UB Swim Teams Open 2014-15 Season At Sonny Werblin Invitational

Piscataway, N.J.-The University of Bridgeport men's and women's swimming teams opened their 2014-15 seasons on Friday at the Sonny Werblin Invitational on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey.  UB took first place in four of the eight swimming events that were held on Friday.  No team scores are being kept at the event which will conclude on Saturday.

For the Bridgeport men, junior Ivan Sangines (Barcelona, Spain) took first place in the 500-yard Freestyle in a time of 4:39.18.  Classmate Didac Matsuyama (Barcelona, Spain) took the top spot in the 200-yard IM in a time of 1:54.25.  In the 50-yard freestyle, UB men took first and second places as senior Ruben Gimenez (Burgos, Spain) won the event in a time of 20.83, and  senior Vladislav Paskas (Zrenjanin, Serbia) was second at 21.38.

On the women's side, junior Tatiana Shepel (Moscow, Russia) took the top spot in the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 24:02.