Swimming and Diving Travels to Niagara Saturday

The Canisius men's and women's swimming and diving teams travel to Battle of the Bridge rival Niagara for a dual meet Saturday at the Oxy Aquatic Center in Lewiston, N.Y.

Start time for the meet between the Golden Griffins and Purple Eagles is slated for noon.

Canisius returns to action after posting a split of its dual meet against Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference foe Rider last Saturday at the Burt Flickinger Center in downtown Buffalo.

The women earned a 174-126 triumph versus the visiting Broncs. Sophomore Daphne Mead claimed a trio of first-place finishes, taking the top spot in the 200 fly (2:12.24), the 200 back (2:09.00) and the 200 IM (2:11.77) individual races. Mead also swam the third leg of the 200 medley relay that took first place with a time of 1:49.03.

Junior Evie Leighton, who opened the 200 medley relay for the Griffs, swept both the women's 100 and 200 free, recording a time of 54.16 in the 100 while touching the wall in 1:58.77 in the 200. Leighton also swam the anchor leg of the women's 400 free relay that rallied in the final 100 yards of the race to take first with a time of 3:43.11

For the men, senior Toby Mayfield paced the Griffs in a 204-90 defeat to the Broncs, claiming first place in the 200 fly (1:56.31) while posting a pair of second place finishes in the 100 fly (51.77) and 200 IM (2:00.12) races.

Junior Atticus Hlubin and sophomore Giovanni Poggio gave the Griffs a 2-3 finish in the 200 breast, with Hlubin placing second (2:13.33) and Poggio taking third (2:15.54).

Senior Sam Vidal and junior Luke Critchlow fashioned a 2-3 result for Canisius in the 500 free as Critchlow claimed second (4:55.07) and Vidal took third (4:57.65).

UP NEXT
Canisius closes out the regular season Jan. 24 with a dual meet at in-state foe Le Moyne. Start time for the meet between the Griffs and Dolphins is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the Rev. Vincent B. Ryan, S.J. Pool in Syracuse.

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Players Mentioned

Atticus Hlubin: 6' 0"; Junior

Evie Leighton: 5' 11"; Junior

Toby Mayfield: 5' 9"; Senior

Daphne Mead: 5' 5"; Sophomore

Giovanni Poggio: 6' 0"; Sophomore

Sam Vidal: 6' 0"; Senior

Luke Critchlow: 5' 11"; Junior

Players Mentioned

Atticus Hlubin
: 6' 0"; Junior

Evie Leighton
: 5' 11"; Junior

Toby Mayfield
: 5' 9"; Senior

Daphne Mead
: 5' 5"; Sophomore

Giovanni Poggio
: 6' 0"; Sophomore

Sam Vidal
: 6' 0"; Senior

Luke Critchlow
: 5' 11"; Junior