By KAYLA MATTEO
Staff Writer
The Golden Knights swimming and diving team took the lead versus Le Moyne at the Nov. 19 meet at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Topping the score boards in a majority of the events, both the men’s and woman’s teams were victorious at this meet, with final scores of 160-108 and 115-118, respectively.
“In all it was a total team effort. We needed everyone on the team to perform and step up to the challenge,” said Coach Keith Murray.
Some of the more notable performances include two wins by junior Joseph Krok, in the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly for the men’s team. Krok acknowledged Le Moyne as good competition and said that what made Saint Rose so successful in this meet was putting it’s swimmers in the events that they exceed in.
“There is a long standing rivalry between our two teams since many members of Saint Rose and Le Moyne have swam each other since high school,” said men’s swimmer Vadim Yafeyev of the competition.
Also for the men’s team, sophomore Kyle Wilson took the lead in three events, the 500 and 1,000 freestyle and the 200 butterfly.
For the woman’s events, senior Caitlin Peterson finished first in three races for the Golden Knights including the 100, 500, and 1000 freestyle events. Additionally, junior Naomi Woodcock won two races for the team, the 100 and 200 breaststroke.
Something else that helped the Golden Knights at this event were it’s divers who provided the team with more points. Specifically, David Geneder had an excellent performance, winning his first college diving competition.
This win brings the Golden Knights to the lead in the Upstate Challenge event over Le Moyne with the score at 6-2.
“It was a good win for the program and having other student athletes and friends from Saint Rose there to support us made the event a total success,” said Coach Keith Murray.
