Montclair, NJ- The Montclair State women's swimming & diving team heads into day three of the NJAC Championships on Saturday.
MEET INFO
The meet will be back in the Hampton Aquaplex and will start with the trial meet at 9:30 am and return for the finals meet at 5:30 pm. Live coverage of the event can be found at montclairathletics.com
LAST TIME OUT
Montclair sits in third place with 309 points after day two of the NJAC Championships. Peralta qualified for the 50 free Championship Final and earned her "B" cut time and second-place finish with a time of 23.48. TESSA DEVONE qualified for the Consolation Final and finished 16th with a time of 24.91. MADELINE ROGERS and MADDY WISHNOW earned their way into the Bonus Final. Rogers won the Bonus Final with 17th place (24.75), while Wishnow finished 20th among the field (24.93). In the 200 IM, MARIANNE TASSINARI earned her way back to the Championship Final and ultimately placed sixth with a time of 2:10.14. Both Leticia Laynez and CATTY GEYER competed in the Consolation Finals. Laynez touched the wall 13th overall with a time of 2:13.97, while Geyer notched 15th with a time of 2:14.43. AUDREY HITCHENS found her way back into the one-meter diving finals. She put together a score of 298.95 that saw her just outside of a podium finish. The trio of AMELIA FANNING, LILY CONLON, and DEVYN FORD qualified for the Bonus Finals in the 500 free. Fanning led the way with an 18th-place finish (5:19.92), while Conlon placed 23rd (5:21.97), and Ford at 23rd (5:24.27). Teaming up together for the 400 medley relay wereABBY PANZARELLA, Tassinari, Rogers, and Peralta. The quartet finished with a time of 3:57.00, which was good for a fifth-place finish.
EVENTS PREVIEW
400 IM
Best Performance at last year's NJAC Championships: MARIANNE TASSINARI; third- place finish of 4:31.04
Winner of the event last championship: Salisbury's Sydnie McCallie with a time of 4:23.69
Top time for Montclair this season: MARIANNE TASSINARI; 4:36.58 at the Gettysburg Invitational on December 5-6.
Top time in the NJAC this season: Salisbury's Sadie Herbert; 4:34.28 at the Arena Yellow Jacket Invitational on November 21-23.
100 FLY
Best Performance at last year's NJAC Championships: MADELINE ROGERS; 11th-place finish of 59.11.
Winner of the event last championship: Rowan's Ella Pennington with a time of 54.48
Top time for Montclair this season: ROURKE PERALTA; 58.41 at the Gettysburg Invitational on December 5-6.
Top time in the NJAC this season: Rowan's Ella Pennington; 53.87 at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational on November 21-23.
200 FREE
Best Performance at last year's NJAC Championships: JULIE TIEDEMANN; fourth-place finish of 1:55.44.
Winner of the event last championship: Mary Washington's Spera Moy-Jacobs with a time of 1:52.78
Top time for Montclair this season: ROURKE PERALTA; 1:59.30 at the Gettysburg Invitational on December 5-6.
Top time in the NJAC this season: Salisbury's Rowan O'Donoghue; 1:52.13 at the Arena Yellow Jackets Invitational on November 21-23.
100 BREAST
Best Performance at last year's NJAC Championships: ABBY BROCK; First-place finish of 1:04.39
Winner of the event last championship: Montclair State's ABBY BROCK with a time of 1:04.39
Top time for Montclair this season: MARIANNE TASSINARI; 1:09.76 vs. TCNJ on January 24.
Top time in the NJAC this season: Salisbury's Maddie Powell; 1:04.51 at the Arena Yellow Jacket Invitational on November 21-23.
100 BACK
Best Performance at last year's NJAC Championships: SOPHIA SHOPOVICK; sixth- place finish of 58.93.
Winner of the event last championship: Rowan's Ella Pennington with a time of 54.41.
Top time for Montclair this season: ABBY PANZARELLA; 59.99 at the Gettysburg Invitational on December 5-6.
Top time in the NJAC this season: Rowan's Ella Pennington; 54.51 at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational on November 21-23.
200 FREE RELAY
How Montclair did last season at the NJAC Championships: Third place with a time of 1:35.67 (ROURKE PERALTA, SOPHIA SHOPOVICK, SARAH FONDACARO, & ABBY BROCK).
Winner of the event last championship: Kean's Braelyn Wilson, Sydney Stemley, Laney Fenton, & Emma Bellars with a time of 1:35.12.
Top time for Montclair this season: ROURKE PERALTA, TESSA DEVONE, MADDY WISHNOW & RACHEL YUSHAN; 1:37.78 at the Gettysburg Invite on December 5-6
Top time in the NJAC this season: Rowan; 1:32.52 vs Swarthmore on December 5.
NEXT TIME OUT
The NJAC Championships will conclude on Sunday, February 15. The trial meet will take place at 9:30 am at the Hampton Aquaplex, with the finals meet kicking off at 5:00 pm.
