Swimming and Diving to Host Geneseo Saturday

The Canisius swimming and diving teams open the home portion of their schedule Saturday as they welcome SUNY Geneseo to the Burt Flickinger Center. Start time for the meet between the Golden Griffins and Knights is slated for noon at the Burt Flickinger Center in downtown Bufffalo.

Canisius opened its schedule on Oct. 17 with a season-opening tri-meet against Rochester and Siena in Rochester, N.Y. The Canisius women won 164-136 over the University of Rochester, while the Siena women posted a 157-142 win over the Griffs. The Canisius men's team also faced Rochester on Saturday, falling 184-116.

The Griffs opened the tri-meet on Saturday collecting a pair of wins in the 200 medley relays. The women's squad of graduate student Carla Nevi, senior Cassandra Ercoli, freshman Isla Ho, and senior Evie Leighton claimed a pool record and the top spot, finishing in 1:48.13.

The men's 200 medley relay, consisting of freshman Alex Velicico, senior Atticus Hlubin, senior Elliot Somers, and sophomore Hubert Hawkins, also claimed the top spot with a time of 1:35.38.

Leighton went on to claim two individual first-place finishes and pool records in each win on Saturday, taking the top spot in both the 200 free and the 100 free. Leighton placed first in the 100 free with a time of 52.50. The senior then won the 200 free, finishing the race almost seven seconds ahead of the second-place finisher with her time of 1:53.88. Leighton was also a member of the 200 medley relay team that claimed first place, setting a pool record with their time of 1:48.13.

Also making their Griffs debut in the season-opening tri-meet on Saturday, Ho and freshman Emma Cwiklinski claimed a pair of victories. Ho placed first in the 100 fly, finishing in 57.67 while Cwiklinski claimed first in the 500 free with her time of 5:20.82.

On the men's side, Velicico also claimed a pair of individual wins along with his relay win. The freshman placed first in the 100 back with his time of 52.79 and the 500 free, finishing in 4:54.77.

Freshman Amico Anderson opened his collegiate campaign by claiming a pair of victories on the diving board in both the one and three-meter diving events. Anderson won the one-meter with his score of 220.65, 15 points higher than the second-place finisher. The freshman also claimed first in the three-meter with his score of 206.95.

UP NEXT
The Golden Griffins return to action on Oct. 31 as the team welcomes Binghamton to the Burt Flickinger Center in downtown Buffalo for a noon start time.

SUPPORT THE GRIFFS
Support the Canisius Swimming and Diving program in conjunction with the "More Than A Game" campaign. Your donation to the swimming and diving program helps our student-athletes continue to be champions in the community, in the classroom and in competition. To donate, CLICK HERE.

Like Canisius Athletics on Facebook
Follow @GoGriffs and @GriffsSwim on X
Follow @GoGriffs and @griffs_swimdive on Instagram

Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

Cassandra Ercoli: 5' 5"; Junior

Atticus Hlubin: 6' 0"; Junior

Evie Leighton: 5' 11"; Junior

Elliot Somers: 6' 0"; Junior

Hubert Hawkins: 5' 10"; Freshman

Amico Anderson: 5' 10"; Freshman

Emma Cwiklinski: 5' 4"; Freshman

Isla Ho: 5' 4"; Freshman

Carla Nevi: 5' 6"; Graduate Student

Alex Velicico: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Cassandra Ercoli
: 5' 5"; Junior

Atticus Hlubin
: 6' 0"; Junior

Evie Leighton
: 5' 11"; Junior

Elliot Somers
: 6' 0"; Junior

Hubert Hawkins
: 5' 10"; Freshman

Amico Anderson
: 5' 10"; Freshman

Emma Cwiklinski
: 5' 4"; Freshman

Isla Ho
: 5' 4"; Freshman

Carla Nevi
: 5' 6"; Graduate Student

Alex Velicico
: Freshman