EVENT: Saint Peter's at NYU Invitational
WHEN: Fri-Sat, Feb. 5-6, 2016, 5 p.m. (Fri)/10 a.m./5 p.m. (Sat)
WHERE: Palladium Athletic Facility, New York, N.Y.
opening dive... Saint Peter's travels to the NYU Invitational on Friday and Saturday. The event begins at 5 p.m. on Friday and then will have two sessions at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturday.
last time in the pool… Nicholas Riepe won two events to pace the Saint Peter's swimming and diving team in a dual meet against Bridgeport on Sunday. Bridgeport downed the Peacock men 92-24 and the women 91-28. Riepe won the 800 free with a time of 8:38.36 and finished third in the 50 fly with a time of 27.73. The junior also recorded the win in the 400 free with Bridgeport exhibitioning the event with a time of 4:09.27. Diego Rueda placed third in the 50 free (27.77). Christina Petrelis paced the women's team with a second-place finish in the 50 fly (31.92) and a third-place standing in the 200 free (34.55). Ericka Leynes notched the win in the 50 breast (48.73) after Bridgeport exhibitioned the event and also finished third in the 50 free (34.55) while Brianni Thomas was third in the 50 fly.
most noble… Senior Christina Petrelis was named to the Most Noble Order of the Peacock. Petrelis is one of 10 Saint Peter's seniors with the highest grade point average coming into her senior year.
about the coach… Lia Kunnapas begins her first season as the swimming and diving head coach at Saint Peter's in 2015-16. Kunnapas comes to Saint Peter's after serving as an assistant coach at Immaculate Heart Academy and Bergen Catholic High School for the last two seasons. She also worked with the Montvale swim team for the summer of 2013. She has also worked the Total Performance Swim Camp (2011-12). A four-year letter winner for the Colgate women's swimming and diving team, Kunnapas was a four-time All-Patriot League first-team selection. She won the 100 back and the 200 back as a sophomore and then took first in the 200 free and 200 back as a junior at the Patriot League Championships. Kunnapas also was a member of the winning 400-free and 800-free relay teams at the league championships her senior year. She was named the team's Most Valuable Player in 2012 and 2013.
