JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Saint Peter's swimming and diving hosted its first home meet since January 2020, with the Peacocks men defeating Susquehanna for their fourth consecutive head-to-head win in a meet.
Fifth-year swimmer Oleksiy Polishchuk won two individual events and was a member of a winning relay team to lead the charge for the men, while senior Natalie Davis also scored three victories with two individual wins in the backstroke and a medley relay for the women's side.
The Basics
Results (Men): Susquehanna (W, 142-91)
Results (Women): Susquehanna (L, 133-107)
Location: Jersey City, N.J. | Yanitelli Center
Top Performances
- Saint Peter's took the top spot in three of the four relays, with the men earning victories in the 200-yard medley relay and the 200-yard freestyle relay, while the women won the 200-yard medley relay.
- Polishchuk had a multi-win individual meet for the third time this season, touching the wall first in the 100-yard breaststroke (58.89) and the 100-yard individual medley (54.68).
- Davis bested the field by nearly 11 seconds in the 200-yard backstroke (2:03.49) and won the 100-yard backstroke (1:03.40) for the third consecutive meet.
- Sophomore Yanis Benadouda earned his third individual event win of the season by touching the wall first by just one one-hundreth of a second in the 500-yard freestyle (5:13.39).
- Graduate student Rachel Valentine swam a season-best in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:14.99) for her second individual event win of the season.
- Junior Luke Cillie took first place in the 50-yard breaststroke (26.65) thanks to his fastest time since his personal-best 2020 MAAC Championship performance and tied for first place in the 50-yard freestyle (21.78).
- Tying Cillie was redshirt junior David Dolgitzer, earning him his first individual event victory of the season in the 50-yard freestyle (21.78).
- Yann Le Gall (47.03) and Nicholas Wondolowski (47.70) went 1-2 in the 100-yard freestyle.
- Freshman Jessica Guarrera won her first career event in the 50-yard breaststroke (33.51).
- Senior Evangelia Vasilakis earned his first event win of the season by touching the wall first in the 100-yard individual medley (1:05.76).
Up Next
The Peacocks return to the pool toward the end of January for meets in the Yanitelli Center against Wagner (Friday, Jan. 20) and Monmouth (Saturday, Jan. 21).
