November 01, 2009
BULLDOG SWIMMING FALLS AT HANDS OF BOSTON COLLEGE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON
Results
SMITHFIELD, R.I. - Sophomore Alex Kosenski (Lavalette,
N.J.) led the Bulldog men with a pair of event wins Sunday
afternoon against Boston College, but it wouldn't be enough to get
past the Eagles. The men were topped, 155-102, while the women were
edged out by a score of 135-115.
The Eagles took down a trio of Chace Athletic Center pool
records on the men's side, while the Bulldog men earned four wins
on the day.
Kosenski took his first win in the 200-yard free, touching the
wall in 1:47.95, narrowly missing the pool record set by teammate
Steven Nguyen (San Jose, Calif.) (1:47.32). The
second-year swimmer also took a win in the 50 free (22.38) and
finished second in the 100 free (49.05), less than a second behind
winner Dominick Boccio.
Classmate Kevin McDonald (North Haven, Conn.)
took home a victory in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of
56.07, also finishing third in the 200-yard version (2:05.25).
Freshman Steve Sinclair (Middleton, Mass.) took
second in the event behind BC's John Maloy with a time of 2:05.23.
The Bulldog men also took a win in the meet's closing race, the
team of McDonald, Thomas Huynh (Malden, Mass.),
Nguyen and Kosenski winning the 200-yard freestyle relay in
1:30.96.
On the women's side, freshman Casey Ostrander
(Yarmouthport, Mass.) set new pool and school records
while fellow rookie Molly Smith (Belmont, Mass.)
set a pool record of her own.
Both a pool and school record fell in the 100-yard free, as
Ostrander touched the wall in 1:00.02 to take first over the
Eagles' Kayla Posocco. Ostrander topped the record of current
teammate Jill Squillante (Sayville, N.Y.) by just
under three-fourths of a second to break the school mark. The
rookie would also take first in the 50-yard free, clocking in at
25.53, less than one-tenth of a second ahead of BC's Shannon
Landers, and anchored Bryant's winning 200-yard freestyle relay.
The Bulldog women saw another pool record fall in the 400 IM,
when Smith took first with a time of 4:43.19, shattering the
current record by nearly six seconds. Sophomore Abby
Whittaker (Salisbury, Mass.) took second in the event in
4:59.07. Smith earned her second win of the day in the 200
breaststroke, finishing in a time of 2:31.54.
Other top women finishers included freshmen Brianna
Dwyer (Hicksville, N.Y.), Kim Carballeira (East
Setauket, N.Y.) and Katie Unger (Orangeburg,
N.Y.) and junior Amy Howell (Clifton Park,
N.Y.).
Dwyer took a first-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke,
clocking in at 1:12.45 to finish ahead of three Eagle swimmers
while Carballeira, Unger and Howell took second, third and fourth,
respectively, in the 1000-yard free. Carballeira also took a
second-place finish in the 500-yard free in a time of 5:25.69.
Squillante, Carballeira and Amy D'Olympia (Mattapoisett,
Mass.) all teamed up with Ostrander to get the win in the
2009 free relay.
Both teams return to the pool Nov. 13 when they host Providence
College at 6:00 p.m.
