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Swimming and Diving Completes Day-Three of MAAC's

As the Golden Griffins swimming and diving team finished day-three of the 2015 MAAC Swimming and Diving Championships the Blue and Gold currently sit in second place for the women with 374 points and fourth place with 331 points on the men's side.

The first two events of the day-three finals at the Flickinger Center were the men's and women's 1000-yard freestyle. The women's 1000-yard freestyle finals saw Marissa Oakey finish in second with a time of 10:25.46 and Sean Wurster claim the fourth fastest time of 9:34.16 and Spencer Bray finished in sixth with a time of 9:36.58.

Following the 1000-yard free finals, the teams competed in the 400-yard IM and on the women's side Marissa Watroba recorded a top-five finish, placing fourth with a time of 4:33.31 and the men's side saw Sam Hansen and Alex LaPoint finish in seventh and eighth place with times of 4:09.57 and 4:09.67.

Canisius' next two events were the men's and women's 100-yard butterfly finals and the women had two top-eight finishers with Alicia Wheeler finishing in third and Meghan Tyler finished in eighth.

The 200-yard Freestyle finals saw freshman Rebecca Anthone continue her great championship, finishing in first in the women's race with a time of 1:52.54 and Hannah Graesser also placed in the top-eight, finishing in sixth with a time of 1:53.70. And on the men's side Collin Zapisek recorded a fifth place finish with a time of 1:42.92.

In the men's and women's 100-yard breaststroke, Wyatt Sintay finished in eighth place with a time of 58.75 and Marissa Watroba recorded a second place finish with a time of 1:06.11. Gregory Staebell finished sixth with a time of 52.02 in the 100-yard backstroke finals and Clare Battaglia finished in seventh, finishing with a final time of 59.39.

Senior Taylor Epstein finished fifth in the women's 3-meter diving contest with a score of 223.85 and the men's and women's 400-yard freestyle relay team's finished in sixth and fourth. The women's team finished in fourth place with a time of 3:56.87 and the men's team finished in sixth place with a time of 3:27.55.

The team will compete in the final day of the Championship tomorrow, with prelims beginning at 10:00 a.m.

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Players Mentioned

Rebecca Anthone

Rebecca Anthone

FREESTYLE
5' 6"
Freshman
Clare Battaglia

Clare Battaglia

BACKSTROKE
5' 5"
Junior
Spencer Bray

Spencer Bray

DISTANCE FREE
6' 1"
Junior
Taylor Epstein

Taylor Epstein

DIVER
5' 4"
Senior
Hannah Graesser

Hannah Graesser

SPRINT FREE
5' 6"
Sophomore
Marissa Oakey

Marissa Oakey

DISTANCE FREE
5' 8"
Senior
Wyatt Sintay

Wyatt Sintay

BREAST/IM
5' 7"
Sophomore
Greg Staebell

Greg Staebell

BACKSTROKE
6' 1"
Freshman
Meghan Tyler

Meghan Tyler

BUTTERFLY
5' 4"
Freshman
Marissa Watroba

Marissa Watroba

BREAST/IM
5' 3"
Sophomore
Alicia Wheeler

Alicia Wheeler

FREE/FLY
5' 4"
Junior
Sean Wurster

Sean Wurster

MID-DISTANCE
6' 0"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Rebecca Anthone

Rebecca Anthone

5' 6"
Freshman
FREESTYLE
Clare Battaglia

Clare Battaglia

5' 5"
Junior
BACKSTROKE
Spencer Bray

Spencer Bray

6' 1"
Junior
DISTANCE FREE
Taylor Epstein

Taylor Epstein

5' 4"
Senior
DIVER
Hannah Graesser

Hannah Graesser

5' 6"
Sophomore
SPRINT FREE
Marissa Oakey

Marissa Oakey

5' 8"
Senior
DISTANCE FREE
Wyatt Sintay

Wyatt Sintay

5' 7"
Sophomore
BREAST/IM
Greg Staebell

Greg Staebell

6' 1"
Freshman
BACKSTROKE
Meghan Tyler

Meghan Tyler

5' 4"
Freshman
BUTTERFLY
Marissa Watroba

Marissa Watroba

5' 3"
Sophomore
BREAST/IM
Alicia Wheeler

Alicia Wheeler

5' 4"
Junior
FREE/FLY
Sean Wurster

Sean Wurster

6' 0"
Senior
MID-DISTANCE