Dawgs pick up win on Senior Day

SMITHFIELD, R.I. - On Saturday afternoon the Bryant University men's swimming & diving team grabbed the win over Marist to secure a Senior Day victory by a score of 178-119.

The squad grabbed 13 individual wins for their third team victory of the season.

Notes and Notables

• Christopher Buonocore won both the 1m and 3m dive with scores of  273.98 and 288.23. Will Arnold and Filip Dominique backed him up in both events with Arnold taking second in both and Dominique third.
• The team of Griffin Lajoie, Gustav Persson, James Misto, and Conner Lofstrom won the 200 yd medley relay with a time of 1:32.78. The squad just missed the Chace Pool record by .16 seconds.
• Leo Luna won the 1000 yd freestyle with a 9:45.36, 13 seconds faster than second place. The junior also took the 500 yd freestyle with a time of 4:45.37.
• Lajoie won the 100 yard backstroke with his time of 52.05. He also picked up a victory in the 200 yard backstroke by racing to a 1:56.47.
• Gustav Persson picked up two more wins this season with his first place finishes in the 100 yard and 200 yard breaststroke. He swam a 58.63 in the 100 yd event and a 2:09.01 in the 200.
• Andrew Gamper swam to first place for the third time this season. Gamper won in dramatic fashion by stealing the win in the last 5 yards. He raced a 1:56.24 in the event.
• James Misto continued his dominance in the sprint events, winning the 50 yd and 100 yd freestyle events with times of 21.32 and 49.97.
• Lofstrom grabbed an individual event win in the 100 yd freestyle as he swam to a 47.28.
• The Black and Gold had five second place and six third place finishes in the meet.
• Bryant honored five senior athletes post-meet for their contributions to the Bulldog program. Those athletes were Charles Keen, Chase Konstantakos, Brandon Naylor, Gustav Persson, and Reese Stevenson.

Up Next

The Black and Gold make the trip to Boston University next Saturday (Jan. 27th) to wrap up the regular season at 1:30 PM.