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Men's Swimming and Diving

Swimming and Diving Sweeps Buffalo State

Both Brockport's swimming and diving teams defeat Buffalo State

Senior Rachel Coia helped The College at Brockport Women's Swimming and Diving team to multiple wins on senior day.

The College at Brockport Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving squads excelled in the James B. Fulton Natatorium Saturday afternoon on senior day defeating Buffalo State 187-68 in the women's bracket and 161-125 in the men's bracket on the Brockport campus.

Seniors Taylor Schaffert (Lockport, NY/Lockport) and Melanie Melewski (New Baltimore, NY/Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk) won multiple events for the Golden Eagles individually while also helping secure a couple relay race victories for the women's team. On the men's side, senior Chris Heckman (Ballston Spa, NY/Ballston Spa) won the 100-yard butterfly and also teamed up with fellow senior Dustin Wurster (Buffalo, NY/West Seneca West) to win a relay.

Schaffert won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:01.68, nearly 14 seconds ahead of the closest Bengal, and she also won the 100-yard freestyle finishing in 55.67 seconds. Melewski won the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:30.06 and also won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:07.39. In addition seniors Rachel Coia (Rochester, NY/Spencerport) and Alanna Blasting (Kenmore, NY/Kenmore West) won the 200-yard butterfly and the 200-yard individual medley respectively. Senior diver Lydia Allen (Cortland, NY/Cortland) also won the one meter dive with a score of 254.15.

Also winning multiple events for the Green and Gold's women was sophomore Mary Jane Leja (Auburn, NY/Auburn) who won the 1000-yard freestyle and the 50-yard freestyle.  Ameera Bhanji (Wappengers Falls, NY/Roy C. Ketcham) was the first to finish the 100-yard butterfly and Meghann Kilgallon (Binghamton, NY/Windsor) had the top score of 261.55 in the three meter dive.

Brockport finished first in the 400-yard medley relay with the team of Schaffert, Ellie Jones (Palmyra, NY/Palmyra-Macedon), Coia and Holly Jackson (West Falls, NY/East Aurora). The Golden Eagles 400-yard medley relay team completed the race in 4:14.77. Schaffert, Leja, Jackson and Melewski also teamed up to win the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:43.46, more than 15 seconds ahead of Buffalo State.

For the men's side, Nik Von Stackelberg (Alfred, NY/Alfred-Almond) and Austin Moyer (Newport News, VA/Woodside) won multiple events. Stackelberg won both the 1000-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle. Moyer was the top swimmer in the 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard individual medley and the 200-yard butterfly. In each win for Moyer, he was more than five seconds ahead of the competition.

Eric Zawislak (Niagara Falls, NY/Niagara-Wheatfield) finished the 200-yard backstroke in 2:11.05 to claim first place in the event. Gabriel Arias (Rochester, NY/Eastridge) won both diving events for the men's team. He posted a 263.40 in the one meter dive and a 294.25 in the three meter dive. Arias' score for the three meter dive was more than 90 points ahead of the second place score.

Brockport travels to Fredonia next week for a 1 pm swimming and diving meet.

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Players Mentioned

Gabe Arias

Gabe Arias

Diving
Sophomore
Chris Heckman

Chris Heckman

Sprint/Fly
Senior
Austin Moyer

Austin Moyer

Fly/IM
Sophomore
Nik Von Stackelberg

Nik Von Stackelberg

Distance
Sophomore
Dustin Wurster

Dustin Wurster

Sprint
Senior
Lydia Allen

Lydia Allen

Diving
Senior
Alanna Blasting

Alanna Blasting

IM/Fly
Senior
Rachel Coia

Rachel Coia

Fly/Free
Senior
Holly Jackson

Holly Jackson

Back/Free
Sophomore
Melanie Melewski

Melanie Melewski

Breast/IM
Senior
Taylor Schaffert

Taylor Schaffert

Back/Free
Senior
Meghann Kilgallon

Meghann Kilgallon

Diving
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Gabe Arias

Gabe Arias

Sophomore
Diving
Chris Heckman

Chris Heckman

Senior
Sprint/Fly
Austin Moyer

Austin Moyer

Sophomore
Fly/IM
Nik Von Stackelberg

Nik Von Stackelberg

Sophomore
Distance
Dustin Wurster

Dustin Wurster

Senior
Sprint
Lydia Allen

Lydia Allen

Senior
Diving
Alanna Blasting

Alanna Blasting

Senior
IM/Fly
Rachel Coia

Rachel Coia

Senior
Fly/Free
Holly Jackson

Holly Jackson

Sophomore
Back/Free
Melanie Melewski

Melanie Melewski

Senior
Breast/IM
Taylor Schaffert

Taylor Schaffert

Senior
Back/Free
Meghann Kilgallon

Meghann Kilgallon

Freshman
Diving

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