Complete Championship Results (HTML)

THROGGS NECK, NY - History repeated itself at the 2016 edition of the Skyline Conference Men's and Women's Swimming Championship (Jan. 29-30) at the Riesenberg Aquatic Center, as the SUNY Maritime College men's team (646 points) and Mount Saint Mary College women's squad (466) repeated as team champions for the ninth and fifth consecutive seasons, respectively.

Standout performances were abound on the weekend, including those by seniors Cameron Martinez of Sarah Lawrence College and Melissa Trail of Purchase College, who took home Men's and Women's Swimmer of the Year accolades, respectively.

Martinez won all four of his individual swims on the weekend, including: the 200-yard freestyle (1:47.05); 200-yard butterfly (1:59.25 - breaking his own meet record); 100-yard butterfly (51.68); and 200-yard individual medley (meet-record 1:59.21).

And if there was a perfect meet to be had on championship weekend, Trail essentially set the standard by earning meet-record times in all four of her individual swims: the 200-yard freestyle (1:57.61); 50-yard freestyle (25.02); 200-yard backstroke (2:08.49); and 200-yard individual medley (2:12.98). Furthermore, she swam the leadoff leg of the Panthers' winning 400-yard freestyle relay team (3:50.93), assuring head coach Peter Nestel's side of a second-place finish in the team standings (281 pts.).

Men's Rookie of the Year praise went to Maritime's Kevin Wu, after he won the 50-yard freestyle (23.37) while also swimming on the winning 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relay teams.

Women's Rookie of the Year kudos were captured by Mount Saint Mary's Kyra McNamee, who set a meet record in the 500-yard freestyle (5:22.00), swam on the winning 200-yard medley relay team to start the weekend (1:56.26) and earned second-place finishes in the 100 Free, 200 Free and 100 Back.

Peter Vecchio, in his 15th season at the helm of the Maritime program, was named Men's Swimming Coach of the Year in a vote by his peers.

Meanwhile, first-year MSMC mentor Daniel Drury (who previously served the program as an assistant coach for two seasons) was selected as Women's Swimming Coach of the Year.

Following Maritime in the men's standings were: Mount Saint Mary (291); Sarah Lawrence (199); Purchase (173); SUNY Old Westbury (51); and College of Mount Saint Vincent (36).

Sarah Lawrence placed third in the women's standings (269), and were followed by: St. Joseph's College-Long Island (142); Maritime (132); St. Joseph's College-Brooklyn (78); Mount Saint Vincent (57); and Old Westbury (23).
 
Day 1 - Friday, Jan. 29

• Men's 1,000-yard Freestyle: Kyle Barber, Mount Saint Mary - 10:51.16 (previous: Robert Lewis, Maritime, 2015 - 10:57.82)
• Women's 200-Yard Freestyle: Melissa Trail, Purchase - 1:57.61 (previous: Lauren Becerra, Mount Saint Mary, 2015 - 2:03.61)
• Women's 100-Yard Breaststroke: Marissa Catania, Mount Saint Mary - 1:07.27 (previous: Robyn Jimenez, USMMA, 2005 - 1:10.13)
• Men's 200-Yard Butterfly: Cameron Martinez, Sarah Lawrence - 1:59.25 (previous: Martinez, 2015 - 2:02.35)
• Women's 50-Yard Freestyle: Melissa Trail, Purchase - 25.02 (previous: Censi Danner, Mount Saint Mary, 2011 - 25.67)

Day 2 - Saturday, Jan. 30

• Women's 200-Yard Backstroke: Melissa Trail, Purchase - 2:08.49 (previous: Kate Bell, Mount Saint Mary, 2015 - 2:17.96)
• Women's 200-Yard Breaststroke: Marissa Catania, Mount Saint Mary - 2:27.82 (previous: Catania, 2015 - 2:37.40)
• Men's 200-Yard Breaststroke: Sam Jaffe, Purchase - 2:15.45 (previous: Jaffe, 2015 - 2:16.06)
• Women's 500-Yard Freestyle: Kyra McNamee, Mount Saint Mary - 5:22.00 (previous: Lauren Becerra, Mount Saint Mary, 2015 - 5:26.89)
• Women's 200-Yard Individual Medley: Melissa Trail, Purchase - 2:12.98 (previous: Emily Schlipf, Stevens, 2005 - 2:18.61)
• Men's 200-Yard Individual Medley: Cameron Martinez, Sarah Lawrence - 1:59.21 (previous: Enrique Naudy, Mount Saint Mary, 2010 - 2:03.70)
• Women's 400-Yard Freestyle Relay: Melissa Trail, Colleen Ferguson, Rachel Parker and Lorena Peralta, Purchase - 3:50.93 (previous: Sciucco, Rodriguez, Adler, Becerra; Mount Saint Mary, 2015 - 3:51.29)

