Swim & Dive Celebrates Senior Day with Records, Meet Victory
WESTON, Mass. – Record-setting performances by Brendan Pike (Weymouth, Mass.) and Cashman Murphy (Westwood, Mass.) helped Regis College defeat Elms College in both men's (49-22) and women's (100-32) dual meets Saturday in collegiate swimming and diving competition at the Regis Pool.
Pike completed the 1650 freestyle in 17:33.45, almost three full seconds faster than the previous Regis Pool record set two years ago. Pike also finished the 50 freestyle in 23.67 seconds, the quickest time for the Pride this season by over two seconds, as well as the 100 individual medley in 1:00.63.
After posting a personal-best score of 174.30 in the five-dive portion of one meter diving, Murphy put together a six-dive score of 254.95, breaking the school and pool record established by now-assistant coach Elisabeth McQuaid by 7/10ths of a point. Murphy improved her five-dive score by over 28 points and her six-dive total by 21.55 points.
Senior Kyleigh Boatwright (Roseville, Calif.) notched the top time in three individual events, starting with a mark of 30.68 seconds in the 50 backstroke. She followed that with a 100 backstroke time of 1:05.38 and a season-best time of 1:05.72 in the 100 individual medley.
Fellow senior Julia Burke (Barrington, N.H.) earned the best time in two events, touching the wall first in the 50 breaststroke in 32.87 seconds and in the 100 breaststroke in 1:12.47. Olivia Luhnau (Denver, Colo.) finished first in the 50 freestyle with a time of 27.40 seconds, and Mallytza Ibarra Davila (Yuma, Ariz.) won the 100 freestyle in 1:01.97.
For the men, Robert Wood (Cathedral City, Calif.) posted a season-best time of 54.14 seconds in the 100 freestyle as well as times of 2:01.70 in the 200 freestyle and 1:07.00 in the 100 backstroke. Bryce Toumayan-Miller (Natick, Mass.) notched times of 34.87 seconds in the 50 breaststroke, 29.16 seconds in the 50 freestyle, and 29.38 seconds in the 50 butterfly.
Before the start of the meet, Boatwright, Thalia Bowie (Lexington, Mass.), Burke, Abigail Geaney (Lynn, Mass.), Ibarra Davila, Alexa Lancisi (Milford, Mass.), and Pike were recognized for their contributions to the program.
Regis College now prepares for the 2022 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Swimming and Diving Championships, taking place Feb. 4-6 at the Wellesley Sports Center in Wellesley, Mass.