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Swimming And Diving Newcomers Spark The Sweep Of Stony Brook
October 30, 2010 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Oct. 30, 2010
AMHERST, Mass. - The UMass swimming and diving teams both picked up wins Saturday against Stony Brook. The men swam past the Seawolves easily, winning by a score of 184-114, while the women won a closer battle, 159-141. Both teams now stand at 2-1.
The Minutemen were led by their freshman. Chris Inglis picked up his first first-place finish of his collegiate career by winning the 200-yard breaststroke (2:17.01). He also had a second place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (1:45.41) and a third place finish in the 400-yard IM (4:20.10). Troy Nichols picked up his first career victory in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:12.80). Derek Hursch continued to stay unbeaten in his individual events by winning the 100-yard backstroke (54.77) and the 400-yard IM (4:09.95) he also placed first in the 200-yard medley relay along with Max Butler, Brian Schmidt and Eric Zeimetz.
The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Trevor Ziegler, Zeimetz, Tim O'Neill and Chris Howard placed first with a time of 1:27.33 to close a strong day in the pool by the men.
On the diving board, John Clark, Conner Dunn and Alex Murkulov all placed in the top three in both the one and three-meter dives. Clark finished first in the one-meter with a score of 263.18 followed by Merkulov (251.93) and Dunn (224.03). In the three-meter Dunn placed first with a score of 263.40 followed closely by Merkulov (261.60) and Clark (255.60).
Junior Chelsea Downing led the charge for the Minutewomen securing two first place finishes in both the 1000-yard freestyle (10:52.78) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:14.97) along with a second place finish in the 400-yard IM (4:39.14). Anna Cavanaugh won the 100-yard butterfly (1:00.05) and placed second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:58.05) and the 100-yard freestyle (53.98). The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Jen Corriveau, Cavanaugh, Tavis Potter and Amina Meho finished first with a time of 1:38.96.
Molly Elkins won both the one-meter (228.90) and the three-meter dives (234.75). Hannah Swift placed second in both with scores of 197.40 in the one-meter and 216.98 in the three-meter.
The Minutemen and Minutewomen will be back in the pool Nov. 5th as they travel to Binghamton University to take on the Bearcats.
