University of Massachusets Athletics
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A-10 Championships
Kindvall, Stiles Help Extend UMass' Lead At A-10 Champs
February 19, 2016 | Men's Swimming & Diving
GENEVA, Ohio - Brian Stiles won the 200 freestyle with the second-fastest time in UMass history and Trent Kindvall won the three-meter dive as the men’s swimming and diving team maintained its top spot at the Atlantic 10 Championships on Friday night at the SPIRE Institute.
Heading into Saturday’s final day of competition, UMass remains in first place with 472 points – 128 points ahead of St. Bonaventure. La Salle stands third with 342.5 points, while Saint Louis is fourth with 306.5 points.
Stiles’ time of 1-minute, 37.33 seconds was also a NCAA ‘B’ qualifying time and marked the second Minuteman post a ‘B’ qualifying time after Alessandro Bomprezzi did so in the 500 free yesterday. Kindvall won his first A-10 diving title with a score of 290.75 points and became the first to win since Jason Cook in 2011.
UMass saw two more NCAA ‘B’ qualifications in the 100 back, Oliver Wyeth and Kellen Gray placed fourth and fifth overall. Wyeth posted a time of 48.18 seconds, while Gray swam 48.31 seconds which is the second fastest time in school history.
The night concluded with another school record falling as the 400 medley relay team swam 3:17.91 to place sixth overall.
Bomprezzi followed yesterday’s win in the 500 free with a second place mark in the 200 free (1:38.09) just behind Stiles.
The Minutemen saw several of the program’s best times in the 100 fly led by Connar Patterson’s fifth-place time of 49.27 seconds which was the fourth fastest in UMass history. Kyle Stefanides turned in the 8th fastest time in program history (49.75 seconds) with Tommy Brennan just behind with the ninth-best time (49.85 seconds).
Friday started with Heath Magin taking eighth in the 400 individual medley and Evan Sholudko placing 11th. Kyle Stefanides placed ninth in the 100 back with the program’s fifth-fastest time for the event (49.55 seconds). The top performers were rounded out with Robert Barry placing third in the three-meter dive (286.20 points) followed by Nolan Burns who took fifth (282.25 points).
Saturday’s final day of competition will begin at 10 a.m. with preliminary races and conclude at 6:30 p.m. with the finals events.
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