FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 8, 2014
RESULTS THRU DAY 3
So. Connecticut’s Cswerko breaks two
men’s conference
marks, Bentley’s Mancini sets new
women’s 3-meter record
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – After three days of competition at the 2014 Northeast-10 Conference Swimming & Diving Championships at Southern Connecticut State University, Assumption College leads the women’s teams standings while the host Owls are out in front in the men’s standings.
So. Connecticut holds a commanding lead in the men's standings, while Assumption holds an 114-point lead on So. Connecticut among the women entering the fourth and final day of championship competition on Sunday.
So. Connecticut junior Raymond
Cswerko, last year’s Northeast-10 Men’s
Swimmer of the Year, shattered the conference record in the
men’s 400 IM, finishing first with a time of 3:53.64. The
previous benchmark had been 4:00.58, and it was also good for the
third best time in the event in Division II this season.
Later in the night, Cswerko (pictured, right) set a new conference
record in the men’s 100 breaststroke with a time of 54.81,
which also reset the pool record at Hutchinson Natatorium. That
mark is good for sixth best in the nation this year.
Bentley University sophomore diver Nicola
Mancini (pictured, below) got things started
Saturday night by setting a new conference record on the 3-meter
board with a score of 452.50. The previous record had been held by
So. Connecticut’s Kim Grant for the last decade. Mancini also
won the 1-meter back on Thursday night.
So. Connecticut junior Dan Elliot also set a new Northeast-10 record Saturday night, winning the men’s 100 fly with a time of 50.58, while freshman teammate Christian Berg also broke a conference mark on the third day, taking the men’s 100 backstroke in 50.14.
Pace University grad student Kaitlyn
Lynch, who posted the top prelim time for the
women’s 100 butterfly event, won the 100 butterfly with a
time of 56.82 after setting the conference record in the 50 free
(24.17) on Friday. She later won the women’s 100 backstroke
with a time of 57.06 on Saturday night.
Assumption senior Monique Haney, who
also won the 500 free on Friday night, won the 400 IM A-final
Saturday with a time of 4:32.89. Haney won last year’s 400 IM
as well.
Greyhounds teammate and freshman Libby
Gajewski took the women’s 200 free with a time
of 1:55.69, while The College of Saint Rose senior Kyle
Wilson took the men’s 200 free in 1:40.97.
Wilson approached the conference mark of 1:40.71.
In the women’s 100 breaststroke, So. Connecticut senior and
Northeast-10 blogger Libby Hess came in
first with a time of 1:05.84.
In the final event of the night, Assumption took the women’s
200 free relay with a time of 1:38.39, while So. Connecticut to the
men’s event in 1:23.24, good for a new conference
record.
In the men's 3-meter prelims Saturday afternoon, Le Moyne
College sophomore Josh Byrne, who
won the men's 1-meter final Thursday night, took first with a score
of 436.55. Bentley sophomore Colton
Bridge finished second (399.45) in the 3-meter
prelims, while Saint Rose junior David
Genender (369.55) placed third.
The Northeast-10 Conference is an association of 15 NCAA Division
II colleges and universities located in New England and New York
that is committed to supporting balanced academic and athletic
opportunities for more than 6,000 student-athletes. Each year,
4,000 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships
in 23 sports, making the NE-10 the largest DII conference in the
country in terms of sport sponsorship. Leading the way in the
classroom, on the field and within the community, the Northeast-10
is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it
provides student-athletes.
Women’s
Standings
1. Assumption – 572
2. Southern Connecticut – 458
3. Bentley – 430
4. Pace – 409
5. Saint Rose – 394
6. Saint Michael’s – 176
7. Le Moyne – 175
8. Adelphi – 132
9. Merrimack – 18
Men’s
Standings
1. Southern Connecticut – 632
2. Bentley – 476.5
3. Le Moyne – 385.5
4. Saint Rose – 362
5. Pace – 268
6. Adelphi – 168
7. Saint Michael’s – 162
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