November 3, 2008

Overall Results
Women's Individual Results

BULLDOGS FALL TO URI, MAINE SUNDAY MORNING

KINGSTON, RI- The Bryant University women's swim team fell to Rhode Island, 228-66, and Maine, 237-51, in a three team meet at URI Sunday morning. The meet was highlighted for the Bulldogs by junior Jess Looney (Goffstown, N.H.) who broke the school record in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:16.87, earning her second place in the event. Looney also had a fourth place finish in the 200 yard backstroke.

Other strong performances included freshman Abby Whittaker (Salisbury, Mass.), grabbing a pair of third place finishes in the 200 butterfly and 200 individual medley, just missing a record in the 200 butterfly with a time of two minutes, 17 seconds.

Amy D'Olympia (Mattapoisett, Mass.) finished the 50 yard freestyle in 26.23, just missing a school record and finishing in fifth place.

Sophomore Amy Howell (Clifton Park,N.Y.) also had a fifth place finish, touching the wall in 11 minutes, 35 seconds in the 1000 yard freestyle.

The Bulldogs will be back in the pool on Saturday, November 8^th for the home opener against Bentley at the Chace Athletic Center (1:00 p.m.).