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Knights Open Up 2026 Swim & Dive Season With Solid Showing at SLU

Melissa Cartier

Swimming/Diving | 10/10/2026 7:47:00 PM

Canton, NY – Evan Paneras, Mason Cartier, and Dani McDonald each won multiple events for the Clarkson University Swimming & Diving program as the Golden Knights competed in a tri-meet against Union College and host St. Lawrence University on Saturday afternoon.

The Golden Knights' men picked up wins in each of their decisions against Union and SLU, downing the Garnet Chargers 165-128 and beating SLU 229-52, while the women had narrow losses to both teams, falling by just four points against the Saints (138-134) and 27 points to Union (155-128).

Mason Cartier won a pair of backstroke events for the Knights, claiming the top spot in the 50 backstroke (25.22) and later the 100 backstroke (55.31). Paneras likewise won two short specialty events, taking both the 50 butterfly (23.70) and 100 butterfly (52.31).

Gavin Stuhler was impressive in his first meet of the season, going under 22 seconds (21.81) in the 50 freestyle to win top honors in that event. Owen White won the 200 individual medley (2:07.59), and Casey Everett had the best time in the 1000 freestyle (10:43.43). Gavin Cibelli also had the top scores in the diving events, winning the 1-meter (253.95) and the 3-meter (265.35).

Clarkson's 200 medley relay of Cartier, Matthew Sitarek, Paneras, and Stuhler combined to win that event in 1:37.34, while the foursome of White, Paneras, Everett, and Stuhler took second in the 400 freestyle relay to close out the meet.

The Golden Knights' women won the 400 freestyle relay at the conclusion of their day, as the group of Katelyn Otis, Natasha Hurff, Kirsten Iles, and Paige Davis combined for 3:59.42. The other relay, consisting of Davis, Huff, McDonald, and Abigail Szyprowski, took second in the 200 medley relay in 2:01.98.

McDonald was the lone swimmer to win events for the women, taking both the 100 butterfly (1:04.42) and 50 butterfly (28.55), but Devon Sedlack also had first-place points in the two diving events, winning the 1-meter (136.72) and 3-meter (165.95). The Knights had a handful of runners-up in the swimming events, including Kirsten Iles in the 100 freestyle (1:00.61) and Natasha Hurff in the 500 freestyle (5:47.00).

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Players Mentioned

Mason Cartier: Back/Fly; Junior

Gavin Cibelli: Dive; Sophomore

Casey Everett: Free; Junior

Natasha Hurff: Free; Sophomore

Kirsten Iles: Free/Back; Sophomore

Dani McDonald: Fly/Free; Junior

Katelyn Otis: Fly; Sophomore

Devon Sedlack: Dive; Sophomore

Matthew Sitarek: Breast/IM; Junior

Gavin Stuhler: Free; Junior

Players Mentioned

Mason Cartier
: Junior
: Back/Fly

Gavin Cibelli
: Sophomore
: Dive

Casey Everett
: Junior
: Free

Natasha Hurff
: Sophomore
: Free

Kirsten Iles
: Sophomore
: Free/Back

Dani McDonald
: Junior
: Fly/Free

Katelyn Otis
: Sophomore
: Fly

Devon Sedlack
: Sophomore
: Dive

Matthew Sitarek
: Junior
: Breast/IM

Gavin Stuhler
: Junior
: Free