SUNY New Paltz Swimming Teams Sweep in Home Opener

NEW PALTZ, NY — The SUNY New Paltz men’s and women’s swimming teams swept Oneonta this afternoon at Elting Gymnasium in their second duel meet of the season. The women took first place in all events finishing on top 118 to 79 and improve to 2-0 on the year. The men evened their record to 1-1 defeating the Red Dragons 110 to 90.

In the 200-yard butterfly, freshman Liz Ruggiero (Congers, NY) finished in first with a new varsity record of 2:17.44. The women took first in all other events as well; the team of sophomore Katie Rapp (Liverpool, NY), senior Mallory Grempel (Babylon, NY), Ruggiero and junior Joanna Masterson (Canandaigua, NY) won the 400-yard medley relay (4:14.55), sophomore Nevine Roberts (Pound Ridge, NY) won the 1000-yard freestyle (11:25.71), sophomore Liz Delia (Oswego, NY) captured the 200-yard freestyle (2:02.48), Masterson took first in the 50-yard freestyle (25.05) and the 100-yard freestyle (55.45), senior Danielle Lindner (Wantagh, NY) won the 200-yard individual medley (2:21.04) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:34.00), Rapp took first in the 200-yard backstroke (2:20.53), Grempel won the 200-yard breaststroke (2:33.18) and the team of Lindner, Delia, Roberts and senior Andrea Ditter (New Paltz, NY) took first in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:57.90).

The men took first in 8 of 11 events. Freshman John Fleckenstein (Port Jefferson, NY) took first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.40), the 500-yard freestyle (5:12.34) and was part of the first place team, of sophomore Craig Gottesman (Oceanside, NY), freshman Brendan Lown (Bohemia, NY) and sophomore Chris Chaplin (Hempstead, NY), in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:33.26).

Oneonta had the top finishers in three men’s events; sophomore Chris Rooney (Delmar, NY) took first in the 1000-yard freestyle (11:46.44), junior Bill Dergosits (Schenectady, NY) won first in the 50-yard freestyle (23.17) and freshman Peter Millspaugh (Pine Bush, NY) won the 200-yard backstroke (2:10.07).

Women’s Results

400 Medley Relay

1. NP-(Rapp, Grempel, Ruggiero, Masterson) 4:14.55 2. NP-(Williamson, Magill, Austien, Lipp) 4:31.78 3. ON-(Fitzgerald, Ryan, Morgan, Element) 4:33.21 4. NP-(Papetti, Salter, Elliot, Buongiorno) 4:46.75 5. ON-(McGovern, Humiston, Butcher, Flannery) 4:59.74 6. ON-(Hamilton, Treubig, Pagan, Rizea) 5:11.04

1000 Free

1. NP Roberts 11:25.21 2. ON Millspaugh 11:28.55 3. NP Kinzie 12:34.82 4. ON Hamilton 12:52.48 5. NP Griffin 13:00.00 6. ON Lewendorski 15:43.59

200 Free

1. NP Delia 2:02.48 2. NP Williamson 2:10.19 3. NP Ditter 2:12.08 4. ON Rizea 2:19.48 5. ON Walsh 2:21.68 6. ON Butcher 2:37.12

50 Free

1. NP Masterson 25.05 2. ON Element 26.88 3. NP Lipp 27.79 4. NP Austein 27.97 5. ON Humiston 28.51 6. ON Flannery NT

200 IM

1. NP Lindner 2:21.04 2. NP Ruggiero 2:24.16 3. ON Ulanowski 2:25.38 4. NP Rapp 2:27.29 5. ON Ryan 2:35.74 6. ON Burling 2:38.09

200 Fly

1. NP Ruggiero 2:17.44 2. NP Delia 2:21.01 3. NP Roberts 2:35.07 4. ON Pagan 2:38.62 5. ON Ulanowski 2:39.83

100 Free

1. NP Masterson 55.45 2. NP Williamson 57.89 3. ON Element 1:00.08 4. NP Lipp 1:00.97 5. ON Fitzgerald NT 6. ON Waite 1:06.72

200 Back

1. NP Rapp 2:20.53 2. ON Millspaugh 2:23.09 3. NP Ditter 2:28.57 4. NP Gerard 2:29.57 5. ON Hamilton 2:45.16 6. ON McGovern 2:45.64

500 Free

1. ON Burling 6:07.19 2. ON Rizea 6:21.09 3. ON Walsh 6:24.94 Ex. NP Lindner 5:34.00 Ex. NP Grant 6:00.23 Ex. NP Kinzie 6:06.81

