Manhattan University Athletics

Riverdale, NY – Senior Timothy Valentine (Massapequa, NY / Chaminade) led the Jaspers on Senior Day 2020, winning two events against Iona in the Jaspers' lone home meet of the season at the Fieldston School on Sunday.

Valentine dominated the breaststroke, touching the wall first in both the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke, and helped the Jasper 200-yard Medley team to second place finish.

Prior to the meet, Valentine was honored alongside his class of 2020 teammates: Matthew Broadmeadow (Seekonk, MA / Seekonk) Carolyn Crocker (Broad Channel, NY / Archbishop Molloy), Tyler Dalton  (East Stroudsburg, PA / Pocono Mountain East), Will Kulp (New Fairfield, CT / New Fairfield), Samantha McNamara (Bethpage, NY / St. Francis Prep), Kali Nembach (Lynbrook, NY / Lynbrook), Carl Ranieri (Armonk, NY / Byram Hills), Liam Ridge (Pearl River, NY / Albertus Magnus). Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Marianne Reilly and Assistant Athletic Director William Aloia Jr. presented each Jasper with a senior plaque as their accomplishments over the past four seasons were announced.

Sophomore Branden Deiss (Benoni, South Africa / Crawford College Lonehill) also earned a victory for the men's team, enduring the 1,000-yard freestyle with a first place time of 10.05.31.

Freshman Mackenzie Tuttle (Highland Mills, NY / Monroe-Woodbury) raced to a first place finish for the women's team, winning the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:08.69, while fellow freshman Ciara Dalton (Pleasantville, NY / Byram Hills) won the 100-yard butterfly, just outpacing the second place finisher by .08 seconds.

Manhattan will conclude the regular season by visiting Fairfield on Saturday, February 1 before traveling to Buffalo, NY for the 2020 MAAC Championships February 12-15.