Waltham, Mass. - Kicking off the 2026-27 season, the Adelphi University swimming and diving program competed at Bentley University on Sunday afternoon. 

Men's Highlights: 

• The men secured a 142-97 victory to open the season.
• Jake Chee-A-Tow and Tristan Weingarten produced two top swims each to lead the Cats. Chee-A-Tow's 1:45.95 in the 200 free is just five seconds off Cooper Rivers' record from 2024 and his 100 butterfly time (51.22) is two seconds from teammate Ryan Kakimseit's mark from 2025. 
• Weingarten clocked a 48.28 in the 100 freestyle event and his anchor leg of the 200 freestyle relay put the Panthers on top. The relay started with Valerii Pidhoretskyy who swam a 21.16 leadoff leg and was followed by a 20.73 from Eric Slavin and a 21.40 from Ryan Kakimseit.
• Rookie Gregoire Guy topped the field in the 500 free, as he clocked in at 4:53.70 in his first ever collegiate outing. 
• In the distance events, Santiago Souberbielle and Guy locked in first and second, finishing five seconds apart. 
• Tyler Romero returned to the diving board to produce a top score in the one-meter (249.14) 

Women's Highlights: 

• The women dropped an 80-140 decision to the Falcons. 
• Laura Moran led off the 200 medley relay for Adelphi, helping them secure a top swim with a time of 1:54.95. She was joined by rookie Chloe Rivers, Kelly Tula and Aizel Pusing. All members of that relay minus Rivers were part of the record setting squad from a season ago. Moran also swam to a first place finish in the 100 backstroke, using a time of 1:02.17 - nearly two seconds faster than the next finisher.
• Rivers went the distance in the 1000 freestyle, placing third overall in her first collegiate meet. She clocked in at 11:30.20 to pick up a trio of points for the Panthers. 
• In the 200 individual medley, Isabella Chang topped the field with a time of 2:21.33 to place first overall. 

Up Next: 
The Panthers are back in action on Friday, Oct. 16 at Pace University. The dual meet is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m.