December 5, 2009
BRYANT SWIM TEAMS COMPETE AT URI INVITE
RESULTS
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KINGSTON, R.I. - Two weeks since last competing, the Bryant
University men's and women's swim team took part in the University
of Rhode Island Harold Anderson Invitational over the weekend with
several outstanding performances by several Bulldogs. The
women placed third with a combined team total points of 561.
The men finished fourth with 511.
The women's team finished behind host URI and Holy Cross while
earning wins over Springfield College and Providence College.
The men defeated Holy Cross as the Crusaders finished fifth with
459 points. Springfield won the men's invitational, edging
Providence and Rhode Island, which finished second and third
respectively.
Freshman Molly Smith took top honors in the 200
yard breastroke, finishing first in a season-best time of
2:27.08. Smith would finish second in the 400 individual
medley in 4:40.82, just ahead of teammate Jess
Looney who was third in 4:47.05. Smith improved her
season-best time by two seconds in the event. Smith was also
second in the 500 free in 5:11.81.
Fellow freshmen Casey Ostrander captured two
first-place finishes of her own by winning the 100 backstroke in 59
minutes flat and adding a first in the 50 free in 24.87
seconds. She was also third in the 100 free in 54.48 and
teammate Kim Carballeira was third in the 1650
freestyle in 11:07.02.
The men were led by Alex Kosenski who looked
very sharp in the men's 200 freestyle, finishing first and
bettering his season-time by more than two seconds after touching
the wall in 1:45.15. Earlier in the meet, Kosenski finished tird in
the 50 free in 22.23 after URI's Matthew Burak and Providence's
Matt Card tied for first in a time of 21.90 seconds.
Matt Derwin took third place in the men's 200
butterfly in 2:00.12 while teammate Steve Nguyen
was third in the 200 breastroke (2:20.99). Nguyen would place
second in the 500 free in 4:57.58, a season-best for the Bulldog
junior.
Thomas Huynh was second in the 100 butterfly in
52.60.
The men's and women's teams will be idle for the holidays and
will return to action in mid January when they take on Siena and
Canisius in New York.
