Men’s Swimming & Diving Wins Seventh Straight Meet Following Victory over Lafayette

EASTON, PA – The Saint Peter's men's swimming & diving team won its seventh straight meet on Monday to begin the 2018-19 season. The men's team defeated Lafayette to remain unbeaten, while the women's team fell to Lafayette at the meet.  
 
Meet Notes

• The men's team defeated Lafayette 165-100.
• The team's season record improved to a perfect 7-0 on the year.
• The men's seven meet winning streak is the longest run under head coach Mark Kretzer.
• The women's team fell to Lafayette 84-134.
• The women's record dropped to 0-8 this season.

 
Top Performers

• Arthur Bertrand – 1st place in both the 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke.
• Dylan Dela Cruz – 1st place in both the 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke.
• Rachel Valentine – 1st place in the 100 breaststroke and 2^nd place in the 200 breaststroke.

 
Coach's Quotes – Mark Kretzer

• "The team raced great today, with standout performances by sophomore Rachel Valentine on the women's side and senior Arthur Bertrand on the men's side. Freshman Dylan Dela Cruz also took home double victories in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke races, helping the men to a victory against a great Lafayette program."
• "This meet is always a challenge for our athletes." 
• "They spent the last 10 days doing two practices a day, along with an increased workload on lifting. The point of this meet is certainly not to reach, or even approach our best times from this season, but to get back into the racing mindset after focusing on training so intensely for nearly two weeks."
•  "We hope this meet can springboard our team with some momentum going into an excited home meet against conference rival Monmouth on Saturday which will be our senior recognition day, as well as an alumni reunion following the meet."

 
Up Next

• The Peacocks return home for a Senior Day meet against Monmouth and LIU Brooklyn at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 19.