RIVERDALE, NY– After about a month off from competition, the Saint Peter's swimming and diving programs open the 2026 calendar year Saturday, January 10, traveling to Riverdale to face Manhattan in a dual meet at the Jeffrey H. Loria Family Aquatic Center at Horace Mann School.
The Peacocks are coming off a strong showing from WPI's Gompei Invitational, where the programs combined for a third-place finish. Saint Peter's collected 35 total medals and stood out as the only program at the meet to set a pool record, along with two meet records over the three-day competition.
Several Peacocks saw themselves on the podium, led by
Paige Austin-Burrows, who totaled 10 medals and set three school records.
Juan Nunez followed with nine medals, including four individual golds, and posted a personal or season best in every race he competed in. His performance earned him MAAC Male Swimmer of the Week honors.
ABOUT THE JASPERS
Manhattan enters the meet at 0-6 on the women's side and 1-4 on the men's side. The Jaspers have been on break for nearly a month, with their last competition coming at the ECAC Championships, where the men finished ninth, and the women placed tenth overall.
Senior Elle Feneide led the women's squad with eight top-15 finishes and seven season-best times, while junior Gavin Harding paced the men with six top-15 placements, seven season bests, and four personal best performances.
ALL TIME RECORD
Saint Peter's holds an 8-6 advantage over Manhattan on the women's side, winning two of the last three meetings (156-76, 136-98, 50-148), including the most recent victory in November.
On the men's side, the Peacocks lead the all-time series 10-4 and have won each of the last three match ups (169-92, 169-65, 177-69). Saint Peter's completed a program sweep in November, combining for 23 gold medals across both squads.
On the women's side,
Gwendolyn Mendez led the way with three gold medals, seeing victories in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:29.35), 400-yard IM (4:46.53), and posting a 31.66 split on the breaststroke leg of the 400 medley relay.
Chris Carolin Weiss added a pair of golds and silvers each, winning the 200-yard backstroke (2:16.33) and contributing to the winning 400 freestyle relay with a 57.90 split, while also placing second in the 100 backstroke (1:02.00, PB) and 400 IM (4:58.93).
The men were paced by Nunez with four gold medals, while
Patch Robinson added two golds and two silvers. Nunez captured wins in the 100 backstroke (53.19, SB) and 200 backstroke (1:56.89), led off the 200 medley relay with a 24.84 split, and anchored the 400 freestyle relay in 48.86. Robinson claimed gold in the 200 breaststroke (2:15.82, PB) and 400 IM (4:20.02), finished second in the 200 butterfly (2:00.39), and recorded a 49.32 split in the 400 freestyle relay.
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