WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. — The Wagner swimming & diving teams split the results against Monmouth and Manhattan on Saturday. The Seahawks handily defeated the Jaspers 221-38 (men) and 187-38 (women), but could not pick up a win against the Hawks.
The best performances of the event belonged to senior
Brooke Woolfe and junior
Lovisa Ramsten. Woolfe, who earned NEC Women's Swimmer of the Week last week, won all three of her individual races. Her first win came in the 100-yard breaststroke event (1:08.03), then her next win came in the 200-yard breaststroke event (2:27.28), where she finished over five seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. Woolfe capped off her day with a win in the 400-yard individual medley (4:37.27).
Ramsten matched Woolfe's success in the pool, also winning all three of her individual races. In the 100-yard backstroke, Ramsten was the only swimmer to finish the race in under a minute, completing the event in just 58.77 seconds. In her next race, the Stockholm native finished the 50-yard freestyle in 24.06 seconds, the only swimmer to finish the race in under 25 seconds. Ramsten finished her day with a first place finish in the 100-yard butterfly (57.42), finishing less than a tenth of a second in front of the second-place finisher.
Fresh off his NEC Men's Swimmer of the Week award, junior
Florian Schumich started his day with a second place finish in the 200-yard freestyle event, ending with a 1:41.50 time. The Austrian native then won the 200-yard backstroke event with a 1:51.87 time to cap off his day.
NEC Rookie of the Week
Camila Bossa competed in the distance events and won her first-ever collegiate swimming event when she touched the wall first in the 500-yard freestyle race (5:21.90). She also finished second in the 1000-yard freestyle race, finishing with a 10:53.54 time.
The Green & White picked up three more first-place finishes during the meet. Senior
Manuel Chavez Villalpando won the 200-yard butterfly (1:58.02), senior
Rachael Harris placed first in the 200-yard backstroke (2:09.20), and junior
Ben McLaughlin won the 500-yard freestyle (4:53.48).
In total, Wagner won 11 of the 28 events during the meet.
The Seahawks return to the pool on Friday, Oct. 30, when they travel to New Haven, CT and take on SCSU and CCSU. The meet will take place at the Hutchison Natatorium and will start at 6 p.m.
