Ryan Meara was the Fordham soccer team’s keeper before he turned pro this spring, joining the New York Red Bulls. Photo by Vincent Dusovic
Ryan Meara was the Fordham soccer team’s keeper before he turned pro this spring, joining the New York Red Bulls.
Photo by Vincent Dusovic

Two Fordham athletes, one a junior and one a senior, reached professional milestones last month.

On Sunday, March 13, former Fordham soccer team keeper Ryan Meara, a Fordham College at Rose Hill (FCRH) senior, started his professional career, making his first start in the season opener for the New York Red Bulls against FC Dallas in Texas.

Meara made four saves, including two on short-range blasts, but the Red Bulls fell to the home squad, 2-1.

On March 16 and 17, Brienne Ryan, a FCRH junior, became the first first female swimmer from Fordham to compete at the NCAA Championships.

She placed 17th in the 200 backstroke preliminaries at the 2012 NCAA Championship meet, held at Auburn University in Alabama. Her NCAA time of 1:54.67 set a school record, supplanting her previous school record of 1:56.11, set last year at the 2011 Atlantic 10 Championship.

Brienne Ryan became the first Fordham female to compete in an NCAA championship meet. Photo by Vincent Dusovic
Brienne Ryan became the first Fordham female to compete in an NCAA championship meet.
Photo by Vincent Dusovic
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