MEN'S SWIMMING BACK IN ACTION WITH STRONG PERFORMANCE AT SIENA

January 17, 2010

Men
Canisius 133, Bryant 87
Bryant 126, NJIT 66

Women
Siena 153, Bryant 80
Bryant 143.5, Canisius 92.5
Bryant 171, NJIT 21

RESULTS

SEVERAL FIRST-PLACE FINISHES HIGHLIGHT QUAD MEET AT SIENA FOR THE BULLDOGS

LOUDONVILLE, NY – The Bryant University swim teams returned to action after the holiday break at the Siena College Quad meet Sunday afternoon. The men picked up a win over NJIT while the women earned a pair of wins, knocking off Canisius and NJIT. The Bulldogs will return home to host Holy Cross this Wednesday evening at 6 pm.

On the women’s side, freshman Molly Smith (Belmont, Mass.) opened the meet with a first-place finish in the 1000 yard freestyle, finishing in a time of 10:46.86, a good four seconds ahead of Siena’s Bethany Fried (10:56.62). Smith would also take first in the 200 individual medley in 2:12.51 and later place first in the 100 breaststroke in 1:09.74.

Classmate Casey Ostrander (Yarmouthport, Mass.) was second in the 50 free in 25.47 and third in the 100 yard butterfly in 1:01.37, but did come through in the 100 yard backstroke as the freshman standout took home first-place in a time of 58.87. Jill Squillante (Sayville, NY) was fourth in the 100 back in 1:06.77 while Cassy Fostik (Neshanic Station, NJ) was close behind in seventh in 1:08.61.

In one of the most exciting finishes of the day, Kim Carballeira (East Setauket, NY) edged Fried by the narrowest of margins in the 500 free. Carballeira touched in a time of 5:23.11, just ahead of Fried who came in at 5:23.67. Senior Jess Looney (Goffstown, NH) was fifth in the race in 5:34.86 while Amy Howell (Clifton Park, NY) was eighth while Emily Hayes (Marshfield, Mass.) was ninth.

Sophomore Alex Kosenski (Lavalette, NJ) had a big day for the men. The sophomore took top honors in the 200 freestyle in 1:48.93 with teammate Matt Derwin (Cheshire, Conn.) fourth in 1:56.19. Kosenski would later add a first in the 100 free in 48.68, winning by nearly two seconds.

Teammate Steve Nquyen (San Jose, Calif.) also enjoyed a tremendous day for the Bulldogs. The junior standout captured first in the men’s 100 butterfly in a time of 54.12 and would later take top honors in the 500 free in 4:59.20, just a fraction of a second ahead of runner up Robby Novak of Canisius who clocked in at 4:59.60.

The men were also strong in the 100 backstroke as Kevin McDonald (North Haven, Conn.) and Steve Sinclair (Middletown, Mass.) finished first and second respectively. McDonald touched the wall in 56.01, just ahead of Sinclair who was not far behind in 57.82.