November 01, 2009
BULLDOG SWIMMING FALLS AT HANDS OF BOSTON COLLEGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
SMITHFIELD, R.I. - 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, but it wouldn't be enough to get past a tough Boston College side, as the Bryant University swim teams fell to the Eagles Sunday afternoon. The men were topped, 155-102, while the women were edged out by a score of 135-115.
Both a pool and school record fell in the 100-yard back, 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.
On the men's side, the Eagles took down a trio of Chace Athletic Center pool records in their 155-102 win, while sophomore Alex Kosenski (Lavalette, N.J.) led the Bulldogs with a pair of event wins.
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.
Both teams return to the pool Nov. 13 when they host Providence College at 6:00 p.m.
