2008-09 Skyline Conference Swimming Championship Results

PURCHASE, N.Y. - Maritime College captured six individual events and both relays and displayed its dominance in the sprint freestyle events in cruising to its second straight Skyline Conference Men's Swimming Championship title.  Two freshmen - Ryan Luchsinger and Jonathan DaSilva, captured two individual events apiece to lead the Privateers.

As a team, Maritime compiled 175 team points.  Mount Saint Mary finished second with 127 points and Old Westbury placed third with 23 points.  Maritime and Mount Saint Mary both captured six individual events, but the Privateers had multiple point-scorers in every event.  Maritime had five of the top six finishers in the 50-yard freestyle and four of the top six in the 100-yard freestyle.

Mount Saint Mary College senior Tom DiLeo and freshman Enrique Naudy shared Skyline Conference Swimmer of the Year honors with each swimmer earning two first-place finishes and one second.  DiLeo won both the 500- and 1,000-yard freestyle events while finishing second in the 200-yard butterfly.  Naudy earned victories in both the 100- and 200-yard backstroke events while placing second in the 100-yard butterfly.

Mount Saint Mary freshman Kevin Wallace earned Skyline Conference Rookie of the Year honors.  Wallace was a double-winner, capturing the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke events while placing fifth in the 200-yard freestyle.

Mount Saint Mary head coach Gene Damm was named Skyline Coach of the Year in Men's Swimming after guiding the Blue Knights to a 9-1 record during the regular season as well as a runner-up finish at the conference championship.  Mount Saint Mary also received the Team Sportsmanship Award for outstanding sportsmanship throughout the season.

Five meet records were set on the afternoon, including the 1,000-freestyle, 200-butterfly, 200-backstroke, 200-breaststroke, and 400-freestyle relay.

(photo by Oren Vourman)

ALL-SKYLINE CONFERENCE TEAMS

First Team All-Conference (event champions)

200-Medley Relay - Maritime (B. Day, T. Williams, J. DaSilva, R. Luchsinger), 1:48.40

*1,000-Freestyle - Tom DiLeo (Mount Saint Mary), 11:00.73

200-Freestyle - Karl Fisher (Maritime), 2:00.01

100-Backstroke - Enrique Naudy (Mount Saint Mary), 57.30

100-Breaststroke - Kevin Wallace (Mount Saint Mary), 1:09.05

*200-Butterfly - Jonathan DaSilva (Maritime), 2:08.28

50-Freestyle - Ryan Luchsinger (Maritime), 23.17

100-Freestyle - Ryan Luchsinger (Maritime), 50.95

*200-Backstroke - Enrique Naudy (Mount Saint Mary), 2:07.02

*200-Breaststroke - Kevin Wallace (Mount Saint Mary), 2:32.32

500-Freestyle - Tom DiLeo (Mount Saint Mary), 5:23.18

100-Butterfly - Jonathan DaSilva (Maritime), 55.56

200-Individual Medley - Joseph Smigelski (Maritime), 2:19.90

*400-Freestyle Relay - Maritime (J. DaSilva, B. Day, K. Fisher, R. Luchsinger), 3:45.66

* = denotes meet record

Second Team All-Conference (second-place finishers)

200-Medley Relay - Mount Saint Mary (E. Naudy, K. Wallace, T. DiLeo, B. Heitman), 1:49.12

1,000-Freestyle - Brian Day (Maritime), 11:40.01

200-Freestyle - Joseph Smigelski (Maritime), 2:00.53

100-Backstroke - Joseph Cooney (Maritime), 1:02.43

100-Breaststroke - Thomas Williams (Maritime), 1:12.80

200-Butterfly - Tom DiLeo (Mount Saint Mary), 2:10.98

50-Freestyle - Karl Fisher (Maritime), 23.73

100-Freestyle - Karl Fisher (Maritime), 52.76

200-Backstroke - Brian Carr (Mount Saint Mary), 2:22.70

200-Breaststroke - Thomas Williams (Maritime), 2:34.44

500-Freestyle - Brian Day (Maritime), 5:44.31

100-Butterfly - Enrique Naudy (Mount Saint Mary), 57.09

200-Individual Medley - Brian Carr (Mount Saint Mary), 2:24.06

400-Freestyle Relay - Mount Saint Mary (J. Matushefske, A. Celano, B. Carr, S. Ghostlaw), 4:08.24