GENEVA, Ohio — The Wagner Swimming and Diving teams wrapped up their first day of competition at the NEC Championships. The Seahawks came away with three 3rd-place finishes out of the first six events.

The first event where Wagner reached the podium was the women's 200-yard medley relay. Sophomores Lovisa Ramsten and Mia Goodale joined seniors Lia Vendel and Sophia Varon-Fowler to place 3rd in the event with a 1:43.24 time, less than two seconds behind the winners from Howard. 

The Seahawks reached two more podiums in both the men's and women's 800-yard freestyle relay. On the men's side, sophomore's Florian Schumich and Ben McLaughlin, along with seniors Ruben Van Gool and Brayden Schaeffer, finished 3rd in the event with a 6.43:58 time. On the women's side, Goodale joined fellow sophomore Gaya Savran, and juniors Brooke Woolfe and Daniela Moreno to swim a 7:37.61, good enough for 3rd place.

After the first day of competition, the men's team sits in third place, and the women's team sits in fourth. The standings after day 1 are shown below.

Men:
1- Howard, 142
2- Le Moyne, 108
3- WAGNER, 90
4- LIU, 72

Women:
1- CCSU, 141
2- Howard, 107
3- Le Moyne, 77
4- WAGNER, 64
5- Saint Francis, 58
6- Stonehill, 54
6- LIU, 54

The Seahawks will return to the pool tomorrow, Feb. 17, for day 2 of the NEC Championships. The preliminary races will start at 10 a.m., while the finals will begin at 6 p.m.