Swimming & Diving 10/21/2023 5:58:00 PM

De Villard’s Record-Breaking Day Paces Swimming and Diving in Tri-Meet

Marin de Villard took home four first-place finishes and established a pool record in the 200 back to help lead the Canisius men's swimming and diving team to a 167-120 victory over the University of Rochester at the Speegle Wilbraham Center in Rochester, N.Y. Saturday.

Despite numerous first-place finishes for the women's team, including a sweep from Brenna McLaughlin, SaraJo Gardner and Jordan O'Connor in the 200 back, the Golden Griffin women fell to MAAC opponent Siena, 177-111. The women's team did come up victorious against the Yellow Jackets, defeating them by a score of 173-111.

De Villard led the way for the men's side, breaking the pool record in the 200 back with a time of 1:52.50. He also took first in the 200 free (1:43.13), 500 free (4:55.16) and alongside Bronson Benes, Sam Vidal and Alex Hiltbrand, took first in the 200 free relay (1:27.76).

Benes, Vidal and Hiltbrand took first in the 200 medley relay as well, alongside Elliot Somers, with a 1:36.37 time. Vidal and Benes both took home two more individual first-place finishes. Vidal won both the 100 (58.820) and 200 breast (2:11.74) while Benes won both the 100 (51.85) and 200 fly (1:56.71).

Ben Yant also had a quality day in the pool, taking first place in the 50 (22.01) and 100 free (49.26). Alongside Vidal in the 100 breast, Eric Kim (1:00.0) and Jeremy Cox (1:00.22) took second and third place, respectively, to complete the sweep.

On the women's side, freshman Evie Leighton and McLaughlin continued their early-season dominance in the water. Leighton took first in the 200 free (1:56.47) and third in the 100 free (54.78). McLaughlin came in first in the 200 back with a time of 2:09.73.

Freshman Cassandra Ercoli picked up her first collegiate win in the 100 breast with a time of 1:07.83. Senior captain Jordan O'Connor earned another first place finish in the 100 back (1:00.07).

UP NEXT
The Griffs kickoff their home meet schedule at the Burt Flickinger Center in downtown Buffalo on Oct. 28, taking on SUNY Geneseo with the meet set to begin at noon.

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Players Mentioned

Jeremy Cox: 6' 6"; Junior

Eric Kim: 5' 10"; Sophomore

Sam Vidal: 6' 0"; Sophomore

Ben Yant: 6' 0"; Junior

Bronson Benes: 5' 8"; Junior

Jordan O'Connor: 5' 5"; Senior

Marin de Villard: 6' 5"; Freshman

Elliot Somers: 6' 0"; Freshman

Cassandra Ercoli: 5' 5"; Freshman

SaraJo Gardner: 5' 10"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Jeremy Cox
: 6' 6"; Junior

Eric Kim
: 5' 10"; Sophomore

Sam Vidal
: 6' 0"; Sophomore

Ben Yant
: 6' 0"; Junior

Bronson Benes
: 5' 8"; Junior

Jordan O'Connor
: 5' 5"; Senior

Marin de Villard
: 6' 5"; Freshman

Elliot Somers
: 6' 0"; Freshman

Cassandra Ercoli
: 5' 5"; Freshman

SaraJo Gardner
: 5' 10"; Freshman