Swimming & Diving Opens Dual Season With Home Win

The Blue Devils won nine events at home in the win over Stony Brook,

Cassidy Stotler (pictured) and Abbey Keane both won two individual races versus Stony Brook on Saturday. (Photo: Steve McLaughlin)

October 21, 2023

The Central Connecticut State swimming and diving team opened the dual meet portion of its season with a 160-83 win over Stony Brook, Saturday afternoon in Suydam Natatorium.

The Blue Devils won nine events on Saturday, led by Abbey Keane and Cassidy Stotler both winning two individual events and the divers taking the top-two spots on both boards.

CCSU returns to action next weekend with a two-day dual at New Hampshire. Friday's session begins at 5:00 pm with the Saturday competition beginning at 11:00 am.

RELAYS

Katrine O'Leary, Cassidy Stotler, Megan Dunningan and Kelly Stotler opened the meet with a win in the 200-medley relay, dropping a time of 1:48.70 to win by a second
O'Leary, Kelly Stotler, Gabby Spaciano and Shannon Welcome closed the meet with a second-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay

FREESTYLE EVENTS

Keane won both the 1,000 and 500 freestyle events, pulling a way for a 10:30.82 finish in the 1,000 that bested the field by 18 seconds
Welcome and Spaciano placed second and third in the 200-freestyle
O'Leary went 25.07 to place second in the 50-freestyle
Spaciano (54.2), Kelly Stotler (54.25) and Lauryn Cowing (55.32) placed second, third and fourth respectively in the 100-freestyle

STROKES

Cassidy Stotler led a 1-2-3 sweep of the 200 IM, with a swim of 2:09.93
Gabi Wroblewski placed second in the event with a 2:21.84, followed by Morgan O'Hara at 2:14.89
Wroblewski picked up a win in the 200-butterfly, touching at 2:11.94
Sophie Milhomens led a clean sweep of the 200-backstroke, going 2:07.02, and followed by Megan Dunningan (2:09.57) and Nathalie Pena (2:1.50)
Cassidy STotler captured the 200-breaststroke, with a time of 2:23.93

DIVING

Jewelle Maziarz won the 1-meter diving, scoring 252.23, leading three Blue Devils in the top four spots.
Zoe Baker was second at 219 points and Kaitlyn Carroll was third at 210.54 points
Baker took the top-spot in the 3-meter event, scoring 229.20, leading a 1-2-3 sweep for CCSU
Carroll scored 224.25 to take second and Maziarz was third at 216.60