200 Breast

1. ON Ryan 2:42.90 2. ON Treubig 3:00.02 3. ON Humiston 3:14.93 Ex. NP Grempel 2:33.18 Ex. NP Magill 2:51.65 Ex. NP Salter 2:50.65

400 Free Relay

1. ON- (Ulanowski, Burling, Fitzgerald, Millspaugh) 4:05.52 2. ON- (Pagan, Morgan, Flannery, Walsh) 4:23.93 3. ON- (McGovern, Lewandowski, Butcher, Waite) 4:37.38 Ex. NP- (Lindner, Delia, Roberts, Ditter) 3:57.90 Ex. NP- (Kinzie, Trczinski, Grant, Elliot) 4:17.93 Ex. NP- (Griffin, Nigro, Gerritt, Pappetti) 4:38.04

Exhibition Swims:

New Paltz

200 Free

Grant 2:16.73 Gerritt 2:29.50 Griffin 2:29.61

200 Breast

Pappetti 2:54.95

200 Back

Pappetti 2:36.99 Nigro 2:49.90

200 Fly

Buongiorno 2:33.09 Trczinski 2:42.37 Elliot 2:46.79

100 Fly

Gerard 1:07.20

100 Fly

Trczinski 1:14.86

100 Free

Gerritt 1:08.90

Men’s Results

400 Medley Relay

1.NP – (Yousey, Johnson, Chaplin, Demerest) 3:51.85 2.ON – (Millspaugh, Fadel, B. Dergosits, Conaughty) 3:57.94 3.NP – (Roth, Choi, Reynolds, Melton) 4:21.75 4.ON – (Taylor, Murray, Broomhead, Hartman) 4:21.93 5.ON – (Melecio, Scheer, Martorano, Stephan) 4:59.74

1000 Free

1.ON C. Rooney 11:46.44 2.NP O’Keefe 11:47.90 3.ON E. Dergosits 12:02.49 4.NP Roth 12:19.64 5.NP Choi 13:34.19 6.ON J. Martorano 14:15.71

200 Free

1.NP Fleckenstein 1:53.40 2.NP Lo 1:57.35 3.ON R. Conaughty 1:59.92 4.NP Yousey 2:00.54 5.ON A. Papaleo ? 6.ON M. Pignotti 2:35.31

50 Free

1.ON B. Dergosits 23.17 2.NP Gottesman 23.67 3.NP Lown 24.37 4.NP Demerest 24.45 5.ON M Moran 24.85 6.ON C. Connors 25.16

200 IM

1.NP Sousa 2:08.50 2.NP Johnson 2:13.45 3.ON P. Millspaugh 2:17.21 4.NP Davidson 2:17.97 5.ON B. Fadel 2:20.48 6.ON A. Taylor 2:25.51

200 Fly

1.NP Chaplin 2:17.98 2.ON B. Dergosits 2:21.10 3.NP Melton 2:25.69 4.NP Reynolds 2:33.21 5.ON M. Pignotti 3:41.66 6.ON J. Martorano 3:14.59

100 Free

1.NP Gottesman 53.11 2.NP Lown 53.98 3.NP Yousey 54.00 4.ON C. Connors 55.81 5.ON M. Hartman 59.87 6.ON M. Moran 1:02.?

200 Back

1.ON P. Millspaugh 2:10.07 2.NP Sousa 2:10.08 3.NP Davidson 2:17.14 4.ON A. Taylor 2:22.48 5.NP Roth 2:29.29 6.ON J. Melecio 2:42.74

500 Free

1.NP Fleckenstein 5:12.37 2.ON C. Rooney 5:43.10 3.NP O’Keefe 5:45.47 4.ON E. Dergosits 5:58.38 5.NP Reynolds 6:08.68 6.ON A. Papaleo 7:04.48

200 Breast

1.ON R. Conaughty 2:28.86 2.ON M. Broomhead 2:37.10 3.ON B. Fadel 2:37.55 Ex. NP Johnson 2:22.34 Ex. NP Lo 2:23.67 Ex. NP Choi 2:53.14

400 Free Relay

1.ON – (Connors, Broomhead, Rooney, Moran) 3:42.04 2.ON – (Murray, Hartman, Melecio, Dergosits) 3:59.24 3.ON – (Papaleo, Pignotti, Scheer, Stephan) 4:37.38 Ex. NP- (Gottesman, Lown, Fleckenstein, Chaplin) 3:33.20 Ex. NP- (Sousa, Demerest, Davidson, Lo) 3:33.42 Ex. NP – (Melton, Yousey, O’Keefe, Choi) 3:59.89