RIVERDALE, N.Y. - The Manhattan men's and women's swimming and diving teams dropped a dual meet to Iona in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) action on Saturday afternoon.
With the loss, the men fall to 3-1 on the season while the women move to 3-2.
Men
Senior Lance Neuendorf (Blauvelt, NY / Tappan Zee), junior Rich Llewellyn (East Islip, NY / East Islip) and sophomore Brandon Shields (Stony Point, NY / George Mason) were named Co-Performers of the Meet by the coaching staff.
Neuendorf enjoyed much success on the afternoon, swimming to three individual top finishes. In the 100- and 200 backstroke events, the senior recorded times of 53.14 and 1:58.76, both of which were good for first place. He also took first in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:59.85.
Llewellyn also raced to three first place finishes (two individual and one team). Llewellyn clocked a 53.48 in the 100 butterfly and a 1:57.81 in the 200 butterfly to take first in both events. The junior also swam the key third leg of the 200 medley relay in 23.63 to help the squad earn a top finish in the race.
Shields earned the lone first place finish in a distance event for the Jaspers, racing to a 4:57.07 in the 500 free.
Women
On the women's side, the coaching staff highlighted sophomore Alexandra Hutzler (Miller Place, NY / Miller Place) and freshmen Klaudia Nagrabska (Belmont, MA / Belmont) and Megan Pagano (LaGrangeville, NY / Arlington) as Co-Performers of the Meet.
Hutzler touched in a 1:01.11 in the 100 butterfly to take first place in the event.
Nagrabska and Pagano also swam to strong times, placing second in a series of races. Nagrabska swam the 100- and 200 breaststroke events in times of 1:13.79 and 2:48.50, respectively. Pagano took second in the 100 backstroke with a 1:03.68.
Both the men's and women's teams will next compete on Saturday, Nov. 21, when they host Senior Day at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. The meet will begin at 2 p.m. and will mark the final home competition for the eight seniors (four men and four women) on the two squads.
