Loyola swim begins season on the road Friday

PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Loyola University New Orleans men's and women's swim programs kicked off the season on Friday, competing at the University of West Florida. The men's swim team faced SSAC opponent Thomas University, while the Loyola women battled both Thomas and the meet host, UWF. West Florida got the win over the Wolf Pack women 160-50.

The Wolf Pack will be back in The Den for the next meet, when Loyola hosts Life University on Saturday, Oct. 18, at 11 a.m.

In their collegiate debuts, freshmen Jossalin Lavicka and Hartley Faucheaux collected two of Loyola's top-three finishes on Friday. Lavicka claimed third in the 100-yard freestyle for a 58.28 time, before Faucheaux took third in the 50-yard butterfly for a time of 27.93.

Abbigail Chemacki took third in the 100-yard breaststroke, recording a time of 1:18.43. The Wolf Pack women's 200-yard freestyle relay squad took second in the event, notching a time of 1:46.81.

The Loyola men competed well against conference rival Thomas, claiming seven first-place finishes out of 12 events on Friday. Sergio Martínez Sanz and Dylan Chehebar each had two first-place performances. Sanz won the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle races, clocking times of 22.87 and 49.19, respectively. Chehebar won the 50-yard and 100-yard butterfly events, finishing in 23.75 and 53.06, respectively.

Freshmen Landon Crescioni and Alexandre Perfettini each won an event in Friday's meet. Crescioni took victory in the 200-yard freestyle, ending the event in 1:51.10. Perfettini won the 200-yard IM, recording a time of 2:02.63. The Loyola A team took first in the 200-yard freestyle relay, clocking 1:28.16 in the event. 

Loyola Women's Results

200Y Medley: 4, Loyola, 1:58.26.
50Y Backstroke:  5, Jossalin Lavicka, 30.21; 7, Emma Romero, 30.42; 9, Sarah Ford, 33.09; 10, Abbigail Chemacki, 33.78; 11, Natalie McLaughlin, 34.34; 12, Olivia Courville, 39.58.
50Y Breaststroke: 7, Cloe Solbach, 36.19.
100Y Butterfly: 5, Hartley Faucheux, 1:02.04; 7, Olivia Courville, 1:16.40.
50Y Freestyle: 4, Catherine Streeter, 26.51; 6, Juliette Magner, 27.35; 7, Emma Romero, 27.52; 8, Hartley Faucheaux, 28.44; 9, Cloe Solbach, 29.18; 10, Natalie McLaughlin, 31.87.
100Y Freestyle: 3, Jossalin Lavicka, 58.28; 6, Sarah Ford, 1:00.61; 7, Catherine Streeter, 1:01.02.
100Y Backstroke: 4, Cloe Solbach, 1:06.36; 5, Emma Romero, 1:07.17; 6, Juliette Magner, 1:10.98; 7, Natalie McLaughlin, 1:16.48.
100Y Breaststroke: 3, Abbigail Chemacki, 1:18.43.
50Y Butterfly: 3, Hartley Faucheux, 27.93; 4, Jossalin Lavicka, 28.10; 5, Catherine Streeter, 28.34; 7, Juliette Magner, 29.82; 8, Abbigail Chemacki, 31.91; 9, Sarah Ford, 31.98; 10, Olivia Courville, 34.42.
200Y Freestyle Relay: 2, Loyola A, 1:46.81; 4, Loyola B, 1:52.52.

Loyola Men's Results 

200Y Medley: 2, Loyola A, 1:38.33; 3, Loyola B, 1:39.58; 4, Loyola C, 1:41.68.
200Y Freestyle: 1, Landon Crescioni, 1:51.10.
50Y Backstroke: 2, Nick Jones, 26.11; 3, Benjamin Chehebar, 26.41; 4, Shay Brunmeier, 26.52; 5, Jack McNamara, 26.66; 6, Adonis Turner, 26.72; 7, Monty Moore-Yetter, 26.82; 8, Logan Gary, 27.12.
50Y Breaststroke: 2, Monty Moore-Yetter, 27.63; 3, Harvey Quiddington, 27.83; 4, Sergio Martínez Sanz, 30.46.
100Y Butterfly: 1, Dylan Chehebar, 53.06; 3, Charles Henderson, 53.96; 4, Carter Ory, 54.82; 5, Logan Gary, 56.43; 6, Adonis Turner, 56.97.
50Y Freestyle: 1, Sergio Martínez Sanz, 22.87; 2, Aaron Ervin, 22.91; 3, Alexandre Perfettini, 22.99; 4, Harvey Quiddington, 23.21; 5, Nick Jones, 23.59.
100Y Freestyle: 1, Sergio Martínez Sanz, 49.19; 2, Benjamin Chehebar, 49.32; 3, Dylan Chehebar, 49.94; 4, Jack McNamara, 50.17; 5, Landon Crescioni, 50.64; 6, Aaron Ervin, 52.26; 7, Charles Henderson, 53.24.
100Y Backstroke: 2, Shay Brunmeier, 56.86; 3, Logan Gary, 58.32; 4, Nick Jones, 1:00.90.
100Y Breaststroke: 2, Harvey Quiddington, 1:00.06; 3, Monty Moore-Yetter, 1:00.69; 4, Alexandre Perfettini, 1:02.34; 5, Carter Ory, 1:03.40; 6, Landon Crescioni, 1:05.55.
50Y Butterfly: 1, Dylan Chehebar, 23.75; 2, Charles Henderson, 24.01; 3, Carter Ory, 24.32; 4, Adonis Turner, 24.88; 5, Benjamin Chehebar, 24.96; T6, Aaron Ervin, 24.99; 8, Sergio Martínez Sanz, 25.25; 9, Shay Brunmeier, 25.59.
200Y IM: 1, Alexandre Perfettini, 2:02.63.
200Y Freestyle Relay: 1, Loyola A, 1:28.16; 3, Loyola B, 1:32.80.