Meet Results

Ewing, NJ … The College of New Jersey women's swimming and diving team won eight individual swimming events, a pair of relays, and both diving events en route to a 178-108 victory over Montclair State University on Friday night in the TCNJ Aquatic Center.
 
The win was the 33^rd straight in New Jersey Athletic Conference competition since swimming and diving was reintroduced as a conference sport in 2008-09. The Lions received strong performances from senior Brenna Strollo (Long Branch, NJ/Biotechnology), junior Marta Lawler (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East), and junior Debbie Meskin (Voorhees, NJ/Eastern Regional), who each won two individual events. Divers Hannah Raymond (Burlington, NJ/Burlington Twp.) and Sarah Grassi (Oaklyn, NJ/Camden Catholic) also placed one-two in the 1- and 3-meter diving events.
 
The team of Strollo, Meskin, Lawler, and junior Ali Huber (South Plainfield, NJ/South Plainfield) sparked the night with a top finish in the 200-medly relay. They finished the race with a winning time of 1:30.07. Junior Emily Rothstein (Mullica Hill, NJ/Clearview) then suited up for the 200-freestyle and touched the wall first in 2:03.35.
 
Strollo raced to a blue-ribbon finish in the 100-back in 1:02.51. She returned to the lanes in the 200-back and reached behind to touch the pad and secure her second individual victory with a time of 2:13.00. Lawler swept the breast stroke events for the second straight week. She captured the 100 in 1:11.39 and produced a winning time of 2:32.38 in the 200.
 
Meskin chalked up wins in both butterfly events. She raced to 2:20.68 finish in the 200 and a 1:03.11 time in the 100. Huber finished first in the 50-free in 25.26 and Rothstein placed third in 26.14.
 
Sophomore Gabi Denicola (Oradell, NJ/River Dell Regional) showed her mettle by placing second in the 1000-free in 11:12.10 and then getting back up on the block to race the very next event. She finished fourth in the 200-free in 2:05.22. Denicola wasn't finished as she raced 10 more laps in the 500-free, placing runner-up with a time of 5:30.37.
 
TCNJ capped its first victory of the 2016-17 season by winning the 400-free relay race. Junior Robin Lukens (Mullica Hill, NJ/Clearview), Cassidy Bergeron (Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery), Huber, and Rothstein rippled through the waters to post a winning time of 3:49.13.
 
On the boards, Raymond took first in the 1-meter with a score of 189.00 followed by Grassi with 172.28. Grassi won the 3-meter with a total of 284.85 points and Raymond was runner-up with 268.73.
 
The Lions are back in action at Ramapo College next Saturday for an NJAC meet that is scheduled for 2 p.m.