Madison, NJ (October 23) – FDU-Florham women's swimming won all 11 events in today's season opening dual meet as the Devils topped Wilkes University, 146-35. Four student-athletes from FDU won two individual events on the day in the first in person dual meet since the 2019-20 season.
 
FDU began the day with a first place finish in the 200 medley relay as Emma Dougherty (Kinnelon, NJ), Sarah Dougherty (Kinnelon, NJ), Julianna Fazzio (Glassboro, NJ) and Emily Maciejewski teamed up for a time of 1:59.00.
 
Individually, E. Dougherty, S. Dougherty, Fazzio and Maciejewski all won two events on top of their relay swim. Fazzio touched the wall first in the 100-fly in 1:03.41 and the 200-free in 2:10.15, Maciejewski won the 50-free in 27.63 and the 100-free in 1:02.00, S. Dougherty won the 200-IM in 2:19.69 and the 100-back in 1:02.84 and E. Dougherty won the 1000-free in 12:15.79 and the 500-free in 5:50.34.

S. Dougherty's time in the 200-IM was the second fastest in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) thus far in the 2021-22 season.
 
FDU finished 1-2-3 in the 100-free as behind E. Dougherty was Sarah Jurimas (Delran, NJ) in 13:05.67 and Mikayla DeMarco (Bayville, NJ) in 14:01.50.

The final individual winner in today's dual meet was Paige Strangeway (Green Township, NJ) as she touched the wall first in the 100-breast in 1:17.66. 
 
Strangeway and Jurimas teamed up with Brynn Kelly (Pequannock, NJ) and Halle Burns (Abescon, NJ) for a first place finish in the 200 free relay to close the meet as the quartet swam a time of 2:04.16.
 
In total, FDU recorded a total of seven qualifying times for the 2022 MAC Championship including E. Dougherty in the 500-free, Fazzio in the 200-free and 100-fly, Maciejewski in the 50-free, S. Dougherty in the 200-IM and 100-back and Strangeway in the 100-breast.
 
"Today marked the first in person meet at FDU in over a year and you could tell the energy was there," said head coach Rich Palm. "From the teams and the crowd, the pool deck was filled with excitement. This excitement led to wins for both the men and the women. It also led to some very fast times to start off the year. I am looking forward to our next few weeks of practice in order to improve on these times for our meet November 13th."
 
FDU will have a few weeks off before its next dual meet which is scheduled for Saturday, November 13 at Mount Saint Mary's (NY).

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