Over at the Dixon center, this past Friday night, the Cabrini swim team waited on their opponent, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, to arrive at the pool. As soon as the other team arrived, they only had a short time to warm up, and get ready, before they had to start the meet.
“Even though we arrived late, we still had some of the best times, and Cabrini showed us great sportsmanship,” Coach Bahan said in an interview.
At the meet Cabrini women won six out of eleven events. The final score for the Cabrini women’s team was 111 to 82. The Cabrini men’s final score to pit Bradford was 106 to 75. This was a milestone win for Cabrini considering it was the first time the men’s team have beaten Pitt Bradford in a dual meet.
Also, this was the second year in a row that our women’s team had beaten them. “It was fun and the friendliness was so evident one the long bus ride,” Elizabeth Prager, from University of Pittsburgh at Bradford said.
Coming into the meet it had the making of a good mathup according to coach Cindy Ikeler. “
It would definitely be an extremely close meet and it could come down to only a couple of points for who wins,” head coach Cindy Ikeler said.
Christina Melchiorre was a double event winner for the women, winning both the 100 and 200 freestyle events.
Morgan Griffith, Casey Merrill and Valencia Williams were also event winners. The team of Morgan Griffith, Christina Melchiorre, Casey Merrill and Brooke Hagan won the last 200 freestyle relay.
They had three double event winners for the men, Todd Walker, Rich Giuliani, and Hassan Goines. Todd Walker won the 100 butterfly and 500 freestyle. Rich Giuliani won the 50 freestyle and the 100 freestyle. Hassan Goines won the 200 IM and the 100 breast stroke.
The team of Todd Walker, Andrew Stasis, Nick Vivian and Rich Giuliani won the 200 medley Relay. The team of Chris Moore, Matt McDonald, Ryan Hagan and Bobby Schmidt won the 200 freestyle relay. The Cabrini swim team swept five events in total. In the 200 freestyle Bobby Schmidt came in first place, Chris Ryan came in second, and Scott Hunt came in third place.
In the 50 freestyle, Rich Giuliani came in first place, Ryan Hagan came in second place and Cody Kunze came in third place. For the 100 freestyle Rich Giuliani got first place, Hassan Goines got second place and Bobby Schmidt received third place.
During the 100 breast stroke Hassan Goines won first place, Andrew Stasis won second place, and Brian Jordan won third place.
“We dominated today, but it all starts at practice and waking up at 6:30 in the morning,” Hassan Goines, exercise science and health promotion major, said.
