Manhattan University Athletics

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan men's swimming and diving team celebrated senior night for the three women on the team while hosting Iona today. After a hard fought match, the men fell to Iona today, 152-39.
 
In individual races this afternoon, Branden Deiss placed third in the 200-yard freestyle (1:49.96), 1.34 seconds ahead of fourth place. Deiss also placed second in the 500-yard freestyle with a final time of 5:00.38. Jonathan Carsen placed first for the Jaspers in the 50-yard freestyle with a finishing time of 22.30, 0.24 seconds ahead of second. Vinny Tramontana also won an event for Manhattan, placing first in the 100-yard breaststroke with a finals time of 1:11.98.
 
For the relay events, the men won the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:38.08. The team consisted of Andrew Lebak, Joe Brennan, Jack Martin, and Carsen. The men also placed fifth in the 200-yard freestyle relay, finishing in 1:33.65. The team consisted of Lebak, Carsen, Brennan, and Jorge Flechas.
 
This marks the end of the regular season for the Jaspers swim and dive team. They now move on to the MAAC Championships, starting on Feb. 8 in Buffalo, N.Y.
 
A quote from head coach Eric Rasmussen, "Todays meet was pretty good meet for us. We have a few athletes who are taking it a bit easy as they prepare for the conference championships. We did have a new school record in the women's 100 yard individual medley.  Abbey Mink's 1:01.98 broke the old record of 1:02.13 set in 2017"

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