GRANTHAM, Pa.- The Immaculata men's and women's swimming teams took part in their first-ever tri-meet on Friday night at Messiah College with Messiah and Stevenson University, and the Macs equipped themselves quite well against very quality competition.  The Immaculata men picked up the first ever victory as they narrowly defeated Stevenson, 67-65.
 
MEN'S RESULTS (Immaculata 67, Stevenson 65; Messiah 140, Immaculata 35)
-50 Free: Joseph Duddy, 3^rd (25.47), Justin Colon, 7^th (37.95)
-100 Free: Donte Ramos, 3^rd (1:04.29)
-100 Fly: Francis Masino, 4^th (1:06.27)
-100 Back: Justin Colon, 3^rd (1:21.49)
-100 Breast: Joseph Duddy, 5^th (1:20.51)
-200 Free: Colon, 6^th (2:51.60)
-200 IM: John Batley, 2^nd (2:14.01)
-500 Free: Ramos, 4^th (7:19.00)
-1000 Free: Masino, 3^rd (12:44.26)
-400 Medley Relay: Batley, Duddy, Masino, Ramos, 3^rd (4:28.38)
 
WOMEN'S RESULTS (Stevenson 122, Immaculata 32; Messiah 161, Immaculata 27)
-50 Free: Sarah Frick, 8^th (30.89)
-100 Fly: Frick, 6^th (1:33.86)
-100 Back: Natalie Seaner, 7^th (1:30.71)
-100 Breast: Elizabeth Herlihey, 2^nd (1:12.37)
-200 Free: Cassandra Thiel, 5^th (2:56.25)
-200 IM: Seaner, 7^th (3:15.08)
-500 Free: Thiel, 4^th (7:56.94)
-1000 Free: Herlihey, 2^nd (12:35.76)
-400 Medley Relay: Thiel, Seaner, Herlihey, Frick, 5^th (5:41.87)
 
WHAT THEY SAID
-Head Coach Kathleen Womelsdorf said, "Going into the meet, I knew there were going to be tight races on both the men's and women's sides.  We took the energy and momentum from the Hood meet where we had really good swims.  Dropping times, out touching our opponents and making IU swimming stronger each day is what we do and will continue to do leading up to the Atlantic East Conference Championships."
 
UP NEXT
The teams will travel to Cedar Crest where the men will face the College of New Rochelle, and the women will have a tri-meet against New Rochelle and Cedar Crest.