Clash of the Falcons

NDC Falcons battle Fighting Falcons of Fairmount State

FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- The Notre Dame Falcons women's swimming and diving teams defeated the women's team from Fairmont State University 88-85 on Saturday afternoon in the Falcon Center Pool. The men were defeated 119-44.

Highlighting Saturday's performances were:

Sarah Reichman, who started the day the winning 400 Medley Relay in 1:01.89. Reichman nealry swam to another victory in the 100-yard freestyle, coming in second-place with a time of 55.50, behind Fairmount's Audrey Sweeny by just .21 of a second.

Kelsi Turk won the 1000-yard freestyle in 11:18.51.

Chelsea Law won the 200-yard IM in 2.23.45.

Raquel Loustau won the 100-yard butterfly in 1:05.17.

Angela Belback won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:15.50

James Fittro highlighted the performances of the men with two victories. The first was in 1000-yard freestyle (10:23.33) and the second was in the 500-yard freestyle (5:06.30).

Head coach Mark Dziak recapped the weekend by saying, "Overall the team swam a lot over the weekend. Between yesterday and today there were athletes who swam upwards of 8 or 9 events. That is a lot of swimming in just two days. Our conference meet is two weeks away and this is good practice for that meet."

The Falcons will swim next Saturday at 1 pm when they take on the University of Pitt-Bradford and Hiram at Mellen pool.

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