NEWBURGH, N.Y. – Freshman
Brianna Perazella (Cheshire, Conn.) and sophomore
Enrique Naudy (Monroe, N.Y.) each broke school records as the Mount Saint Mary College men’s and women’s swimming teams earned victories over SUNY College at Old Westbury. The women won by a final margin of 101-43, while the men took the meet, 97-48.
Perazella broke her own school record in the 200 yard freestyle, shaving four hundredths of a second from the previous record and finishing in 2:07.40. The freshman also won the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 2:23.84.
Naudy ran away from the field in the 500 yard freestyle and became the first swimmer in school history to break five minutes. His time of 4:59.39 was nearly four seconds faster than the previous mark. Naudy also cruised to wins in the 200 yard freestyle (2:05.06) and the 100 yard butterfly (54.42). He missed the school record in the 100 fly by four hundredths of a second.
Back on the women’s side, freshmen
Kassie Kayal (Wayne, N.J.) and
Jamie Testa (Prospect, Conn.) were also double winners. Kayal took the 1000 yard freestyle (12:45.22) and the 100 yard breaststroke (1:23.31), while Testa captured the 50 yard freestyle (28.40) and the 100 yard butterfly (1:07.43). Freshman
Megan Whelan (Greenville, N.Y.) swam to a victory in the 100 yard freestyle (1:04.02), sophomore
Christina Figueroa (New Windsor, N.Y.) won the 100 yard backstroke (1:13.60), and sophomore
Sarah Pruschki (Greenville, N.Y.) took home the 500 yard freestyle (6:25.70) to round out the individual winners.
For the men, senior
Jay Matushefske (Garnerville, N.Y.) won three events – the 50 yard freestyle in 25.56, the 100 yard freestyle in 58.81, and the 100 yard breaststroke in 1:14.29. Senior
Stephen Ghostlaw (New Windsor, N.Y.) won the 1000 yard freestyle (11:57.32), while junior
Anthony Celano (Brooklyn, N.Y.) took the 100 yard backstroke in 1:13.76. Junior
Brian Heitman (Ramsey, N.J.) rounded out the individual event winners with a victory in the 200 yard individual medley (2:19.07).
Up next for both teams is Maritime College. The Blue Knights will host the Privateers on Thursday, February 4 in a 7:00 p.m. start at the Kaplan Center.