This Week:

SUNY New Paltz will face the Bears from The United States Coast Guard Academy, the Union College Dutchmen, and the Red Hawks from Montclair State—Saturday October 31, 2009 at 1:00pm.  New Paltz, USCGA, and Montclair St. will all travel to Schenectady, NY to Union College for the Union Relays.

Format:

400 Medley Relay

3 x 100 Backstroke Relay

3 x 100 Breaststroke Relay

3 x 100 Fly Relay

500 Crescendo Relay

200 Freestyle Relay

3 x 200 IM Relay

200 Medley Relay

400 Freestyle Relay

Last Year:

New Paltz finished 3^rd for both men and women at this meet last season.  For the women- Union won with 136 points, Coast Guard had 100, and New Paltz 88.  For the men- Coast Guard vectored with 122 points, Union had 118, and New Paltz 70.  New Paltz had a relay victory in the women’s 300 Breast Relay (Hopf, Ellis, Baker).

Scouting the Bears:

The Bears return a solid core of swimmers and divers from the 2008-09 season. The men’s team will be lead by senior captains Timmy Berry, Ray Chaisson and Chris Hepp. Also returning to the squad is a group of six men who qualified for NCAA Division III championships in 2009.

The Lady Bears return key swimmers: senior captains Kaitlin Godden, Ariana Pourmonir, and junior Kim Shadwick. The Lady Bears returns four NCAA qualifiers from the 2008-2009 season.

This meet will be the 2009-2010 season opener for both squads.

Last Week:

SUNY New Paltz men’s and women’s swimming teams fell to New York University and Stevens Saturday afternoon.  On the men’s side, NYU defeated the Hawks 85-37 and Stevens defeated the Hawks 101-21. On the women’s side, NYU defeated New Paltz 95-27 and Stevens defeated New Paltz 77-45.

The relay team of Jesse Sweeney, Steve Cozzolongo, Keith MacDonald and Billy Papetti finished second with a time of 1:41.59 in the 200 yard medley relay. Cozzolongo finished second in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 54.61 and finished second in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 54.21. Rob Webb finished fourth in the 200 yard breaststroke with a time of 2:24.18.

For the women’s team, Yuka Suzuka gave the Hawks a second place finish in the 100 yard backstroke and second in the 200 yard backstroke with times of 1:01.55 and 2:15.98. The relay team of Suzuka, Becky Baker, Kate Genovese and Allison Wells finished second with a time of 1:52.98 in the 200 yard medley relay. Baker also had a second place finish in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:10.51 and a third place finish in the 200 yard breaststroke with a time of 2:38.02. Marissa Morris took third in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 55.89 and Jessica Lester finished third in the 200 yard backstroke with a time of 2:16.56.

http://athletics.newpaltz.edu/swimming/statistics/Swimming%20at%20NYU%20%28with%20Stevens%20IT%29%20%2810-24-09%29.pdf

Upcoming Schedule:

10/31   @ Union College Relays    (Troy, NY) 1:00

11/06   @ SUNY Oneonta       (Oneonta, NY)  4:00

11/07    vs. Coast Guard (New Paltz, NY) 1:00

11/14 vs. Rowan University (New Paltz, NY)1:00

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