November 13, 2009
Bryant Women's Swim Team Defeats Intrastate Rival Providence College; Men's Team Falls in Close Battle with Big East Opponent
The Bryant University Women's Swim Team defeated Providence College 276.5 to 240.5 in a historic night for the Bryant Bulldogs Swim Team. In a night where the Bulldogs took down the pool record in the 200 yard medley relay, finished first in every individual event, the Bulldogs defeated Providence College for the first time in the program's young history.
The swim team is in only the second year of competing at the Division I level, and they defeated Providence College in convincing fashion, winning every event on the night, and taking first, second, and third right from the start in the first individual event of the meet in the 1000 yard free. The Providence College swim team is part of the Big East Conference, while the Bryant Women's Team is part of the Northeast Conference.
The team was lead by the freshmen trio of Kim
Carballeira (East Setauket, NY), Casey Ostrander
(Yarmouthport, MA), and Molly Smith (Belmont,
MA), all of whom took first place in their respective
individual events. Carballeira finished first in the 1000, 200, and
500 yard freestyle events, while Ostrander won the 100 yard
backstroke and the 50 and 100 yard freestyle. Smith took first in
the 100 and 200 yard breaststroke events and swam the breaststroke
leg of the winning 200 medley relay.
Sophomore Abby Whittaker (Salisbury, MA) also won
two individual events for the Bulldogs, touching first in both the
100 and 200 yard butterfly events, and swam the butterfly leg of
the winning 200 medley relay. Senior Jessica Looney (Goffstown, NH)
also added a first place finish for the Bulldogs in the 200 yard
backstroke, and swam the backstroke leg for the winning 200 medley
relay, which set the pool record in 1:55.03.
The Bryant University Men's Swim Team put up a valiant effort
against the Providence Friars, but came up on the short end,
falling 143-118 to their Big East intrastate rival. The Bulldogs
were lead by sophomores Kevin McDonald (North Haven,
CT) and Sean Martell (Nashua, NH).
McDonald posted victories in the 100 and 200 yard backstrokes and
swam the backstroke leg of the 200 yard medley relay.
Martell won the 100 and 200 yard breaststroke events and swam the
breaststroke leg of the 200 medley relay. Junior Steven
Ngyuen (San Jose, CA) won the 200 yard freestyle and
sophomore Alex Kosenski (Point Pleasant, NJ) won
the 100 yard freestyle. The medley relay team of freshman
Steve Sinclair (Middelton, MA), junior
Matt Derwin (Chesire, CT), Martell and McDonald
set a pool record in the first event of the night with a time of
1:41.80.
Next Saturday on November 21, 2009 the Bulldogs travel to Fairfield, CT to take on the Fairfield Stags in a non-conference dual meet with the MAAC opponent.
