PLEASANTVILLE, NY – The College of Staten Island men's and women's swimming and diving teams competed against Pace University in a Northeast 10 (NE10) meet in Pleasantville, NY, on Saturday afternoon. The Dolphins fell to the Setters, with the women's team dropping a 202.00-83.00 decision and the men's team falling 169.00-89.00.
Maria Janecka once again made her mark in the CSI Swimming and Diving record book, resetting the program's 200-yard butterfly record with a first-place time of 2:16.16. The previous standard was set by Aurelia Barbagallo in 2026. With the performance, the sophomore now holds both the 100-yard and 200-yard butterfly records, along with the 50-yard, 100-yard, and 200-yard freestyle records and she has also been part of four record-setting relay teams. Janecka added another first-place finish on Saturday in the 100-yard butterfly, touching the wall in 1:01.52.
Jacqueline DeFranco opened the meet with an overall victory in the 1-meter diving event, posting a score of 218.47. Later in the meet, the senior competed in the 3-meter dive, where she finished second with a score of 147.83.
Alongside Janecka and DeFranco, several other Dolphins recorded individual victories throughout the afternoon. On the women's side, Alandra Dublin captured first place in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.95. For the men, Vlad Siniagovskii recorded a pair of overall victories, finishing first in the 100-yard backstroke (53.82) and 200-yard backstroke (2:02.69). Julian Lopez also earned a top finish in the 200-yard IM, touching the wall in 2:06.73, while Andi Bajollari claimed first in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.58.
The Dolphins also had several other strong performances, highlighted by Natalie Kedzior in the 1,000-yard freestyle (12:17.64), John Kapp in the 1,000-yard freestyle (11:40.02) and 200-yard butterfly (2:10.77), and Michalina Bukowska in the 200-yard freestyle (2:12.84) and 500-yard freestyle (5:56.00). Julian Lopez added a finish in the 100-yard backstroke (1:05.92), while Hassan Matar competed in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.55) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:32.29). Ahmed Abdelrehim also recorded strong times in the 200-yard butterfly (2:14.15) and 100-yard butterfly (56.41). Dublin added another top performance in the 100-yard freestyle (55.13), while Bajollari finished the 100-yard freestyle in 50.17. Rounding out the list of top performances, Maja Tomaszewska finished the 200-yard backstroke in 2:19.91. Each of these performances placed the Dolphins among the top two or three finishers in their respective events.
The College of Staten Island swimming and diving teams will return to action next Saturday at the Tank when they welcome Southern Connecticut State University and East Stroudsburg University for a tri-meet beginning at 1:00 PM.
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