Marist Women’s Swim & Dive Falls to Lehigh

Jan 15, 2025

The Marist women’s swim and dive team dropped its meet against Lehigh, Saturday afternoon. Photo: Carlisle Stockton

By Kenny McGovern

POUGHKEEPSIE – The Marist women’s swim and dive team dropped its meet against Lehigh, Saturday afternoon. The Red Foxes fell short in a close meet against the Mountain Hawks 159-140.

The Red Foxes move to 3-3 overall on the 2024-25 season, and remain 2-1 in MAAC meets.

“Coming off a good Winter training camp, I thought we put up a great fight against a strong Lehigh team. We had swimmers and divers starting to catch their stride and implement things that will help them at MAACs in a few weeks. We’ll have to quickly shift gears as we have another strong NEC opponent Bryant coming to McCann next Saturday. We aim to send our seniors out with a victory,” said Coach Randall.

The Red Foxes started the meet out hot in the 400-yard medley relay race. The team consisting of Milena Judge, April Avila, Sophia Swanson, and Eydis Kolbeinsdottir placed first in the race. The first-place finish was timed in at 3:56.76, earning 11 points for the Red Foxes.

Maddie Healey continued her dominance in the 1000-yard freestyle, with a first-place finish in the race. Healey swam her way to a time of 10:44.00, which added another win Marist.

Milena Judge had an outstanding swim in the 100-yard backstroke. Judge swam to a first-place finish with a time of 1:00.74, finishing right in front of teammate Lauren Castellani.

Castellani place second with a fast time of 1:01.56.

Judge added to her win total with a first-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke. Judge swam her way to the win with a time of 2:08.58.

April Avila once again placed first in the 100-yard breaststroke for the Red Foxes. Avila dominated the race, swimming to a time of 1:04.70, finishing almost four seconds in front.

Avila continued her dominance in the breaststroke, placing first in the 200-yard race. Avila swam to a time of 2:24.40.

Sabrina Conrad recorded a first-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly for the Red Foxes.

Conrad swam her way to a time of 2:08.80, with the second-place finisher timing in at 2:10.31.