Purple Knights Wrap Up 2015 Portion Of Swimming Schedule At TCNJ Invitational
Women Take Fourth Place And Men Finish In Fifth
Ewing, N.J.-The University of Bridgeport women's and men's swimming teams closed out the 2015 portion of this season's schedule competing on Friday and Saturday in the three-day College of New Jersey Invitational. The UB women finished in fourth place in the event, and the UB men took fifth place.
For the Purple Knights' women four different swimmers took home first place finishes, as well as three relay teams topped the podium.
Individual women's winners at the TCNJ Invitational were: Annagrazia Bonsanti (So., Caracas, Venezuela) in the 500 Free (5:03.06), Tatiana Shepel (Jr., Moscow, Russia) in the 50 Free (24.04), Jaimy Lee Taskin (Sr., Noordwijkerhout, Holland) in the 400 IM (4:39.11) and Yekaterina Gakhokidze (So., Amaty, Kazakhstan) in the 100 Butterfly (58.55).
The UB women also took first in the 200 Free Relay (1:27.46), in the 400 Medley Relay (4:01.01) and the 200 Medley Relay (1:49.63).
On the men's side, sophomore Brian Kelly (Mahwah, N.J.) took first in the 500 Free (4:35.44).
The Bridgeport swimming teams will now take their Finals and Winter Breaks. Both teams return to the water on Saturday, January 23 when they host Assumption College in the Wheeler Recreation Center Natatorium.