Our first meet of the year was on January 11th against Buffalo State College. The team had been training double sessions plus dryland training twice a week so by the time this meet came the team did not have their full energy. Even though they were tired, they did not show it by have many season and personal best times!
One of the many highlights of the day was from
Patrick Munroe (FR) who took 2 seconds off his time to break the Wells record in the 200 Fly (2:20.52). For his great race he earned
NEAC Athlete of the Week. This was the 2nd time
Munroe earned this award. Team-mate
Matt Sleezer (JR) also took first place in the 50 FR (23.01) and 100 FR (51.69).
Thomas Dougherty (SO) in his first ever competitive season earned a PR in the 100 BR (1:14.31). Fellow team-mate
Tyler Fischetti (SO) earned a PR in the 200 FR (2:10.71)
The women's team also had a great meet.
Hilary Feudale (FR) earned the only 1st place win throughout the meet in her best event, 100 BA (1:07.89) it was also a season best and getting closer to the 1991 record of 1:06.42. For her efforts she earned the
NEAC Athlete of the Week award for the 4th time this season. Feudale also earned 2nd place with a 4 second time drop in the 200 BA (2:30.29).
Team-mate
Meghan Terry (FR) earned a 2nd place win and a SB in the 50 FR (27.85) and earned 3rd place and a SB in the 200 BR (2:58.26).
Overall it was a great first meet for the year.
Next meet will be Wednesday, January 16th against Alfred State College.
