Men's And Women's Swimming Wraps Up Home And Dual Meet Schedule With Sweep Of St. Peter's
Men Defeat Peacocks, 109-76 And Women Win 112-74
Bridgeport, Conn.-The University of Bridgeport men's and women's swimming teams closed out their 2011-12 home and dual meet schedule on Saturday afternoon with many top-notch performances in a dual meet sweep of the Saint Peter's College Peacocks setting nine Short Course Meter School and Pool Records plus the teams turned in a total of 15 NCAA "B" Qualifying Times. The Bridgeport men defeated the Peacocks, 109-76, and the UB women topped Saint Peter's, 112-74. The UB men went a perfect 8-0 in their dual meets this year, and the women posted a 5-4 dual meet mark.
The following is a list of Saturday's nine School/Pool Records
Men's 200-meter Medley Relay (Oscar Pereiro, Ruben Gimenez, Ilkka Hanhineva, Krzysztof Wilk)– 1:41.69-First Place
Men's 50-meter Freestyle – Pereiro – 23.03- First Place
Men's 200-meter Freestyle – Wilk – 1:53.42- First Place
Men's 400-meter Freestyle – Vladislav Paskas – 4:03.75
Men's 800-meter Freestyle – Davide Sitti – 8:29.77 (intermediate split of 1550-meter Free)
Men's 1500-meter Freestyle – Sitti - 16:05.56- First Place
Women's 1500-meter Freestyle – Maria Trubitsyna – 17:26.76- First Place
Men's 100-meter Butterfly – Hanhineva – 55.43- First Place
Men's 400-meter Individual Medley – Igor Vulesevic - 4:38.44- First Place
15 NCAA "B" Qualifying Times– All nine of the above swims were NCAA "B" Standards.
Six Additional NCAA "B" Time:
Men's 50-meter Freestyle – Gimenez – 23.15
Men's 100-meter Freestyle – Wilk – 52.31- First Place
Men's 400-meter Freestyle – Sitti – 4:04.78
Women's 100-meter Backstroke – Alina Sotnikova – 1:05.70- First Place
Men's 100-meter Backstroke – Matheus Lima – 57.76
Men's 100-meter Breaststroke – Vyacheslav Fattakhov – 1:04.20
The Purple Knights return to the pool on Friday, February 17 at the Metropolitan Conference Championships hosted Rutgers University in Piscataway, N.J.