After competing in a dual with
Geneseo on Saturday afternoon, men and women divers from the Canisius
College swimming and diving team traveled to Clarion University on
Sunday afternoon to compete in Clarion Diving Invite. Freshmen Eddie
Quarantillo and Taylor Epstein finished in the top five of
the men and women's 1-meter and 3-meter diving events, respectively.
At the Invite, the Golden
Griffins competed against divers from host Clarion, Youngstown State,
and Findlay.
"Competing at the Clarion Diving
Invite gives our team the opportunity to elevate the level of
competition for the divers," said Canisius diving coach Meili
Carpenter. "Clarion is a strong diving program, consistently
producing Division II national champions. In order to be the best, you
have to compete against the best".
Quarantillo captured fifth in
both the men's 1-meter (247.50) and in the 3-meter (216.05). The
freshman was joined by sophomores Jake and Joel Kowalski,
and junior Alex Pason.
In the 1-meter event, Pason
finished sixth (185.05) while brothers Jake and Joel came in eighth
(178.15) and ninth (168.15), respectively. Jake Kowalski, Pason, and
Joel Powalski finished seventh (183.05), eighth (181.5), and ninth
(177.7), respectively in the 3-meter dive.
On the women's side, Epstein
took home third place in the 3-meter (203.75) and fifth place in the
1-meter (194.75). Joining Epstein were senior Amina Benman and
junior Alexa Gigliotti.
Benman finished sixth in the
3-meter (195.8) and ninth in the 1-meter (164.55). Gigliotti occupied
eleventh place in both the 1-meter (163.45) and 3-meter (158.25).
" The Invite allowed our divers
to physically and mentally for a multiple day meet, such as MAACs," said
Carpenter. "This was a tough weekend for the divers, traveling straight
from Geneseo to Clarion, but it was a great learning opportunity and
they will be tougher competitors at MAACs for it."
The Golden Griffins will be off
for the next two weeks. The team will return to action on Nov. 6 when
they take on Marist College at the Flickinger Center on the campus of
Erie Community College, the site of the 2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference on Feb. 16-18.