 
Men's

200-Yard Medley Relay
First Team: Preston Truong, Nathanel Marino, Kevin Wu, Douglas Russell - Maritime
Second Team: Samuel Watson, Chris Sagan, Kyle Barber, Jake Schoenherr - Mount Saint Mary

1,000-Yard Freestyle
First Team: Kyle Barber, Mount Saint Mary (meet record: 10:51.16)
Second Team: Robert Lewis, Maritime

200-Yard Freestyle
First Team: Cameron Martinez, Sarah Lawrence
Second Team: Preston Truong, Maritime

100-Yard Backstroke
First Team: Samuel Watson, Mount Saint Mary
Second Team: Matt Cannon, Maritime

100-Yard Breaststroke
First Team: Sam Jaffe, Purchase
Second Team: Nathanel Marino, Maritime

200-Yard Butterfly
First Team: Cameron Martinez, Sarah Lawrence (meet record: 1:59.25)
Second Team: Kyle Barber, Mount Saint Mary

50-Yard Freestyle
First Team: Kevin Wu, Maritime
Second Team: Sam Jaffe, Purchase

100-Yard Freestyle
First Team: Preston Truong, Maritime
Second Team: Jake Schoenherr, Mount Saint Mary

200-Yard Backstroke
First Team: Samuel Watson, Mount Saint Mary
Second Team: Matt Cannon, Maritime

200-Yard Breaststroke
First Team: Sam Jaffe, Purchase (meet record: 2:15.45)
Second Team: Brendan Erskine, Maritime

500-Yard Freestyle
First Team: Robert Lewis, Maritime
Second Team: Chris Sagan, Mount Saint Mary

100-Yard Butterfly
First Team: Cameron Martinez, Sarah Lawrence
Second Team: Preston Truong, Maritime

200-Yard Individual Medley
First Team: Cameron Martinez, Sarah Lawrence (meet record: 1:59.21)
Second Team: Nathanel Marino, Maritime

400-Yard Freestyle Relay
First Team: Kevin Wu, Andrew Katz, Douglas Russell, Preston Truong - Maritime
Second Team: Samuel Watson, Kyle Barber, Chris Sagan, Jake Schoenherr - Mount Saint Mary

Swimmer of the Year: Cameron Martinez, Sarah Lawrence
Rookie of the Year: Kevin Wu, Maritime
Coach of the Year: Peter Vecchio, Maritime

Women's

200-Yard Medley Relay
First Team: Regina Zeoli, Marissa Catania, Lauren Schroeder, Kyra McNamee - Mount Saint Mary
Second Team: Devon Peal, Hannah Lawson, Sam Amberchan, Gabby Risica - Sarah Lawrence

1,000-Yard Freestyle
First Team: Jessica Daigle, Mount Saint Mary
Second Team: Devon Peal, Sarah Lawrence

200-Yard Freestyle
First Team: Melissa Trail, Purchase (meet record: 1:57.61)
Second Team: Kyra McNamee, Mount Saint Mary

100-Yard Backstroke
First Team: Devon Peal, Sarah Lawrence
Second Team: Kyra McNamee, Mount Saint Mary

100-Yard Breaststroke
First Team: Marissa Catania, Mount Saint Mary (meet record: 1:07.27)
Second Team: Hannah Lawson, Sarah Lawrence

200-Yard Butterfly
First Team: Regina Zeoli, Mount Saint Mary
Second Team: Samantha McGregor, Mount Saint Mary

50-Yard Freestyle
First Team: Melissa Trail, Purchase (meet record: 25.02)
Second Team: Lauren Schroeder, Mount Saint Mary

100-Yard Freestyle
First Team: Lauren Schroeder, Mount Saint Mary
Second Team: Kyra McNamee, Mount Saint Mary

200-Yard Backstroke
First Team: Melissa Trail, Purchase (meet record: 2:08.49)
Second Team: Devon Peal, Sarah Lawrence

200-Yard Breaststroke
First Team: Marissa Catania (meet record: 2:27.82)
Second Team: Hannah Lawson, Sarah Lawrence

500-Yard Freestyle
First Team: Kyra McNamee, Mount Saint Mary (meet record: 5:22.00)
Second Team: Jessica Daigle, Mount Saint Mary

100-Yard Butterfly
First Team: Katia Aaron, Maritime
Second Team: Regina Zeoli, Mount Saint Mary

200-Yard Individual Medley
First Team: Melissa Trail, Purchase (meet record: 2:12.98)
Second Team: Lauren Schroeder, Mount Saint Mary

400-Yard Freestyle Relay
First Team: Melissa Trail, Colleen Ferguson, Rachel Parker, Lorena Peralta - Purchase
Second Team: Lauren Schroeder, Jessica Daigle, Allison Sciucco, Kyra McNamee - Mount Saint Mary

Swimmer of the Year: Melissa Trail, Purchase
Rookie of the Year: Kyra McNamee, Mount Saint Mary
Coach of the Year: Daniel Drury, Mount Saint Mary