Jan. 19, 2007
Final Stats
Staten Island, NY -- In their lone home meet of the season the Wagner Seahawks showed they are ready for the upcoming NEC Championships with a dismantling of Mount Saint Mary's 141-68. The Seahawks also used the meet as the prime chance to honor their seven graduating seniors.
Co-Captains Bridget Amitrano (Valley Stream, NY/Valley Stream), and Brigitta Roser (Ithaca, NY/Lansing), along with Amanda Males (East Stroudsburg, PA/East Stroudsburg), Julie Gardner (Concord, CA/Concord), Molly McDonald (Hickory, NC/Seton Home School), Nicole Paduano (North Haven, CT/North Haven), and Kate Wilson (Brentwood, CA/Liberty) were all recognized for their hardwork and dedication at the conclusion of the meet.
Prior to that Wagner turned it up on high as they rolled through every event taking first place in all but one. Thing started off fast as the 200 medley relay squad took first place at 1:54.90. That was followed by Gardner taking the 200 IM with a time of 2:16.80. Event number three brought Roser into the winner's circle as she took first in the 200 yard freestyle hitting the wall at 1:54.88.
A couple of 50 yard events followed with freshman Melanie Rodriguez-Lapman (Chesire, CT/Chesire) taking first in the backstroke at 30.28 while Wilson posted a first place time in the breaststroke at 33.05. Event six was the 100 yard butterfly where freshman Jessica Hart (Summerfield, NC/Northwest) who was a US Open qualifier earlier this year nailed down first at 59.72.
Moving along the 50 yard freestyle was all about Michelle Varga (Astoria, NY/Archbishop Molloy) as she stopped the clocks at 25.80. Junior Halley Allen (Bryan, TX/Bryan) was good to go on event eight, the 100 yard freestyle as the sprinter took first at 54.76. Roser tallied more top honors grabbing first in the 100 yard backstroke at 1:02.32.
As the meet rolled on Paduano came through with a first place time in the 100 yard breaststroke at 1:10.86 while Wilson won the 500 yard freestyle at a time of 5:14.84. Maggie O'Connell posted the lone victory for the Mount taking the 50 yard butterfly at a time of 27.29.
Wagner closed things out with a top time in the 100 yard IM by Rodriguez-Lapman at 1:04.56, and a winning mark in the 200 yard freestyle relay at 1:44.92.
Next up for the Green & White will be a meet at Central Connecticut State University on January 27. The NEC Championships follow on February 15, 16, and 17.
