Dawgs pick up first team win of the season

SMITHFIELD, R.I. - The Bryant University men's swimming and diving team won their first meet of the season by taking down Providence College 175-125 Friday night.

The Bulldogs took home 10 event wins en route to victory.

Notes and Notables

• Christopher Buonocore started the meet off with wins in both the 1 and 3 meter dives for Bryant. He scored a 271.60 in the 1 meter and a 245 in the 3 meter. Will Arnold backed Buonocore up in both events with scores of 229 and 217.45.
• The men made it a clean sweep of the 200 yard medley relay for the Black and Gold by posting a 1:33.84 after the women won the event as well just minutes before. The team consisted of Griffin Lajoie, Gustav Persson, James Misto, and Conner Loftstrom.
• Leo Luna picked up right where the relay team left off by swimming a 16:20.48 in 1650 yard freestyle to grab the win.
• Nick Andrews earned his first career event win by putting down a 1:45.61 in the 200 yard freestyle. Loftstrom was right behind Andrews and raced a 1:46.18 for second place in the event.
• Loftstrom picked up a solo win on the night with his time of 47.70 in the 100 yard freestyle.
• Lajoie swept the backstroke events by first swimming a 52.42 men 100 yard backstroke. He then took first place in the 200 yard backstroke for the second meet in a row with a time of 1:56.09. Jack Ossi followed up Lajoie in the 200 yard backstroke with a time of 1:57.47 to take second place.
• Gustav Persson grabbed his first event win as a Bulldog in the 200 yard breaststroke by racing a 2:09.79.
• James Misto also picked up his first individual career win by laying down a time of  51.93 in the 100 yard butterfly.

Coach's comments on the meet win...

"Exciting meet. We swam very well. Diving did an awesome job last night of setting the tone. We appreciate the great energy on deck from all! We had quite a few people who won multiple events. Great to win all the relays. We are in a good place and will continue to improve as the season progresses."

Next Up

Bryant will be back in action next Saturday (Nov. 11th) in a 1:00 pm meet at Fordham.