Marist Sweeps Swimming and Diving Weekly Awards
MAAC Sports
Edison, NJ - Marist College's Jason
Ruddy was named the MAAC Men's Swimmer of the Week, while fellow Red Fox Greta Leberfinger earned the award on the women's
side. Marist's Sean Molloy was chosen as the Men's Diver of the Week along with
Kimberly Tobias being selected as the Women's Diver of the Week.
Ruddy
had a standout meet for the Red Foxes versus Binghamton on Saturday, Nov. 19 as
he won two individual events and set three season-best times. He started his
day with a season-best mark in the 50-yd butterfly portion of the 200-yd medley
relay, with his efforts Marist's "A" team secured a second place finish, just
.56 off of the win. In his next race, the 200-yd butterfly, he swam to an easy
victory with a time of 1:55.45, 5.32 seconds clear of his nearest competitor.
His second place finish in the 100-yd butterfly was a season-best as he
finished in 52.24, less than .20 off of the win. Ruddy's most clutch
performance of the meet was in event 30, the men's 200-yd IM. With the teams
neck-and-neck throughout the meet, his win and season-best time of 1:57.59 gave
the Red Foxes an important nine points heading into the relay, where they held
off the Bearcats for a 151-148 dual victory.
Leberfinger,
a freshman, had a stellar meet for the Red Foxes in their dual win versus
Binghamton on Saturday, Nov. 19. In each of her four events, Leberfinger swam
to season-best times. In her individual victories in the 100- and 200-yd
breaststroke her times were 1:05.67 and 2:22.87. Though finishing a close
second to teammate Kate Conard, Leberfinger still managed to swim to a
season-best 2:12.12 in the 200-yd IM. Her final season-best time was recorded
in the breaststroke portion of the 200-yd medley relay, where she helped the
Marist "A" team to a 1:49.20 victory.
Molloy earned 13 points for the Red Foxes in
their meet at home versus Binghamton. He won the 3-meter board with a 258.90
final score. In his second event, the 1-meter, Molloy finished in second place
with a score of 251.17.
Tobias
had a strong diving meet versus Binghamton as she won both the 1 and 3-meter
boards for the Red Foxes. In her first event, the 1-meter, she dove to a
six-dive total of 236.25, while she compiled a score of 239.77 in the 3-meter.
The 2012 MAAC Swimming & Diving Championships will be held Thursday, February 16
through Saturday, February 18, 2012 at Erie Community College in
Buffalo, NY, hosted by Canisius College and Niagara University.