mangona finished second in both the 1 and 3-meter dive events, posting scores of 243.74 and 259.20, respectively. Senior Anna Sanner finished fourth in both diving events with scores of 221.17 and 222.52, respectively.
The loss capped Marist's dual season, and dropped the Foxes record to 7-3 going into the MAAC championships in two weeks.
Although the regular season is now over, VanWagner said that all the competitions during the season are just prep work for the MAAC and ECAC conference championships. The East Coast Athletic Conference (ECAC) is a bigger conference than the MAAC and provides yet another challenge for the Foxes.
"Being in two conferences offers a higher level of competition for the individual athletes," VanWagner said.
VanWagner also said expectations are high going into the championships, and that the goal is to win a third consecutive MAAC championship.
"I feel that this will be the most successful women's swimming and diving team we have had at Marist," he said. "We have great depth at every event, something we have not had in the past."
Only one Red Fox swimmer, freshman Lyndsay Martin, claimed an individual event victory in the loss, besting the field in both the 200-yard butterfly and 100-yard fly with times of 2:09.84 and 59.02 seconds respectively. Head coach Larry VanWagner praised his freshman, who is one of the top butterflyers in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).
"Lyndsay is really becoming an integral part of our team," he said. "She is now the second fastest 200-yard butterflyer in the MAAC, and both of her first place finishes Saturday were career best times."
Although Martin posted Marist's only individual event wins, several other Foxes had strong performances, including some close second-place finishes.
Junior Jamie Falco had several second place finishes, including both the 100 (59.66 seconds) and 200-yard (2:08.86) backstroke. Her 100-yard time was only .89 seconds behind UMBC's Agnes Stanislawska.
Falco also set a Marist College record for 100-yard freestyle with a time 52.91 seconds while swimming the opening leg of the 400-yard freestyle relay. VanWagner said the previous record, 53.01 seconds, was set by Erin McGrath in 2001.
"Erin's record swim was performed in a championship event," he said. "Jamie did it in a dual meet, where we don't perform as well."
Other Foxes who performed well included junior Lauren Malski, who finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke, behind UMBC's Christin Cantwell by only .32 seconds.
Junior diver Melissa Mangona finished second in both the 1 and 3-meter dive events, posting scores of 243.74 and 259.20, respectively. Senior Anna Sanner finished fourth in both diving events with scores of 221.17 and 222.52, respectively.
The loss capped Marist's dual season, and dropped the Foxes record to 7-3 going into the MAAC championships in two weeks.
Although the regular season is now over, VanWagner said that all the competitions during the season are just prep work for the MAAC and ECAC conference championships. The East Coast Athletic Conference (ECAC) is a bigger conference than the MAAC and provides yet another challenge for the Foxes.
"Being in two conferences offers a higher level of competition for the individual athletes," VanWagner said.
VanWagner also said expectations are high going into the championships, and that the goal is to win a third consecutive MAAC championship.
"I feel that this will be the most successful women's swimming and diving team we have had at Marist," he said. "We have great depth at every event, something we have not had in the past."
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