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Posted: Feb 09, 2015

Women's Swimming Sends Off Seniors With Win Over New Rochelle on Senior Night

Women's Swimming Sends Off Seniors With Win Over New Rochelle on Senior Night
Results

BROOKLYN, N.Y.—In their season finale and on a night where they celebrated their three graduating seniors, the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) women's swimming team swept all 11 events and captured a 42-30 victory over The College of New Rochelle on Monday evening at Brooklyn Technical High School.

Junior Morgan Summers (Bellerose, N.Y./St. Mary's) bettered her school record in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:24.52. Taking third in the same event, Jessica Sacco (Brooklyn, N.Y./HS of Telecommunications Art and Technology) swam a personal best by nearly five seconds with 3:09.27. Summers would also place first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:14.51.

Junior Tina Wong (Brooklyn, N.Y./HS of Telecommunications Art and Technology) took first in the 100-yard butterfly, setting a personal best time of 1:13.83, almost four seconds lower than her previous best.

Freshman Brianna Minogue (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Kearney) collected a pair of first place finishes in the 50-yard freestyle (30.08) and 100-yard freestyle (1:08.69).

Sophomore Jillian O'Hara (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Kearney) also won a pair of individual triumphs in the 200-yard individual medley (2:49.80) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:29.99).

Junior Leticia Salazar (Ridgewood, N.Y./Grover Cleveland) clocked in at 20:15.36 for first in the 1000-yard freestyle.

In her first time swimming the distance 500-yard freestyle event, senior Erin Collins (Breezy Point, N.Y./Fontbonne Hall) clocked in at 7:56.26 while fellow senior Jennifer Moncino (Ridgewood, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy) placed in second with a time of 10:03.97.

Senior Shannon Rom (Breezy Point, N.Y./Bishop Kearney) placed third in the 50-yard freestyle just missing a personal best with a time of 34.86 and anchored the 200-yard freestyle relay squad with a 50-yard split of 32.45.

The Lady Bears wrap up their 2014-15 campaign with a 6-2 mark, two days removed from capturing their first HVIAC Invitational title. Their six wins also matches their program best set twice previously, last in 2012-13.